As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.
Now the body is not a single part, but many.
Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it. (1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27 NABRE)
Sometimes it is helpful to understand spiritual things in physical terms. Today's passage helps us begin to grasp the spiritual reality that Christ is among us right now. As the faithful, you and I are each a part of his actual spiritual body. By our baptism, we share in his Spirit. By our lives, we make his Spirit visible and alive in our time, in our place. May we each value our special, unique, individual role as a member of the body of Christ.
Today, I will thank the Lord for my role as a member of his body.
Saint Francis de Sales, patron of the deaf, authors, journalist, and writers, pray for us.
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