The feast of the Body and Blood of Christ celebrates the mystery of the presence of God among us.  God came to man through the body of Jesus, His Son. He became incarnate, making Himself visible and tangible and coming to the world as a man among men. After his mortal existence and rise to heaven, the presence of Jesus changed in form but not in spirit. In fact, He is present in the sacrament of the Eucharist, giving Himself to us in the form of the broken bread and wine, which symbolise the sacrificed Body that becomes nutrition and the Blood lost as a drink of salvation and union. They represent the physical and spiritual nutrition that continuously renews our relationship with God and makes His presence among us tangible. 

Moreover, the body of Christ, in its mysterious and divine materiality, becomes the support for our body as well. In fact, the body is the means of our worldly presence and of the possibility provided to us each and every day to work and give of ourselves to others. The mystery of the incarnation, therefore, reminds us about the importance of taking care of our body, in order to be able to properly serve others. In fact, as Don Bosco reminds us, is it important not only to work much but to ensure we can work for a long time, respecting our body which, if we so desire, can also be tangible evidence of the presence of God on earth.