Nourish - Magazine - Page 1
Dear Parents and Carers,
This Sunday, the Church celebrates the great feast
of Corpus Christi [two Latin words which mean ‘the
Body of Christ’]. In some parts of the world there are
processions through the streets. This is traditionally a
time when children make their First Holy Communion.
The gathering in this Sunday’s Gospel wasn’t just a
huge, miraculous, open-air picnic. This was a sign of
the Eucharist (Holy Communion) which Jesus would
establish with his disciples at the Last Supper.
A Word from
the Saints
Wednesday 18th June 2025
Jesus makes the same offer to nourish us today,
especially when we receive Holy Communion a sacred moment, when we receive a gift from
heaven – we receive Jesus. This helps us become
closer to Jesus and closer to each other - to keep
growing in goodness and love.
Enjoy exploring this Sunday’s Gospel and this
Wednesday’s word, which is NOURISH.
Dom Henry Wansbrough
“The Mass is the centre of the Chris tian life and
the nourishme nt of the soul.” Pope Saint Pius X
THE GOSPEL IN CHURCH
Sunday 22nd June 2025
Jesus had been with the crowds
all day. It was late afternoon when
his disciples came to him and said,
“Send the people away, so that they
can go to the nearest villages and
farms to find food and shelter for the
night, because this is a lonely place.” Jesus replied,
“You give them something to eat.” But they said,
“We have no more than five loaves and two fish.
Are we to go and buy food for all these people?”
For there were about five thousand there. So
Jesus said to the twelve disciples, “Get the people
to sit down in groups of about fifty.” Then Jesus
took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking
up to heaven, he blessed them, broke them, and
gave them to his disciples to hand out to the
crowd. They all ate as much as they wanted and
the leftovers filled twelve baskets.
Adapted from Luke 9:11-17
Corpus Christi, Year C
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Learn more about this Sunday’s Gospel in your
local Parish Church: all are very warmly invited.
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To nourish means to feed and help grow. In this Sunday’s Gospel,
before he fed the 5000, Jesus looked up to heaven, said the blessing,
broke the bread and then shared it. Today, the priest does the same
thing at Mass - Jesus continues to nourish us through the Church!
SPREAD THE WORD and bring GOOD NEWS to your friends by sharing THE WEDNESDAY WORD
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