Hello SKs and Fellow Brothers,
Happy Feast of Corpus Christi this Sunday!
What a wonderful procession today as our Chaplin Father Davy and Deacon George led parishioners around the Church! Thank you also to our 953 Council Brothers Nick Delacroata, Dominic Ielati & Devin Rodgers who assisted St Mary’s in celebrating this Holy Day!
Please save the date: June 30th PGK/Old Timers Dinner! More information to follow!
Vivat Jesus!
SK and Brother Marco Ferrero Knights of Columbus Sacramento Council 953, GK
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is also known as the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, which translates from Latin to “Body of Christ.” This feast originated in France in the midthirteenth century and was extended to the whole Church by Pope Urban IV in 1264. This feast is celebrated on the Thursday following the Trinity Sunday or, as in the USA, on the Sunday following that feast.
This feast calls us to focus on two manifestations of the Body of Christ, the Holy Eucharist and the Church. The primary purpose of this feast is to focus our attention on the Eucharist. The opening prayer at Mass calls our attention to Jesus’ suffering and death and our worship of Him, especially in the Eucharist.
At every Mass our attention is called to the Eucharist and the Real Presence of Christ in it. The secondary focus of this feast is upon the Body of Christ as it is present in the Church. The Church is called the Body of Christ because of the intimate communion which Jesus shares with his disciples. He expresses this in the gospels by using the metaphor of a body in which He is the head. This image helps keep in focus both the unity and the diversity of the Church.
The Feast of Corpus Christi is commonly used as an opportunity for public Eucharistic processions, which serves as a sign of common faith and adoration. Our worship of Jesus in His Body and Blood calls us to offer to God our Father a pledge of undivided love and an offering of ourselves to the service of others.
For more information on Corpus Christi:
www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-06/corpus-christi-mass-cardinal-gambetti-st-peters-basilica-homily.html
www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/06/16/how-the-feast-of-corpus-christi-developed/
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Happy Feast of Corpus Christi this Sunday!
What a wonderful procession today as our Chaplin Father Davy and Deacon George led parishioners around the Church! Thank you also to our 953 Council Brothers Nick Delacroata, Dominic Ielati & Devin Rodgers who assisted St Mary’s in celebrating this Holy Day!
Please save the date: June 30th PGK/Old Timers Dinner! More information to follow!
Vivat Jesus!
SK and Brother Marco Ferrero Knights of Columbus Sacramento Council 953, GK
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is also known as the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, which translates from Latin to “Body of Christ.” This feast originated in France in the midthirteenth century and was extended to the whole Church by Pope Urban IV in 1264. This feast is celebrated on the Thursday following the Trinity Sunday or, as in the USA, on the Sunday following that feast.
This feast calls us to focus on two manifestations of the Body of Christ, the Holy Eucharist and the Church. The primary purpose of this feast is to focus our attention on the Eucharist. The opening prayer at Mass calls our attention to Jesus’ suffering and death and our worship of Him, especially in the Eucharist.
At every Mass our attention is called to the Eucharist and the Real Presence of Christ in it. The secondary focus of this feast is upon the Body of Christ as it is present in the Church. The Church is called the Body of Christ because of the intimate communion which Jesus shares with his disciples. He expresses this in the gospels by using the metaphor of a body in which He is the head. This image helps keep in focus both the unity and the diversity of the Church.
The Feast of Corpus Christi is commonly used as an opportunity for public Eucharistic processions, which serves as a sign of common faith and adoration. Our worship of Jesus in His Body and Blood calls us to offer to God our Father a pledge of undivided love and an offering of ourselves to the service of others.
For more information on Corpus Christi:
www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-06/corpus-christi-mass-cardinal-gambetti-st-peters-basilica-homily.html
www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/06/16/how-the-feast-of-corpus-christi-developed/