St. Thomas Aquinas and the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ
Do you know the history of the feast of Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ)?
The feast was instituted by Pope Urban IV. There was a Eucharistic Miracle happened in Italy which prompted Pope Urban IV to institute this feast. You can read the whole story at this link
http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/bolsena.html
But one interesting for me is the story of St. Thomas Aquinas. Pope Urban IV asked St. Thomas to compose the Proper for the Mass and an Office honouring the Holy Eucharist as the body of Christ.
One night, in the chapel of the Dominican priory in Naples where St.
Thomas was then living, the sacristan concealed himself to watch the
saint at prayer. He saw him lifted into the air, and heard Christ speaking to him from the crucifix on the chapel wall:
"Thomas, you have written well of me. What reward will you have?"
"Lord, nothing but yourself."
source: http://www.ewtn.com/library/DOCTRINE/TAEUCHDV.TXT
The answer touched me so much, "Lord, nothing but yourself.".
Can we say the same thing when Jesus ask us? Can we answer Him: "Lord, nothing but yourself.".
"Nothing Lord,... only You".
Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam
-For the Greater Glory of God-
your brother in His love,
oka
The feast was instituted by Pope Urban IV. There was a Eucharistic Miracle happened in Italy which prompted Pope Urban IV to institute this feast. You can read the whole story at this link
http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/bolsena.html
But one interesting for me is the story of St. Thomas Aquinas. Pope Urban IV asked St. Thomas to compose the Proper for the Mass and an Office honouring the Holy Eucharist as the body of Christ.
One night, in the chapel of the Dominican priory in Naples where St.
Thomas was then living, the sacristan concealed himself to watch the
saint at prayer. He saw him lifted into the air, and heard Christ speaking to him from the crucifix on the chapel wall:
"Thomas, you have written well of me. What reward will you have?"
"Lord, nothing but yourself."
source: http://www.ewtn.com/library/DOCTRINE/TAEUCHDV.TXT
The answer touched me so much, "Lord, nothing but yourself.".
Can we say the same thing when Jesus ask us? Can we answer Him: "Lord, nothing but yourself.".
"Nothing Lord,... only You".
Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam
-For the Greater Glory of God-
your brother in His love,
oka
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