The Body and Blood of Jesus is the sure source of strength in life and our eternal joy in heaven Homily for the Solemnity of the most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Corpus Christi 11th June 2023
Homily for the Solemnity of the most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Dt 8:2-3,14b-16a; Ps 147 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58. Beloved friends in the Eucharistic Lord, the Holy Mother Church invites us today to celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. The feast is celebrated usually on the Thursday following the Trinity Sunday or transferred to the Sunday after it as it is the case here. The feast was instituted to honour the Lord’s presence in the Blessed Sacrament to rekindle faith against theories that reduced the Eucharist to mere symbol or metaphor, as it is still happening across the world today. Two notable events were said to have also encouraged the promulgation of the feast, namely: a vision of St. Juliana of Cornillon and the Miracle at Bolsena of a Priest who demonstrated doubt of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist. It was Proclaimed a liturgical celebration in 1264 by ...