The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Reading I – Genesis 14:18-20 
Reading II – 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Gospel – Luke 9: 11b-17
CHRIST FORETOLD - In Genesis, Melchizedek is described as a king who is also a priest. As this story is usually interpreted, Melchize dek’s action of bringing out bread and wine and blessing it with praise to the Creator is a prophetic action. Seen as a prefigure ment of the action of Jesus, he foretells to Abram the One who is to come, the Messiah.
The psalm echoes this theme in the time of David the King, who praises and thanks God and proclaims the preexis tence of the Christ, who is given princely power from “the day of your birth, in holy splendor” (Psalm 110:3 ). God has promised this to David and his descendants forever, and God will never go back on this promise. © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.
