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Solemnity of
 The Most Holy Body and Blood
           of Christ
        Corpus Christi

"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son
of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you; he who
eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will
         raise him up at the last day." -- John 6:53, 54
• commemorates the
                                   institution of the Eucharist.
                                 • This feast day was instituted
                                   in the late 13th century and
                                   was known as Corpus
                                   Christi.
                                 • It was celebrated for a
                                   century before becoming a
                                   mandatory feast in 1312.
                                 • Its purpose was to
                                   encourage the faithful to
• The Solemnity of the Most        give special honor to the
                                   institution of the Holy
  Holy Body and Blood of
                                   Eucharist or Blessed
  Christ is a parallel to Holy
                                   Sacrament.
  Thursday which
• The name was changed in
  1970 from Corpus Christi to
  The Solemnity of the Most
  Holy Body and Blood of
  Christ and it is usually
  celebrated on the Sunday
  following Trinity Sunday.
• Turning to the official
  teaching of the Catholic
  Church in the Catechism we
  read.
• 1324 The Eucharist is
  "source and summit of the
                                  • works of the apostolate, are
  Christian life." "The other
                                    bound up with the Eucharist
  sacraments, and indeed all
                                    and are oriented toward it.
  ecclesiastical ministries and
• For in the blessed Eucharist
  is contained the whole
  spiritual good of the
  Church, namely Christ
  himself (CCC 1324).
• It would be great to revive
  the Corpus Christi
  procession -- in your parish.
                        parish
• Pope Urban IV asked Saint Thomas Aquinas to write a hymn in
  honor of the feast, he wrote Tantum Ergo which is the sound
  you hear in the background.
To go to our website click on the
above Saint Paul Ministries
www.SaintPaulMinistries.net
To go to our website click on the
above Saint Paul Ministries
www.SaintPaulMinistries.net

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  • 1. Solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Corpus Christi "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you; he who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." -- John 6:53, 54
  • 2. • commemorates the institution of the Eucharist. • This feast day was instituted in the late 13th century and was known as Corpus Christi. • It was celebrated for a century before becoming a mandatory feast in 1312. • Its purpose was to encourage the faithful to • The Solemnity of the Most give special honor to the institution of the Holy Holy Body and Blood of Eucharist or Blessed Christ is a parallel to Holy Sacrament. Thursday which
  • 3. • The name was changed in 1970 from Corpus Christi to The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ and it is usually celebrated on the Sunday following Trinity Sunday. • Turning to the official teaching of the Catholic Church in the Catechism we read. • 1324 The Eucharist is "source and summit of the • works of the apostolate, are Christian life." "The other bound up with the Eucharist sacraments, and indeed all and are oriented toward it. ecclesiastical ministries and
  • 4. • For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself (CCC 1324). • It would be great to revive the Corpus Christi procession -- in your parish. parish
  • 5. • Pope Urban IV asked Saint Thomas Aquinas to write a hymn in honor of the feast, he wrote Tantum Ergo which is the sound you hear in the background.
  • 6. To go to our website click on the above Saint Paul Ministries www.SaintPaulMinistries.net
  • 7. To go to our website click on the above Saint Paul Ministries www.SaintPaulMinistries.net