What does it mean to receive Christ’s Body and Blood?
- Fr Pawel Szymanowski, CR
- Mark 14: 12 - 16, 22 - 26
A Resurrectionist Vocation Minute for June 2, Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ
What does it mean to receive Christ’s Body and Blood?
When Jesus shared the bread and wine, saying, “This is my Body” and “This is my Blood”, He invited His disciples into a covenant relationship, a deep participation in His life and mission.
A vocation to religious life is a response to Christ’s invitation to live more fully in His presence, following Him through vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. This path is a way of offering oneself completely to God’s mission and bearing witness to His unconditional love in the world.
“The Eucharist is the central act of our daily life because it is here, through our participation in Christ’s Paschal Mystery by dying and rising with Him, that we encounter the deepest meaning of the Resurrection. In the Eucharist, we also experience reconciliation with our brothers and sisters and unity of heart and soul as we, together with Christ, offer ourselves to the Father. It is in the Eucharist that Christ, our spiritual food, enables us to strengthen our baptismal and religious commitments. A natural outcome of our participation in the Eucharist is our devotion to Christ in the Blessed Sacrament”.