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Let’s examine some of the themes that we find in the Mass Readings for the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
1st Reading – Genesis 14:18-20
Melchizedek, a king and a priest, brings out bread and wine, offering a blessing to Abram.Abram gives a tenth of his possessions to Melchizedek in return.“You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.”God rules with power over the people and grants them his blessing.2nd Reading – 1st Corinthians 11:23-26
Paul reminds the people that Jesus defined and commanded the reception of the Eucharist.Paul then teaches that as often as they eat the bread and drink the cup, they proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.Jesus takes five loaves and two fish, blesses and gives them to a crowd of 5000 people.The people eat their fill, and there are twelve wicker baskets of leftover fragments.Mass Readings – Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (#169)
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