Body and Blood of Christ (5)

Corpus Christi

today cele CC, body of Christ, Eucharist

main purposes of Mass

both:

offering

eating

With any food (describe):

what is

what does

how eat safely

What it is

First need know if look is food

re-presents the cross CCC 1366

one thing V2 wanted remind is that this is sacrifice

God to God

infinite G to infinite G

like parent giving a child gift to offer back

but as 1 Cor 10:18, those partake in the sacrifice eat the sacrifice

Real presence CCC 1374

Infinite divine majesty

humbly puts himself before us behind veil only Faith can access

not just praying to God, God specially present here

Why Want it/What it does

Even if food, want know how affect

sugar, protein, carb

No life in you...John 6:53.

needed for Spiritual life

incorporation into body

receive is to declare total union w/ body, Church

as Aquinas, ark was symbol of body/Church and must be in Church to save waters death

tho he + Augustine point out God can give these graces w/o visible reception.etc

How receive

Food often prep

dont go and gnaw plants on ground

dont eat raw chicken

prepare right

so w/ Euch

One thing Full communion and no mortal sin CCC 1395

each age own blurry vision of God

one ours God Cosmic Teddy Bear who says no consequences

no seriousness of high mysteries of Mass

often us clerics fault

Pope Leo said a few days into pont, West must recover sense mystery Mass

need sprink of seeing this like ark cov

if stood b4, how approach + use it?

what if I had the cup Christ used for u to drink from?

something far holier and serious than those physical images

Holy things God warns us are dangerous if unprepared

1 Cor 11:27-30

in NT some die when careless

only penitent man may pass

Wash the hands of your inner heart b4 eating

same time, a rare type person too fearful

rightly take God’s commands seriously,

but inner torturer rack mere distant and unreasonable possibility state of mortal sin

Not prize for perfect but medicine for weak (Evangelium Gaudium)

overcooking for preparation is also a bad idea.

better overcooked than raw, but both are bad

make sure we prepared soul for right degree b4 eating

Conclusion

Eucharist b4 us

It is the sacrificial body of Christ

Gives us spiritual life and unites us to his body the Church

To eat without harming ourselves, must be free mortal sin

Let us prepare for the greatest of mysteries of the Lord of All to descend and present himself as the Bread from Heaven

Notes

Me

new Exodus

parellels with OT

showbread

perpetual passover

manna

temple sacrifice (had to provide yourself)

From Scripture

From Church Fathers

Tree

Self Sacrifice (already covered)

Why generally

Commentators

grouping

Damascus doc from dead sea scrolls

at Messiah, people will sit in companies of 50

Exodus 18:25-26.

sets out rulers over 1000s, 100s, 50s and 10

Moses, sets judges, over Israel

bless, broke, give

same as in Last supper

Melchizedek

means: king-righteousness

king of Salem (peace) and Salem is Jerusalem

priest (of God the Most High) king of Israel

unbloodied sacrifice

to God

bread and wine

thankgiving for victory

1 Cor 11:25.

concomittance: ‘as OFTEN AS you drink it’, this not added about Body.