The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Solemnity | Bulletin of June 07, 2026 Message from Msgr. Schwanger

My Dear Family of Our Lady of Lourdes,

Next Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Holy Body and Blood of Christ! The Corpus Christi Procession will take place immediately following the 6:00 pm multilingual Vigil Mass on Saturday. There will be no 5:00 or 6:30 Mass on Saturday evening.

This day invites us to enter more deeply into Christ’s gift of Himself for our salvation and His continuing presence with us through and in the Eucharist. At the Last Supper, our Lord established the Eucharist as the saving memorial of His Passion. Nourishing the faithful by this sacred mystery, He makes us holy, filling us with His life-giving presence.

The celebration of Sunday Mass, then, is the source and summit of our life in Christ. Here He makes us one with Him and with each other as we experience even now the fruits of our salvation, a taste of the peace and joy of heaven. We extend and deepen this intimate union through Eucharistic Adoration. Adoration of our Lord during our Holy Hours strengthens our unity and confirms us in faith. There we find the courage to trust the Lord’s love for us and to allow Him to mold us and the way we live.

It is no coincidence that we have Perpetual Adoration here at Our Lady of Lourdes. Coming to Christ in His Body and Blood is one of the fruits of a true devotion to Mary. Indeed, the Corpus Christi procession and Eucharistic Adoration are part and parcel of the ministry at the Sanctuary of Lourdes. It is also part and parcel of the ministry here at Our Lady of Lourdes in Miami.

This beautiful feast, then, is when we focus on that pillar of life here at Our Lady of Lourdes that is Perpetual Adoration. I invite each and every one of us to renew our yearly commitment to the Holy Hour. If you have not already, please choose a day and time to come each week for an hour to the Blessed Sacrament and pray for our parish family. To have the chance to enter into Christ through His Body and Blood, at Mass and in Adoration, is a supreme blessing. Let us embrace and celebrate this gift with a grateful and Faithful heart.

Msgr. Schwanger
Pastor

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