January 23, Body of Christ: a Sunday Scriptures blog
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On this 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, notice the second reading from 1 Corinthians 12. There Paul uses his signature metaphor: body of Christ. We Catholics are Eucharistic Christians, but unfortunately we often think only of the consecrated host as the body of Christ. In Paul’s day, the Eucharistic ritual…