Corpus Christi

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

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🗓️ 19 June 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The Church comes from the Eucharist for it is the sacrifice that makes saints. The Eucharist is essentially the fullest act of gratitude prefigured in Melchizedek finding its fulfillment in the sacrifice of Christ. Every Mass is a participation in and celebration of this sacrifice, but the feast of Corpus Christi is a time to be especially aware of the gift of the Eucharist.

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0:00.0	Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.
0:04.0	Word on Fire is an apostolate dedicated to the mission of evangelization,
0:09.0	using media both old and new to share the faith on every continent
0:14.0	and to facilitate an encounter with Christ and His Church.
0:18.0	The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring the transformative
0:22.9	power of God's Word where it is most needed. Today, we invite you to join Bishop Robert Barron
0:29.9	as he preaches the gospel and shares the warmth and light of Christ with each one of us.
0:39.0	Peace be with you.
0:41.1	Fradjby, come once more to the wonderful feast of Corpus Christi, this feast of the body and
0:47.1	blood of Jesus.
0:48.2	And we have, accordingly, another chance to reflect on the meaning of the Eucharist.
0:54.0	How wonderful that the church brings us back over and over again to the Eucharist,
0:59.0	which is, properly speaking, an inexhaustible mystery.
1:03.0	The Eucharist is Christ.
1:06.0	The church comes from the Eucharist, and so it's so wise and good for us to reflect on it over and over again.
1:13.3	In this cycle of readings, the church draws our attention to this intriguing and mysterious
1:18.9	figure of Malkisadec.
1:22.5	This character has mentioned briefly enough only three times in the entire Bible.
1:28.3	The first mention now is our first reading for today.
1:31.3	It's taken from the 14th chapter of the book of Genesis.
1:36.3	It's describing an incident that occurred just after Abraham, our father in faith,
1:42.3	won a military victory.
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