In the First Reading (Prv 9:1-6), we heard "Come, eat of my food, and drink of the wine I have mixed! Forsake foolishness that you may live; advance in the way of understanding." We are called to understand the mystery of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ and to people "who have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see" (Collect) as by "loving you in all things and above all things, we may attain your promises, which surpass every human desire." (Collect).
The Psalm Response invites us to "Taste and see the goodness of the Lord." (Ps. 34). "Taste and see" may seem figuratively but reflecting on the Gospel, "I am the living bread which came down from heaven", etc., we are called by Christ to eat his flesh and drink his blood because He himself affirms (as the Jews quarreled among themselves, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat"), "For my flesh is true food, and my blood, true drink." This affirmation from the Gospel of John about the Eucharist is done by Jesus. He didn't said "Hey, this is a symbol of my body" or he just stopped on the question of the Jews.
In our participation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, let us offer to God our sacrifices, "by which is brought about a glorious exchange, that, by offering what you have given, we may merit to receive your very self." (Prayer over the Offerings) so that, "Made partakers of Christ through these Sacraments," we may ask the Lord "that, conformed to his image on earth, we may merit also to be his coheirs in heaven." (Prayer after Communion). Singing "With the Lord there is mercy; in him is plentiful redemption." (Communion Antiphon, Ps. 130:7) which the blessed Paul the Apostle says to thank the Lord in our hearts in the name of Jesus to God our Father (Cf. Second Reading, Eph. 5:15-20).
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