![]() In addition to eating, however, we cannot forget being satisfied. We find this in the Eucharistic Bread – the attention of Christ to our needs and the invitation to do the same toward those who are beside us. There is hunger for food around us, but also of companionship there is hunger for consolation, friendship, good humour there is hunger for attention, there is hunger to be evangelized. We can evaluate our Eucharistic adoration when we take care of our neighbour like Jesus does. 13), to those people whom he had listened to during the day. And he wants to give an example to his disciples, saying, “You give them something to eat” (v. In reality, the Lord takes all our needs to heart, beginning with the most basic. Sometimes there is the risk of confining the Eucharist to a vague, distant dimension, perhaps bright and perfumed with incense, but rather distant from the straits of everyday life. If I have hardly any bread in my sack, He knows and takes care of it himself. He calls us to be citizens of Heaven, but at the same time he takes into account the journey we have to face here on earth. This is the Lord present in the Eucharist. And as the crowd eats, they realize that Jesus is taking care of everything. The miracle of the loaves and fish does not happen in a spectacular way, but almost secretly, like the wedding at Cana – the bread increases as it passes from hand to hand. But the Teacher wants to provide for that too – he also wants to feed those who had listened to him. As evening fell, the disciples council Jesus to dismiss the crowd so they can go in search of food. ![]() To eat and to be satisfied: these are two basic necessities that are satisfied in the Eucharist. ![]() Those who receive the Body and Blood of Christ with faith not only eat, but are satisfied. In the Eucharist, everyone can experience this loving and concrete attention of the Lord. He blesses five loaves and two fish, breaks them, the disciples distribute them, and “they all ate and were satisfied” ( Lk. 9:17), the Gospel says. Jesus takes care of the huge crowd that had followed him to listen to his word and to be freed from various evils. Instituted during the Last Supper, the Eucharist was like the destination of a journey along which Jesus had prefigured it through several signs, above all the multiplication of the loaves narrated in the Gospel of today’s Liturgy (cf. Today in Italy and in other countries, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is celebrated. Dear brethren in Christ, below you have a series of homilies given by Pope Francis on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (“Corpus Christi”) from 2016-2022 for your personal reading and meditation in preparation for the Solemnity of God’s Love for us in the Holy Eucharist.ĭear brothers and sisters, buongiorno and blessed Sunday! ![]()
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