THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

This is the epicenter of any human being that is adjudged as a Christian or who believes he/she is called to be a shareholder in the Divinity of the Son of God {‘Jesus replied to them: In all truth I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life and I shall raise that person up on the last day’ Jn.6:53-54} and the only reason why the world is still in existence thus “I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world” [Jn.6:51]. This food is strictly reserved for Catholic priests to prepare (‘then he took bread and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them saying, this is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me. He did the same cup after supper and said ‘this cup is the covenant in my blood poured out for you’ Lk.22: 19-20) then what will happen to those who do not partake in this meal yet they adjudge themselves as Christians which is the name the first community of believers were called by pagans after the Pentecost because they were united in belief, actions and ideologies. Friends we need to continue offering prayers for those outside the mystical body of Christ (the Church; Mtt.16:18) where Christ is the Head of the body the Church and saves the whole body (Eph.5:23) to come back to the one and only gateway to the sheepfold (Jn.10:1) thereby working in accordance with the will of Christ our Head thus ‘…and there will be only one flock, one shepherd’ {Jn.10:16} in unity of faith, believe, worship and actions (Jn.17:11,20-23, Eph.4:4-6) since we are called to walk towards the actualization of the kingdom of God on earth (‘your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in Heaven’ Mtt.6:10) by opening up to Grace and the guidance of the Holy Spirit {allow the message of God in all its richness find a place within your heart}.

OUR DISPOSITION TO THE EUCHARISTIC JESUS

Those of us who are opportuned to be born inside the church of Christ (Catholic; Mtt.16:18-19) and those who were accepted later on due to different circumstances of life:

how do we react to the highest sacrifice (‘No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends’ Jn.15:13) and event (“…and if there is no shedding of blood, there is no remission” Heb.9:22)that takes place every day which is the backbone of the world’s continued existence despite its sins that have gone far greater than that of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen.19:1-29) being the same God of the old testament that consumed the 250 members of Levi with fire and swallowed the family of Korah by opening up the ground (Num.16:16-35) and struck Ananias and Sapphira dead for lying in the new testament just for being unwilling in offering sacrifice to the Church whose Head Christ was, is and will be forever (Eph.5:23, Heb.13:8).

Ministerial priests of God who attend to this Supreme Sacrifice of the Cross (‘it is finished/fulfilled Jn.19:30) with grudging mind, rushing through the preface whether singing or reciting, inability to live out what you preach via disunity amongst yourselves in the presbyterium including other canker like sex-scandals against the vow of chaste celibacy (Mtt.19:12), squandamania mentality of parish funds against the spirit of self-control (2 Tim.1:6-7), life of affluence against the vow of poverty (Mtt.5:3), disobedience to Church authority against the vow of humility (Mtt.5:4) and unity of the one body of Christ (Eph.4:4-6) and unprepared homilies that bear half truth remember God threatened to curse your blessings (‘and now priests, this commandment is for you, if you will not listen, if you will not sincerely resolve to glorify my name says the Lord of Sabaoth, I shall certainly lay a curse on you and I shall curse your blessing…’ Mal.2:1-2) hence you should be like Christ who you celebrate thus St.Paul advised 'imitate me as I imitate Christ'.

All these and many more make the people of God to lose faith in this mystery or partake in this trans-substantiation without transformation of the mind and spirit towards a higher goal in life and the society hence there is an arithmetic increase in the number of Catholics in the world aligned with a geometric increase in crimes like:

Idolatry both in speech, thinking, behavior, dressing and approach to life’s events, businesses, knowledge/property/wealth-acquisition, politics, religion e.t.c ("you shall not make yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything in heaven above or on earth beneath or in the waters under the earth. you shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I the Lord your God am a jealous God and I punish a parent’s fault in the children and the great-grandchildren among those who hate me; but I act with faithful love towards thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments” Ex.20:4-6)

False teachings (Heresy and apostasy; Gal.5:20-21) and prophets everywhere with majority of its secret and open followers as Catholics (Jer.14:14, Heb.13:9) there is only one Church instituted by Christ here on earth (Mtt.16:18-19) with Christ as the head (Eph.4:23).

Buying and selling on Sundays and other holy days of obligation with impunity in different markets, business empires, schools, institutions as well as other related profanements (Neh.10:31-32).

Disobedience to parents, seniors and other constituted authorities (Eph.6:1-2, Col.3:18-21). This is the first commandment that has a blessing attached to it. Irresponsibility and recalcitrant attitudes of various forms towards our parents, seniors and constituted authorities ('he summoned his son Tobias and told him, when I die give me an honorable burial. honor your mother and never abandon her all the days of your life. Do all that she wants and give her no reason for sorrow. Remember my child all the risks she ran for your sake when you were in her womb. and when she dies, bury her at my side in the same grave' Tob.4:3-4) by way of leaving luxurious lives in the city while the members of our nuclear families are starving and suffering from mal-nutrition. Questioning every change in your institutions, environments, offices, schools, church e.t.c even when the reasons behind them are morally sound.

Assassination and kidnapping of individuals and character at its highest order, using vulgar statements on people (Eph.4:29). Murder of various degree including abortions (‘the life of every human being is in the blood… that is why I told the Israelites: none of you will consume blood, nor will any resident alien consume blood’ Lev.17:11-12)

Promiscuity of various order (fornication, incest, adultery, pornography, prostitution, lesbianism, homosexuality, buying and selling of condoms, indecent clothing’s and other artificial birth control pills while aiding and abating this dirty lifestyles, exhibitionism; exposing ones nakedness by wearing skimpy/mini/hot mini/short-skirts, bomb-shots, boxers, sleeveless singlet’s/tops, show breast/back/tummy tops/gowns) or projecting ones sexual organs or under wears by wearing tight tops, trousers, skirts, gowns that hang above the knees as well as ones that are very tight or transparent to display ones under wears , voyeurism; gazing at people (Mtt.5:28-29) with the above dressing sense or hanging, gazing as well as keeping nude or half-nude pictures within our laptops, rooms, phones, offices e.t.c, feeding our minds with erotic novels, newspapers and magazines when we go back to the inclinations of the flesh ('when self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious: sexual vice, impurity,and sensuality, the worship of false gods and sorcery; antagonisms and rivalry, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels, disagreements, factions and malice, drunkenness, orgies and all such things. and about these, I tell you now as I have told you in the past that people who behave in these ways will not inherit the kingdom of God' Gal.5:19-21) after swallowing the body and blood of Christ without the right mind-set hence taking the curse placed on Judas on ourselves “his place let another take” which makes satan to control your affairs rather than Holy Spirit that is renewed (Isaiah 40:31) within man when King of Glory enters the soul [look, I am standing at the door, knocking. If one of you hears me calling and opens the door, I will come in to share a meal at that person’s side; Rev.3:20].

Cheating and deception in offices, homes, church, markets, schools e.t.c between those have higher level of understanding and the weaker ones by way of manipulating peoples mind in order to defile their integrity or subject them to pain and ridicule as well win undeserved favor/grades forgetting that whatever seed a man sows he shall reap (Gal.6:7).

Involving in extra-marital affairs even after the admonition that whoever destroys the temple of God within the Soul will be destroyed (1 Cor.3:16-17). Married and single remember whatever God has joined together let no man put asunder (Mtt.19:6) by way of indecent exposure of a woman’s nakedness within the house for the spiritual discomfort (impure thoughts; Mtt.5:26-27) or sensate pleasure (Mtt.5:29-30) of the house-boys whether small or big, brother-in-laws, cousins, visitors, husband friends, covert lesbian friends e.t.c.

Involving in real sex with those mentioned above yet will be the first to sigh and call others who were caught in the act bad names like nymphomaniac, sex-addict, weird or loose woman e.t.c forgetting that while you point one accusing finger on anybody four is pointing back at you thus ‘rid yourselves, then of all spite, deceit, hypocrisy, envy and carping criticism. Like new-born babies all your longing should be for milk- the unadulterated spiritual milk which will help you to grow up to salvation, at any rate if you have tasted that the Lord is good {1 Pet.2:1-3}.

Inordinate attachment to wealth, women and wine (1 Tim.6:17, Prov.5 & Gal.5:21) which puts of the fire of God’s fear in man thus “…you need to do one thing more. Go and sell what you own and give the money to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come follow me. But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth” {Mk.10:21-22}. Many of us accused David of cheating (2 Sam.11) yet who are the major customers to brothels and girls hostels in the campuses today? This same men will threaten as well as blow up your brains if they see you around their daughters forgetting that no one can deceive God since what a man sows he shall reap (Gal.6:7). We also point accusing fingers on our relations who drive flashy cars and live in mansions for not being charitable enough with their God-giving wealth yet we have 4-5 boxes filled with clothes, jewelleries, shoes, e.t.c that have not been worn for the past months and counting as well as wasting food and drinks with impunity while others are starving. Anything that is within your keep that is not useful to you within the year should be given to those who will use them as well as bless you for being generous when it is done with the love of God (‘almsgiving is a most effective offering for all those who do it in the presence of the Most High’ Tobith 4:11) even landed properties and liquid cash because the enemy/children might misuse them after your demise while making mockery of your sufferings.

Unforgiving spirit which makes the complete manifestation of the sevenfold (Rev.4:5) gifts of the Holy Spirit inactive because the scriptures conditions us to forgive one another as God has forgiving us in Christ (Eph.4:32) thus ‘yes, if you forgive others their failings, your heavenly Father will forgive you yours; but if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive your failings either’ [Mtt.6:14-15]. Retaliating at the slightest provocation with or without veto power/position.

However, we should attend the Holy Sacrifice of the altar with dignity, attention and devotion as if it were our last on earth thus “since human beings die only once, after which comes judgment, so Christ too, having offered himself only once to bear the sin of many will manifest a second time, sin being no more to those who are waiting for him to them salvation” [Heb.9:27-28] while allowing its real fruits to manifest in every of our dealings with others hence ‘whatever you eat then or drink and whatever else you do, do it all for the glory of God’ {1 Cor.10:31} and “whatever you say or do, let it be in the name of the Lord Jesus, in thanksgiving to God the Father through him (Col.3:17).

More still, we need faith to cherish and reverence the Eucharistic JESUS as well as align our minds to the mystery it bears for the growth of our lives and our society (“…this is my flesh which will be given for the life of the world” Jn.6:51) because ‘only faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for or prove the existence of realities that are unseen’ (Heb.11:1) and it was because of his faith that Enoch was taken up and did not experience death: he was no more because God took him, because before assumption he was acknowledged to have pleased God. Now it is impossible to please God without faith, since anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and rewards those who seek him (heb.11:5-6) as this will help us to adopt the correct decorum for going to receive Him on the altar as on the day of our first Holy communion as well as going to adore, reverence, worship, dialogue with Him in the adoration chapels situated at different catholic parishes, and chaplaincies (‘come to me all you who labor and are overburdened and I will give you rest…’ Mtt.11:28-29).