The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Genesis 14: 18- 20
14:18 Then in truth, Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, for he was a priest of the Most High God;
14:19 he blessed him, and he said: “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, who created heaven and earth.
14:20 And blessed be the Most High God, through whose protection the enemies are in your hands.” And he gave him tithes from everything.
First Corinthians 11: 23- 26
11:23 For I have received from the Lord what I have also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the same night that he was handed over, took bread,
11:24 and giving thanks, he broke it, and said: “Take and eat. This is my body, which shall be given up for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
11:25 Similarly also, the cup, after he had eaten supper, saying: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
11:26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he returns.
Luke 9: 11- 17
9:11 But when the crowd had realized this, they followed him. And he received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God. And those who were in need of cures, he healed.
9:12 Then the day began to decline. And drawing near, the twelve said to him: “Dismiss the crowds, so that, by going into the surrounding towns and villages, they may separate and find food. For we are here in a deserted place.”
9:13 But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said, “There is with us no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we are to go and buy food for this entire multitude.”
9:14 Now there were about five thousand men. So he said to his disciples, “Have them recline to eat in groups of fifty.”
9:15 And they did so. And they caused them all to recline to eat.
9:16 Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish, he gazed up to heaven, and he blessed and broke and distributed them to his disciples, in order to set them before the crowd.
9:17 And they all ate and were satisfied. And twelve baskets of fragments were taken up, which were left over from them.