Today we celebrate the great feast of Corpus Christi—the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. We remember Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. But, we also remember the Last Supper and the gift of the Eucharist that tells us his body and blood, which he shed for us, is still given to us in this sacramental way.
One of the interesting things in our society today is that, as our country becomes more and more secular, there is still an intense desire some people have to be spiritual. And there becomes a search for how to discover it. Sometimes when I talk with people about faith and the Church—and you may have heard this, too—they’ll say something like “I’m spiritual, but not religious.” There’s this feeling that you don’t have to go to Church to experience God.
That simply pits one against the other. The great thing about our Catholic faith is that we’re spiritual and religious. Because we have the Church, we have the Eucharist, which satisfies our intense spiritual desire to have God in our life—since the Eucharist is Christ really present to us.
We can’t get any closer to Christ than receiving him in our own body and blood. We can’t get more spiritual than to be in communion—in union—with Jesus Christ.
We’re spiritual and religious because we have found the source of life, goodness, truth, beauty, and love in the sacrament Jesus gave us to have him in our life.
And that is absolutely something to celebrate.
Teaching the Faith If you ever felt the desire within to share our Catholic faith with others—especially working with young people—we are in need of Catechists for our Religious Education Program for next year. Before I entered the seminary, I was a catechist for about 5 years teaching the faith to 4
th graders. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
If it’s something you have always wanted to do, or if you feel a pull to learn more about it, please give us a call or send an email. We can talk it through with you to see if it’s something you’d like to explore.
Pope Benedict once said, there’s nothing greater in life than to share our friendship with Jesus Christ to others. It’s very true. Thanks for considering it!
Congratulations to Deacon Tom Heathershaw! Last Friday, Deacon Steve Baldasti made a road trip to Dubuque, Iowa to participate in the
ordination ceremony of Tom Heathershaw and to show support from our St. Hubert community. Tom is one of our three Mundelein Seminarians who are with us during the school year as part of the seminary’s Teaching Parish Program.
We’ll see more of Deacon Tom this fall when he returns to St. Hubert and begins serving us during our weekend liturgies.
May God continue to bless you, strengthen you, and lead you in all you do,