{"id":6918,"date":"2023-06-14T13:02:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=6918"},"modified":"2023-06-14T13:02:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:02:41","slug":"sacred-body-and-blood-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2023\/06\/14\/sacred-body-and-blood-of-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Body and Blood of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Old Testament reading of Sunday\u2019s Solemnity already proclaims that for God we human beings need something beyond ordinary daily bread. His people must never forget their need for him. For forty years of wandering, He had tested their obedience to see if they intended to fulfill his every word. They must never forget the signs of his care, the bread from heaven and water from the rock. \u201cNot by bread alone does one live. but by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians refers to the great leap of faith we Christians have made in accepting \u2018every word\u2019 that God has spoken through Jesus Christ his beloved Son: \u201cBrothers and sisters; The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break is it not a participation in the body of Christ?\u201d Ordinary bread by God\u2019s word has become the body of Jesus offered in Sacrifice. Simple wine has become Christ\u2019s blood shed in his total oblation of self\u2014true because God said so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Paul wrote was determined by what Jesus said. St. John\u2019s Gospel quotes him: \u201cI am the living bread that came down from heaven \u2026 whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.\u201d These words were tough for the Jewish elite to swallow. \u2018How can this ordinary man say something so extraordinary?\u2019 It is easy to think that Jesus was just using a figure of speech to say he required their belief in him. Even some Catholics fail to take Jesus literally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Jesus did not waver. Twice in similar words he insisted that his hearers must \u2018eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood\u2019 if they wanted \u2018life\u2019 within themselves. The \u2018life\u2019 he meant was not ordinary life. It was salvation. \u201cWhoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.\u201d Indeed, He is true food; He is true drink\u2014because He said so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No true Catholic who desires to be saved can deny the real presence of Jesus Christ, flesh and blood, soul and divinity, in the Holy Communion he or she receives. The Eucharist is Jesus\u2019 pledge of Salvation. It is the priceless gift of God.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB The Old Testament reading of Sunday\u2019s Solemnity already proclaims that for God we human beings need something beyond ordinary daily bread. His people must never forget their need for him. For forty years of wandering, He had tested their obedience to see if they intended to fulfill his every word. They must never forget the signs of his care, the … Continuar leyendo Sacred Body and Blood of Christ<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":6060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20310044],"tags":[35890],"class_list":["post-6918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-province-news","tag-featured"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-1NA","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/intouch-2023-1.png?fit=904%2C1104&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6920,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918\/revisions\/6920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}