Chi Rho Letters - Corpus Christi

Jun 07, 2026 1:01 pm

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June 7, 2026 - Volume II, Issue 15


"God dwells in our midst, in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar." 

St. Maximilian Kolbe  



Editor’s Note

Happy Corpus Christi Sunday! This week's Gospel offers us the opportunity to meditate anew on the familiar, and these are the Chi Rho Letters.


It’s easy on this feast to jump straight to the metaphysical and theological teachings about transubstantiation, but I’d like to start with something simpler: Christ had a real, physical body.


Reflection on Substack


Also, couldn't fight the feeling... If you're wondering what date Sunday is, here's Pope Leo offering a hint...

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#sorrynotsorry


Headlines

⛪Bishop Schneider weighs in on the SSPX consecration debate.


🚶‍♂️‍➡️The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will finish in Philadelphia with a July celebration.


☑️The U.S. bishops are set to vote on a revised Dallas Charter.


👽Cardinal McElroy removes a popular priest from exorcism ministry after UFO and demon comments.


⚖️A Louisiana priest receives 99 years in prison after a sex abuse conviction.


🩺CRS faces Ebola-response challenges from missing USAID support and dangerous misinformation.


✝️Two Dominican friars of the Province of St. Joseph are ordained to the priesthood.


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Pope Leo's Preaching

Summary excerpt from Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given June 3, 2026


Dear brothers and sisters, in our series of catecheses on the Second Vatican Council, we continue our reflection on Sacrosanctum Concilium, by looking at the elements of the rite, the sign, and the symbol found in the sacred liturgy. The rite of the Christian liturgy is the ecclesial mediation through which the divine gift reaches us. In the liturgy, we are invited to participate — body, mind, and heart — and enter into a dimension inhabited by the Holy Spirit. In order to enter into this dimension, the liturgy is woven with signs and symbols that have a performative and transformative dimension. For example, kneeling is a sign of our worship of God while exchanging the sign of peace points to our ecclesial communion. Further, signs help us to recall the constitutive acts of the Sacraments as when we are sprinkled with holy water we remember our commitment to Christ. As we prepare for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, may each of us reawaken our openness to an encounter with God by rediscovering the signs and symbols of the sacred liturgy.



Sunday Readings

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) - Link

Reading 1: Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a

Psalm: Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20

Reading 2: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17

Sequence: Lauda Sion

Gospel: John 6:51-58


Collect

O God,

who in this wonderful Sacrament

have left us a memorial of your Passion,

grant us, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries

of your Body and Blood that we may always experience

in ourselves the fruits of your redemption.

Who live and reign with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever.


Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer




More Headlines

Pope Leo, Vatican, and Church Governance


Eucharistic, Liturgical, and Devotional Life


Church Accountability, Abuse, and Discipline


Global Church, War, and Persecution


U.S. Church, Public Life, and Religious Liberty


Vocations, Saints, and Catholic Witness


Catholic Culture, Technology, and Curiosities


Collection Plate

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The Liturgical Week Ahead

Coloring indicates Liturgical Color, links provided to USCCB site.


June 8, 2026 | Monday | Tenth Week of Ordinary Time

1 Kgs 17:1-6 | Mt 5:1-12

Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer


June 9, 2026 | Tuesday | Tenth Week of Ordinary Time [Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church]

1 Kgs 17:7-16 | Mt 5:13-16

Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer


June 10, 2026 | Wednesday | Tenth Week of Ordinary Time

1 Kgs 18:20-39 | Mt 5:17-19

Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer


June 11, 2026 | Thursday | Saint Barnabas, Apostle

Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3 | Mt 5:20-26

Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer


June 12, 2026 | Friday | The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Dt 7:6-11 | 1 Jn 4:7-16 | Mt 11:25-30

Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer


June 13, 2026 | Saturday | Tenth Week of Ordinary Time [The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church; BVM]

1 Kgs 19:19-21 | Mt 5:33-37; or, for the Optional Memorial of the Immaculate Heart: 1 Kgs 19:19-21 | Lk 2:41-51

Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer I



Community Prayer Intentions

For Strength and Comfort:

  • Families of Servicemembers
  • Those affected by the Iranian and Ukrainian wars
  • Families experiencing losses
  • Myers Family
  • Demers Family
  • Pope Leo XIV


Eternal Rest:

  • Noel Demers
  • Emma Niese
  • Those killed in the wars in Iran and Ukraine
  • Fr. Wilber Thomas
  • Pope Benedict XVI
  • Pope Francis


Saints in Progress, pray for us:



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