One time, I was exciting a bunch of second graders in their classroom, getting them ready for their first Holy Communion. And so I asked them, boys and girls, what are you most excited about about receiving your first Holy Communion? So, one kid raised his hand high in the air, and I called on him. He said, ‘We get to eat God.’ Exactly. It sounds a little crazy and a little radical, but this kid canonizes him right now. Make him a doctor of the church. This is the great gift of the Eucharist that we have as Catholics, and we celebrate it today in the Feast of Corpus Christi. There is nothing more intimate in this world than receiving Holy Communion. The Eucharist is the greatest gift that we have received. And so today, at Mass, receive the Lord with your whole heart, with your entire being. Have an incredible Corpus Christi.
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