Holy Father Pope Francis while addressing the faithful gathered at the Sunday Angelus, reflected on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi, saying the Eucharist burns away our selfish attitudes and unites us perfectly to Jesus. The Pontiff reminded that the feast of Corpus Christi is a mystery of being drawn to Christ and transformed in Him.
As reported by Vatican news, Holy Father Pope Francis remarked that “By nourishing ourselves with the Body and Blood of Christ, we are assimilated to Him, and we receive His love, not to guard it jealously, but rather to share it with others. Receiving God’s love impels us to make His plan present in the world.” Further, His Holiness added, “Jesus’ presence burns our selfish attitudes like fire and ignites the desire to make us, in union with Jesus, bread broken and blood poured out for our brothers and sisters. The feast of Corpus Christi is a lesson in concrete love, which is patient and sacrificial, just like Jesus on the Cross. Jesus’ living presence in the Eucharist is like a door that is open between the temple and the road, between faith and history, between the city of God and the city of man.”
His Holiness Pope Francis concluded his remarks by mentioning that the many Eucharistic processions that traditionally take place on Corpus Christi Sunday are an eloquent sign of the fact that Jesus, who died and rose, continues to walk the paths of this world and that he joins us and guides our path.
