Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Corpus Christi

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“I devoutly adore You, hidden Deity, Who are truly hidden beneath these appearances. My whole heart submits to You, And in contemplating You, it surrenders itself completely. Sight, touch, taste are all deceived in their judgment of You, But hearing suffices firmly to believe. I believe all that the Son of God has spoken; There is nothing truer than this word of Truth. On the Cross only the divinity was hidden, But here the humanity is also hidden. Yet believing and confessing both, I ask for what the penitent thief asked. I do not see wounds as Thomas did, But I confess that You are my God. Make me believe much more in You, Hope in you, and love You. O memorial of Our Lord’s death, Living Bread that gives life to man, Grant my soul to live on You, And always to savor Your sweetness. Lord Jesus, Good Pelican*, wash my filthiness and clean me with Your Blood, One drop of which can free the entire world of all its sins. Jesus, whom now I see hidden,I ask You to fulfill what I so desire: That the sight of Your Face being unveiled I may have the happiness of seeing Your glory. Amen.”

~Hymn “Adoro Te Devote” (“I devoutly adore You), written by St. Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Christi

*Christ is called “The Good Pelican” and the pelican is a symbol of Christ because pelicans will, if need be, peck at their own chests and feed their young on their own flesh and blood.  ~Via barnhardt.biz

(Art: Victorian stained glass window from a church in Devon, England, via devonchurchland.co.uk)

Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi

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Princess Gabriella of Monaco attends the Feast of Corpus Christi at The Prince's Palace in Monaco -June 16th 2022.

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The procession of Corpus Christi by German artist Carl Emile Doepler 1824- 1905.

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It's June 8th. Not only is today the Feast of Corpus Christi Celebration, it's also the birthday of XIXth century artist John Everett Millais.

I had this older drawing I traced off his controversial work Christ in the House of His Parents, seen below:

So, I figured today was a great day to upload it, since off to the right we have none of than Buddy, bringing young Jesus a bowl of water to wash his hand.

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Let us adore Christ the Lord, the King of Kings, who transforms His body and blood into food for our hearts.

St. Juliana of Liège

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Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi

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Genaro Perez Villaamil: Corpus Christi Procession inside Seville Cathedral

"Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me." John 6:57

Saint Juliana of Liege

1192 - 1258

Feast Day: April 6

Patron of the feast of Corpus Christi

Saint Juliana of Liege (also known as Juliana of Cornillon) was orphaned when she was 5 years old and placed in a Belgium Norbertine community, eventually receiving the veil of an Augustinian nun and becoming the superioress. As a mystic, she had a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin, the Sacred Passion, care of the sick, and the Blessed Sacrament, strongly promoting a solemn liturgical feast day of Corpus Christi for the Church. In 1264, Pope Urban instituted the solemnity for the universal Church.

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"Drawing protective or decorative symbols with sand is an old custom from the rural parts of Poland, first described by ethnographers in 19th century. In Polish it’s usually called ‘sypanie piaskiem’ (what translates simply to ‘pouring of sand’). It used to be common to many regions located in the modern-day central Poland. This tradition started disappearing first due to changes of construction materials inside cottages and their surroudings (explained below). Later it died out almost completely during the secular communist rule and the rapid industrialization of the Polish countryside after World War 2.

The co-called ‘sand carpets’ were prepared for religious feasts, most notably for Easter but also for other religious spring feasts, of which many bear traces to pre-Christian Slavic beliefs (read for example: the Green Week or the Polish celebrations of Corpus Christi)."

quoted from a blog post by Lamus Dworski

the first photo is cited as: Archival photo, region of Kujawy in Poland. From magazine “Gadki z chatki”.

the second as: Archival photo taken in Kujawy, 1972, from the collections of Museum of Kujawy and Dobrzyń Lands.

Prince Albert II of Monaco, Princess Charlene of Monaco and Princess Gabriella of Monaco attend the Feast of Corpus Christi at The Prince's Palace in Monaco -June 16th 2022.