June 22nd, 2025 (Corpus Christi C)
Dear brothers and sisters, Christ today like a new Moses multiplies the five loves and the two fish giving food to the people. The people of Israel when they were in the desert saw how God provided for them by giving them manna, this special food from heaven that satisfied them. For us we see that our manna and our food is Jesus Christ himself. Christ is our Passover, he comes in the midst of the desert of our life and the hunger we experience. Our hunger is satisfied when we see the love of God for us. When Christ breaks for us all our slaveries and introduces us into his peace. In every eucharist we experience this Passover where Christ passes for us. In the eucharist we experience in fact the providence and the abundance of God. Christ introduces us into his kingdom, “sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool” our enemies are our sins and fears that Christ breaks and forgives for us. Christ today in this eucharist brings us with him opening heaven and eternal life for us. As St. Ignatius of Antioch used to say, the Christian Eucharist is the antidote of immortality. Let us take advantage therefore today in this Eucharist to unite to Christ and receive from him the superabundance of his immortal life where sin and fear cannot touch us and kill us anymore. We receive in this Eucharist faith and faith gives us eternal life and the gift of Jesus Christ risen in us.
Peace, Fr. Nicholas, Pastor