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The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

The Feast of Corpus Christi, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is a Catholic celebration of the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist—and thus a sacred reminder that, in every Mass, Jesus’ one sacrifice of Calvary is sacramentally made present and offered anew for “the forgiveness of the sins we daily commit” (CCC 1366).

While Holy Thursday recalls Christ’s institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper, Corpus Christi gives Catholics a joyful opportunity to honor our Eucharistic Lord Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. This includes public devotion apart from Mass.

The Church celebrates Corpus Christi to profess and adore our Eucharistic Lord. Jesus is truly present body, blood, soul, and divinity in the Eucharist. At every Mass we partake of the Lamb of God, the New Covenant Passover sacrifice. Not only that, this feast highlights the sacramental and sacrificial reality of Christ’s presence. Additionally, it affirms the Church’s teaching on transubstantiation, and invites the faithful into deeper Eucharistic devotion.

The visions of St. Juliana of Liège (modern day St. Juliana) inspired the Feast of Corpus Christi. St. Juliana, a thirteenth-century Norbertine religious, saw a moon with a dark spot in a vision. This symbolized the absence of a liturgical feast to specifically honor the Real Presence.

Therefore, in 1264, just a year after the Miracle of Bolsena in central Italy in 1263, Pope Urban IV instituted Corpus Christi as a universal feast in the Church. He did so through his papal bull Transiturus de hoc mundo.

The Miracle of Bolsena occurred in 1263, when a German priest known as Peter of Prague was struggling with doubts about the Real Presence. He prayed fervently against these doubts, and, right after he pronounced the words of consecration during Mass, he noticed that blood began to seep from the host. The blood stained the corporal (a small linen cloth used on the altar during Mass), which Peter later brought to Pope Urban IV, who resided in nearby Orvieto at the time.

Moreover, this Eucharistic miracle further affirmed Catholic teaching on the Real Presence, while directly leading to the global celebration of the Corpus Christi Feast.

Because of this miracle, many pilgrims and tourists continue to visit the Basilica of St. Christina in Bolsena, where this Eucharistic miracle took place. They also visit the Cathedral of Orvieto, in which the miraculous, blood-stained corporal is reserved.

Excerpted—https://www.catholic.com/tract/feast-of-corpus-christi-what-it-is-when-its-celebrated-and-why-it-matters

In honor of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, all parishioners and adorers are invited to join in a solemn Eucharistic Procession to the 4 altars.

Immediately following the midday Mass.