Today is the Sunday within the Octave of Corpus Christi and the Church in her wisdom proclaims the parable of the great supper, a reminder that our attendance at Church should be a generous response to Christ's invitation to this sacred banquet, and a desire to be united with Him in the sacrifice and through the sacrament.

St Therese of Lisieux says, "our Lord does not come down from Heaven every day to lie in a golden chalice. He comes to find another heaven which is infinitely dearer to Him - the heaven of our souls, created in His image, the living temples of the Adorable Trinity." These words echo the prayer of St. Paul, " That according to the riches of his [the Father's] glory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power to comprehend with all the saints ... and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fulness of God" (Eph 3:16-19) and the revelation of St. John, "Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them." (Rev 21:3)