Feast of Corpus Christi

On the occasion of yesterday’s Feast of Corpus Christi, Marcellino D’Ambrosio offers this reflection on the sacramental miracle of transubstantiation.

The appearances of bread and wine stay the same, but the very essence of these realities, which can’t be viewed by a microscope, is totally transformed.  What starts as bread and wine becomes Christ’s body and blood.  A handy word was coined to describe this unique change.  Transformation of the “sub-stance”, what “stands-under” the surface, came to be called “transubstantiation.”