Episode Transcript
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This might sound a little strange to some,
but I’ve already organised my funeral.
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I want to be intentional about
the way people remember me.
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Today we celebrate the feast of Corpus Christ,
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the body and blood of our Lord Jesus
Christ present in the bread and wine.
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In the sequence before the Gospel
Acclamation this weekend we hear these words,
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‘In memory of His parting hour,
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thus tutored in His school divine,
we consecrate the bread and wine.’
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In our Gospel today we hear, ‘I am the
living bread which has come down from heaven.
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Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever."
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When I die, people might remember my
pre-planned funeral and where I was buried,
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but we as Catholics have an opportunity
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to not only remember Jesus truly present
in the Eucharistic celebration,
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but we also get a taste of eternal
life every time we partake,
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that’s way better than any
farewell I could conjure.
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As we prepare to partake of
the Eucharist this weekend,
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I hope we can remember a few things.
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Remember reverence, this is a holy occurrence,
the ground on which we stand is holy.
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Remember reconciliation, if there’s
sin weighing upon your heart,
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seek the Sacrament of Penance before communion.
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Remember resurrection,
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The Lord will come again to raise
these lowly bodies
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after the pattern of His own glorious body.
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The Eucharist is our way into resurrection.
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We might partake of this heavenly banquet often,
but may we never forget it’s mysterious beauty,
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it’s everlasting reverence and its eternal taste.
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This is the Sacrament that
unites us deeply with God,
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may we never lose sight of God’s
presence to us through this Sacrament.
