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With the celebration of the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, we entered the month of July – the month dedicated to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. July is vacation time in full swing - the time of summer heat, traveling and relaxation. It is also a time when our journey of faith continues to invite us to reflect upon our relationship with Jesus and the significant role Christ plays in our lives. So together with the Gospel of Luke we continue to follow Jesus on His way to Jerusalem.

The context for this Sunday’s Gospel sets the tone for the upcoming months of Ordinary Time for us as it reaches a crucial turning point today. From now on, Jesus is traveling to Jerusalem for the last time. As the Gospel relates, the road Jesus takes is signposted with encounters and events that provides a deep and profound lesson of discipleship.

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Today in our celebration we share in the essence of our faith what Jesus tells us in the Gospel, "Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My body has eternal life." The significance of Jesus’ statement is echoed by St. Paul who reminds us that we "participate in the body of Christ," when we break the bread and the cup we drink is "a participation in the blood of Christ." On this Solemnity of Corpus Christi we proclaim the greatest gift of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, "the source and the summit of the Christian life" - reality from which everything in our life flows (source) and the reality toward which everything in our life is directed (summit), reality that gives us – the faithful – an energy, vision and hope to foster a true civilization of love.

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Today the Church celebrates Trinity Sunday or "The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity."  It is one of the few feasts of the Liturgical Year that celebrates a reality and doctrine rather than an event or person. On Trinity Sunday we remember and honor the eternal God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Today the Church celebrates Pentecost as the day on which the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles who were gathered in an upper room with Mary the Mother of Jesus as “He breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’”   Ever since that time, the Church has wanted us to learn from that experience how to desire the Holy Spirit.