SOLEMN FEAST OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST – CORPUS CHRISTI

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ADDICTED TO LIFE





People today are prone to many subtle and seemingly discreet addictions. It is true that toddlers and young children are becoming addicted to technological gadgets like cell phones, tablets and the internet in the same way that their parents have become too hooked on television programs. The lure of the computer has made prey of bored people looking for a diversion from the loneliness and pain of daily life.



Some people are addicted to what seems to be holy things. There are Catholics who resort to unbridled collections of images of saints that they seem to be like religious barbie dolls, or impulsive hoarding of every new religious book that they cannot even read.



The Scripture today reminds us in a powerful way of the only “addiction” or spiritual attachment we need to have in our daily life. And it is none other than the Blessed Sacrament, the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist.



God does not invite us to collect religious items. He does not expect us to read all the fashionable authors. He does not want us to collect all the good films, however religious they are. He invites us to be attracted, devoted, committed, and dedicated only to his Son Jesus Christ our Lord who comes to us in the Eucharist. This is the only addiction in this world that does not lead to death but to life – “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.”



This attachment to the Body of Christ will gradually open our eyes to be open and loving to the body of the Lord which encompasses the poor and the needy around us. Receiving Jesus in Communion will bring us to see Jesus and desire to serve him in the broken body of people who need our love.



Let us pray to become truly addicted to the only One who gives meaningful life on earth and eternal life in heaven.




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