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THURSDAY 8 JUNE/SUNDAY 11 JUNE
CORPUS CHRISTI/THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
In the Common Worship Lectionary, the Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of the Holy Communion (traditionally known as Corpus Christi) is observed on Thursday 8 June. Those using the Roman Lectionary observe Corpus Christi (The Body and Blood of Christ) on Sunday 11 June. Further musical suggestions can be found on the RSCM website (www.rscm.org.uk/our-resources/liturgy-worship/planning-worship/).
COMMENT
‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ Humanly speaking, this question is very understandable. It has been the subject of debate by theologians over many centuries in the Christian Church, and it still remains a cause of division. The debate itself could well be seen as
a barrier to coming to Jesus if the object is to find a human rational answer to the question. Of course, when Jesus saw the Jews in dispute over it, he did not make it any easier. He reasserted the fact that our life depends on eating his flesh, and then, to make matters more difficult, he added, and drinking his blood.
HYMNS AND SONGS
All for Jesus
Alleluia, sing to Jesus
As we gather, Father, seal us
Behold the lamb who bears our sins away
Bread is blessed and broken
Bread of heaven, on thee/you we feed
Broken for me, broken for you
Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness
Draw nigh and take the body of the Lord
Fill your hearts with joy and gladness (RL)
Glory be to Jesus
Godhead here in hiding
Here is bread, here is wine
I am the bread of life
Immortal, invisible (RL)
Jesus calls us here to meet him
Jesu(s), my Lord, my God, my all
Jesus, we thus obey
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us
My God, and is thy table spread (RL) O bread of heaven, beneath this veil
O food to pilgrims given
O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray Of the glorious body/Now, my tongue Reap me the earth as a harvest to God See us, Lord, about thine altar (RL) Seek ye first the Kingdom of God (RL) Sing of the Lord’s goodness
Soul of my Saviour
Sweet sacrament divine
The church’s one foundation (RL) Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee Therefore we, before him bending This is the body of Christ
We come as guests invited
We hail thy presence glorious
We pray thee, heavenly Father Wherefore, O Father
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BIBLE READINGS
Common Worship Lectionary/Revised Common Lectionary
Genesis 14.18–20 Melchizedek blesses Abram, who tithes a tenth Psalm 116.10–17 ‘Having kept the faith, I will pay my vows to the Lord’ 1 Corinthians 11.23–26 The institution of the Lord’s Supper
John 6.51–58 The living bread from heaven, yielding eternal life
Roman Lectionary
Deuteronomy 8.2–3, 14–16 Remember that God brought you out
of Egypt and fed you with manna, yet you do not live by bread alone Psalm 147.12–15, 19–20 God establishes peace on Jerusalem’s borders 1 Corinthians 10.16–17 ‘Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread’
John 6.51–58 The living bread from heaven, yielding eternal life
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