Imagine coming home one day to meet your children scrubbing the floor diligently with your most expensive clothing. This was the sin of King Belshazzar, son of Nebuchadnezzar, in today’s first reading.
Read MoreWe can read John 3:16 in this way: “For God so loved the world that He gave us His Body and Blood that whosoever eats His flesh and drinks His blood would have eternal life and be raised on the last day.” (cf. John 6:54). In other words, today we are celebrating God’s greatest gift to humanity; the gift of Himself made readily available in the Holy Eucharist.
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