Dear Parishioners, Today is Corpus Christi, the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. In the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel, Jesus makes the most astonishing reflection on the meaning of the Eucharist in the entire New Testament. Jesus says, I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world. At this, many in the Jewish audience balked for obvious reasons. (Click here)

Dear Parishioners, Next weekend is Corpus Christi, The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. It is a special Feast in which we honor and adore the real presence of Our Lord in the Eucharist. At 10:00 am at St. Joseph’s at Jump Off Joe, next Sunday, we will be having our annual Procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the altars around the church. This is a long-standing tradition at St. Joseph for at least over 100 years, and Corpus Christi Processions have been a tradition in the Catholic Church since at least the 13th century.