The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ: A 2026

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ: A 2026

From Pastoral Reflections by Msgr. Don Fischer

June 7, 2026

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Msgr. Don Fischer reflects on the significance of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ in the context of Jesus' humanity and divinity.

Pastoral Reflections 6-7-26 - The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Msgr. Don Fischer Download Original Airdate: June 11, 2023 Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9 | 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 | John 3:16-18   Oh God, who in this wonderful sacrament have left us a memorial of your passion, grant, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of your body and blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your redemption, who lives and reigns with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever, amen.   I want you to think for a few moments about Jesus the man, like us in everything, weaknesses, doubts, fears, anxieties, and for 30 years he spent time reflecting and studying and wondering about life and about who he was and about what he was here for.  And then it came time for him to have this burning desire inside of him, this desire to teach and to preach and to open people to something that he knew now and was convinced of, and that is God dwelling inside of him.  He was God, but he never acted as if he was God.  He acted as he was, a man filled with divinity, and so we have to suspend some logical, “How does this…

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Host: Msgr. Don Fischer

Topics covered

  • sacrament
  • Christianity
  • spiritual reflection
  • Jesus
  • redemption

Keywords

  • Holy Communion
  • sacrament
  • Jesus
  • spirituality
  • Christian faith

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Exodus, 2 Corinthians, John

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