Hymn Lyrics Corpus Christi June 7, 2026A
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Corpus Christi
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The Feast of Corpus Christi, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is our celebration of the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Eucharist—and thus a sacred reminder that, in every Mass, Jesus’ one perfect sacrifice of Calvary is sacramentally made present and offered anew for “the forgiveness of the sins we daily commit” (CCC 1366).
While Holy Thursday recalls Christ’s institution of the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper, Corpus Christi gives us a joyful opportunity to honor our Eucharistic Lord Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
Corpus Christi mirrors Holy Thursday, when Jesus instituted the Eucharist at the Last Supper, directing his apostles to offer his body and blood “in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19).
Jesus offers Himself under the sacramental forms of bread and wine; i.e., according to the priestly/sacrificial order of Melchizedek (1 Cor. 11:23-26; see Gen. 14:18-20; Heb. 5:1, 7-10).
The Church celebrates Corpus Christi to profess and adore our Eucharistic Lord. Jesus is truly present body, blood, soul, and divinity in the Eucharist. At every Mass we partake of the Lamb of God, the New Covenant Passover sacrifice. Not only that, Corpus Christi highlights the sacramental and sacrificial reality of Christ’s presence. Additionally, it affirms the Church’s teaching on transubstantiation and invites the faithful into deeper Eucharistic devotion.
Transubstantiation is “the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of the Blood of Christ”. Trans means “change” and substantiation means “substance.”
What transubstantiation is not: is it not that Jesus is intermingled with the bread and wine at Holy Communion nor is Holy Communion simply a memorial to remind us that Jesus’ body was broken for us and his blood shed for us nor is Holy Communion only a spiritual presence of Christ.
Transubstantiation is a change in the substance of the elements of bread and wine at Mass. Now, to be very specific about the Catholic view, it’s not the form/accidents of the bread and the wine that changes. The form/accidents of bread are what makes one type of bread different from another. The bread still looks like bread and tastes like bread. The wine smells like wine, tastes like wine. There’s no change that is perceptible to our five senses.
Instead, what has changed is the essence, the very nature, the substance of the bread and wine, that which makes bread bread and what makes wine wine are changed. They are no longer bread and wine. Now they are the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
This is then received into the life of a Catholic when he or she receives Holy Communion.
Upcoming Events:
This weekend is the annual second collection for the Retirement Fund for Archdiocesan Priests.
Next weekend is the annual Summer Mission Appeal. This summer the appeal will be made by Fr. Max Ssekiwala from Uganda on behalf of Wells of Life.
You are welcome to watch our 10:00 am Mass on YouTube either live or later that afternoon or evening.
