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THE FEAST OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS CHRISTI)                         Deut. 8:2-3. 14-16 1Cor. 10:16-17 John 6:51-58                       THEME:   JESUS THE LIVING BREAD   Dear friends today we celebrate the solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ.-Corpus Christi. It is a day set aside for us in order to reflect on the meaning and importance of the Holy Eucharist or Holy Communion which we receive in the church. The Holy Eucharist is central in our lives as Christians; it is the source and summit of our life and worship. In the Eucharist, we receive Christ whole and entire; he nourishes and strengthens us on our journey to eternal life. The Pope instituted Corpus Christi a year after a priest from Paraguay according to an ancient account. A monk was celebrating mass in the monastery of St. Longinus. But he had doubts about the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. So during mass as he said the words “this is my body, this is my blood”, with doubt in

HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY A Readings: Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9; Psalm Daniel 3:29-30, 31, 33, 32, 43; II Corinthians 13:11-13; John 3:16-18 THEME: THE TRINITY: A MODEL FOR PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LIFE So many things in the world seem to have two sides. Some thinkers call this two-sidedness of realities – dualism. For example, there is the reality of male and female, heaven and earth, black and white, night and day, belief and unbelief, the list is endless. On the coin of Christianity in particular and religion in general, there are two sides: theory and practice, or faith and works. When faith and works blend together in a person, there you find a good person, a godly, Christ-like personality. But when one aspect dominates the other, there is the tendency of finding a distorted personality, a hypocrite, even a fanatic.    In Nigeria, we can say without doubt that everyone is religious. But the question we always ask is, ‘Is there a good blend of faith and works in us? No one can accuse Nigerian

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT NIGERIA FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC STUDENTS (NFCS) UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI CHAPTER *WARM GREETINGS* Beloved NFCSers, It is of love that I write you as we enter another glorious month still at home. I understand that this this the third month we have been away from one another. May I assure you that you all have been in my mind and I have made calculated efforts to reach out to as many as I can, you all understand how impossible it is to reach everyone individually but you all have been in my mind and prayers. I salute most respectfully all those that have effort to see that we stay in touch as family through texts, calls and social media messages. I appreciate also our brethren who have generously reached out to other brethren to make sure they have food on their table in this hard time, I cannot forget such love. I understand how tough these past months may have been for you. We all feel the same way too. But our hardship as Christians should be different b