The Feast of Corpus Christi

Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. This is the second of the three great feasts we celebrate immediately after we end the Easter season with Pentecost. The first was last Sunday’s Feast of the Trinity. Today (or this past Thursday in some locations) we celebrate Corpus Christi. This coming Friday we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart.

Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ) is a Eucharistic solemnity, or better, the solemn commemoration of the institution of that sacrament. It is, moreover, the Church's official act of homage and gratitude to Christ, who by instituting the Holy Eucharist gave to the Church her greatest treasure. Holy Thursday, assuredly, marks the anniversary of the institution, but the commemoration of the Lord's passion that very night suppresses the rejoicing proper to the occasion. Today's observance, therefore, accents the joyous aspect of Holy Thursday.

For more on Corpus Christi, see Fr. Hoisington's Corpus Christi Reflection.

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