{"id":147814,"date":"2016-05-24T08:08:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T06:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/?p=147814"},"modified":"2016-07-10T12:08:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T10:08:59","slug":"most-holy-body-and-blood-of-christ-rosalino-reyes-dizon-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/most-holy-body-and-blood-of-christ-rosalino-reyes-dizon-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Rosalino Reyes Dizon)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Generosity that is Eucharistic and priestly<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Dying on the cross, Jesus consummates his generosity.\u00a0 He thus stands out as the most compassionate of all, and the one and only supreme mediator between God and us.<\/h4>\n<p>How admirable Jesus\u2019 generosity!\u00a0 \u00a0Though rich, he becomes poor for our sake, so that by his poverty we may become rich.\u00a0 Moreover, there is surely no greater act of generosity than to lay down one\u2019s life for sinners, whom one takes as friends.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Jesus\u2019 generosity is so amazing.\u00a0 That is because though divine, he empties and humbles himself.\u00a0 He becomes obedient even to a shameful death.\u00a0 Making the supreme sacrifice, he is proclaimed the true and only supreme Pontiff.\u00a0 Says Heb 2, 10:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is indication here, too, that our High Priest is able to sympathize with us in our sufferings and weaknesses.\u00a0 After all, he has been tested like us in every way, yet without sin.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, generosity and compassion are part of the distinguishing mark of the priesthood of Jesus.\u00a0 He is the one \u201cwho has made us into a kingdom of priests for his God and Father.\u201d\u00a0 The Christian way of life also requires them.<\/p>\n<p>We of little faith, trust, generosity and compassion tend to react like the Twelve.\u00a0 They say to Jesus, \u201cDismiss the crowd so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms and find lodging and provisions; for we are in a deserted place here.\u201d\u00a0 He does not want us to react in such a way.\u00a0 He encourages us and wants us to be trusting.\u00a0 That is why he answers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Give them some food yourselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Afterwards, Jesus shows us the great wonder that comes from the generosity and compassion of those who share the little they have to get by.<\/p>\n<p>We prove ourselves sharers of Jesus\u2019 priesthood by our compassion and our readiness to turn our profound poverty into an outpouring of generosity.\u00a0 That was how the early Christians in Macedonia proved themselves.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liturgies.net\/Liturgies\/Catholic\/loh\/week20mondayor.htm\">St. Gregory the Great<\/a> says that it is characteristic of holy people that their own painful trials do not make them lose their concern for others\u2019 well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Unless we welcome the poor with generosity, our proclamation of the death of the Lord will turn out sacrilegious. Those who eat and drink without discerning the body of the Lord, eat and drink judgment on themselves.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lord Jesus, make us generous and cheerful givers.\u00a0 Give us the light that makes us perceive your real presence in the poor (<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/via.library.depaul.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&amp;context=vincentian_ebooks\">SV.EN XI:26<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>May 29, 2016<br \/>\nMost Holy Body and Blood of Christ (C)<br \/>\nGen 14, 18-20; 1 Cor 11, 23-26; Lk 9, 11b-17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generosity that is Eucharistic and priestly Dying on the cross, Jesus consummates his generosity.\u00a0 He thus stands out as the most compassionate of all, and the one and only supreme mediator between God and us. &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/most-holy-body-and-blood-of-christ-rosalino-reyes-dizon-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":151052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homilies-and-reflections-year-c"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Rosalino Reyes Dizon) - We are Vincentians<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/vincentians.com\/en\/most-holy-body-and-blood-of-christ-rosalino-reyes-dizon-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Rosalino Reyes Dizon) - We are Vincentians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Generosity that is Eucharistic and priestly Dying on the cross, Jesus consummates his generosity.\u00a0 He thus stands out as the most compassionate of all, and the one and only supreme mediator between God and us. ... 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