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This might sound a little strange to some, but I’ve already organised my funeral. I want to be intentional about the way people remember me. Today we celebrate the feast of Corpus Christ, the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ present in the bread and wine. In the sequence before the Gospel Acclamation this weekend we hear these words, ‘In memory of His parting hour, thus tutored in His school divine, we consecrate the bread and wine.’ In our Gospel today we hear, ‘I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.” When I die, people might remember my pre-planned funeral and where I was buried, but we as Catholics have an opportunity to not only remember Jesus truly present in the Eucharistic celebration, but we also get a taste of eternal life every time we partake, that’s way better than any farewell I could conjure. As we prepare to partake of the Eucharist this weekend, I hope we can remember a few things. Remember reverence, this is a holy occurrence, the ground on which we stand is holy. Remember reconciliation, if there’s sin weighing upon your heart, seek the Sacrament of Penance before communion. Remember resurrection, The Lord will come again to raise these lowly bodies after the pattern of His own glorious body. The Eucharist is our way into resurrection. We might partake of this heavenly banquet often, but may we never forget it’s mysterious beauty, it’s everlasting reverence and its eternal taste. This is the Sacrament that unites us deeply with God, may we never lose sight of God’s presence to us through this Sacrament.