Discussion Questions
First Reading
Proverbs 9:1-6
F1. Is Wisdom female or male? Does it invite or demand? What hungers does it satisfy? What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? Does the latter help us in difficult situations?
F2. Our food becomes part of us and helps us grow and repair our cells. This reading talks about a meal that brings us to the fullness of life. If we eat at Wisdom’s table will we know the things of God?
Second Reading
Ephesians 5:15-20
S1. “Be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.” Outside the liturgical setting what are some ways you can show love for your neighbors other than “greeting them with songs”?
S2. The reading tells us to give thanks always and everywhere. If giving thanks for painful situations is too difficult, what might be some other ways to handle them?
Gospel
John 6:51-58
G1. When people love each other they want to be together. Explain “Whoever eats my flesh remains in me and I in him” in this light. Stating it many different ways, how many times did Jesus suggest that the crowd “eat this bread” in Sunday’s Gospel? If we eat at the table of the Lord will he give himself to us and give us eternal life?
G2. According to Pope Francis, what are some of the ways we might see Jesus “remaining” in us when we eat his flesh and drink his blood?
In the Body and Blood of Christ, we find his presence, his life given for each of us. He not only gives us help to go forward, but he gives us himself—he makes himself our travelling companion, he enters into our affairs, he visits us when we are lonely, giving us back a sense of enthusiasm. This satisfies us, when the Lord gives meaning to our life, to our darkness, our doubts. But he sees the meaning, and this meaning that the Lord gives satisfies us. This gives us that “more” that we all seek—namely, the presence of the Lord! For in the warmth of his presence, our lives change.
Angelus for Corpus Christi C
Pope Francis
June 19, 2021
Anne Osdieck
**From Saint Louis University