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Notes from Rev. Willie J. Smith

Notes From Rev. Willie J. Smith, June 14, 2026

The Body of Christ

Last Sunday I was walking in my neighborhood and I heard singing. Not one voice but many voices.  Across the street where I was standing, I noticed a procession.
A cross with candles followed by an altar server swinging a censer with incense behind him was a priest carrying a monstrance containing a large host.

I remember reading many years ago that processions were a public expression of faith.  The event being celebrated was Corpus Christi-The Body of Christ.
The Bouquet of Peace was painted by Picasso for a peace demonstration being held in Stockholm. Two hands holding the stems, giving, receiving –  a bond.

During the Eucharist, we hear the Body of Christ and the response is Amen. Giving, receiving-the response may it be so.
May it be so not on Sunday but every day. A public expression of faith.

Pray with me: Feasting God, your table is set for the uncertain and the unworthy; your kingdom is food and drink without money or price:
may we receive what is freely offered in fragile bread and flowing wine that we might be the body of Jesus, The living Host. May it be so.