53 Corpus Christi Octave Sunday

What nations or people are so favored as to have God as close as Catholics? Nothing is so precious as the Holy Eucharist, truly a memorial of that exceedingly great love which Christ showed for us during His suffering. Hence it is fitting to have Eucharistic processions rendering Him due honor. Yet remember the dangers of complacency and worldliness, lest we follow the path of the Israelites of old. God granted them victory over Jericho following a proper procession with the Ark (God's presence in their midst); yet when they used that same Ark as their tool, they were roundly defeated [...]

We give each other gifts, but the greatest expression of love is when you give yourself totally. This is what our Lord does in the Blessed Eucharist. He gives Himself completely to us. What a tremendous example that on the night when He is betrayed, He responds with total love! On that night, He was fully aware of how much He - in the Eucharist - would be outraged and blasphemed by men throughout history. What a lesson in meekness! Yet Christ is alive right now and calling us to the tabernacle where He willingly 'imprisons' Himself to be near us. [...]