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JUNE 7, 2026
(1Co 10:16-17)  The chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord? For we, being many, are one bread, one body: all that partake of one bread.

Corpus Christi is more than just another celebration on the liturgical calendar. It is a way of returning to the heart of the faith to renew our love and fidelity to God. It is a profession of faith in the presence of the Risen Lord, who is alive and continues to walk among us, who becomes bread to satiate our hunger for life, and visits the recesses of our hearts and history, even those shrouded in darkness.

VATICAN.VA HOLY MASS, PROCESSION AND EUCHARISTIC BLESSING IN THE SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
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Leading the procession is Pope Pius XII. Among the relics carried is the Corporal of Bolsena, the linen cloth stained with blood from the Eucharistic miracle of 1263, which occurred when a priest doubted the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH

1. The Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi, celebrates the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.

2. There were 2 separate miracles that lead to the institution of the feast in the Catholic Church: A Vision to St. Juliana of Mont Cornillon and The Miracle at Bolsena.

St. Juliana’s Vision: The saint had a vision of the Church under the appearance of a full moon which had one dark spot. During the vision, she heard a mysterious, heavenly voice explain that the moon represented the Church at that time, and the dark spot symbolized the fact that a great feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament was missing from the liturgical calendar.

The Miracle at Bolsena: In 1263 a priest had grown lukewarm for his love of the Eucharist and began to doubt Jesus' true presence in the Blessed Sacrament. In response to his doubt, when he recited the prayer of consecration as he celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, blood started seeping from the consecrated host and onto the altar and corporal.

3. The festival was instituted throughout the Church by Pope Urban IV in 1264. Before that there had been no universal festival to mark the sacrament of the Eucharist.

4. Inspired by the St. Juliana and The Miracle at Bolsena, Pope Urban IV commissioned St. Thomas Aquinas to compose the Mass and Office for the feast of Corpus Christi. Namely, Pange Lingua, Tantum Ergo, Panis Angelicus, and O Salutaris Hostia.

5. One of the key liturgical facets of Corpus Christi is its procession. They enable Christians to give public witness to their faith, give glory to God, and they symbolize our earthly pilgrimage to the heavenly Jerusalem. Eucharistic processions began shortly after the institution of the Feast of Corpus Christi.
CATHOLIC ANSWERS TRACT
Ladder of Divine Ascent — Step 7: “On Joy-Making Mourning”

22. Let your very dress urge you to the work of mourning, because all who lament the dead are dressed in black. If you do not mourn, mourn for this cause. And if you mourn, lament still more that, by your sins, you have brought yourself down from a state free of labours to one of labours

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