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Time after Pentecost

Corpus Christi or The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

1st Class/Solemnity
Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or the following Sunday)
On Corpus Christi (“The Body of Christ”), public processions are performed to honor the Holy Eucharist.

Attend Mass

The feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated on the same day in both the old calendar and new calendar. In the U.S. in the Extraordinary Form, there is also an External Solemnity of Corpus Christi on the following Sunday, and the faithful are able to attend the Corpus Christi liturgy at this time.

If you would like to attend a traditional Mass for the feast, find a Traditional Latin Mass near you (click here to explore).

Take part in a Eucharistic procession for Corpus Christi

The inestimable Fisheaters.com reports:

“Eucharistic processions are held today, and in still relatively Catholic countries, those who live along the procession route decorate their homes with greenery, floral wreaths, and banners, and put candles in the windows. Rose petals are strewn in the path the Sacrament takes. Bystanders fall to their knees as Our Eucharistic Lord is carried past them.”

Look for a Corpus Christi procession in your area and don’t miss the joy of participating!

Decorate with greenery, floral wreaths, banners, and candles in the windows

If you love decorating the house for feasts, today is another excellent day to do so. As is described above, in countries with strong Catholic culture, homes are decorated with greenery, floral wreathes, banners, and candles in the windows in anticipation of passing-by of the eucharistic procession. Do the same at your house and share in the joy of the feast!

Read about Eucharistic miracles

A good book to own is The Eucharistic Miracles of the World.

EWTN provides this description:

“Through this book, the remarkable Vatican International Exhibition of The Eucharistic Miracles of the World, can be brought into the homes of the faithful, into parishes and schools, and into the hands of all who desire to come to know or to ponder anew the Mystery of Faith, which is inexhaustible in its richness for our life and salvation.

“Containing over 100 accounts of Eucharistic Miracles from around the world, along with an extensive assortment of photographs and historical descriptions, this is an amazing collection of some of the ways in which Our Lord has revealed His Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist!”

Pray the Litany of the Blessed Sacrament

There are five litanies approved for public worship: the Sacred Heart, the Precious Blood, the Saints, the Blessed Virgin, and St. Joseph. Others may be used in private devotion.

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.

God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on
us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Living Bread, that camest down from heaven, have mercy on us.
Hidden God and Saviour, have mercy on us.
Wheat of the elect, have mercy on us.
Wine of which virgins are the fruit, have mercy on us.
Bread of fatness and royal dainties, have mercy on us.
Perpetual Sacrifice, have mercy on us.
Clean Oblation, have mercy on us.
Lamb without spot, have mercy on us.
Most pure feast, have mercy on us.
Food of Angels, have mercy on us.
Hidden manna, have mercy on us.
Memorial of the wonders of God, have mercy on us.
Supersubstantial Bread, have mercy on us.
Word-made Flesh, dwelling among us, have mercy on us.
Sacred Host, have mercy on us.
Chalice of benediction, have mercy on us.
Mystery of faith, have mercy on us.
Most high and most adorable Sacrament, have mercy on us.
Most holy of all sacrifices, have mercy on us.
True propitiation for all the living and the dead, have mercy on us.
Heavenly antidote against the poison of sin, have mercy on us.
Most stupendous of all miracles, have mercy on us.
Holy commemoration of the Passion of Christ, have mercy on us.
Singular pledge of Divine Love, have mercy on us.
Gift of God, exceeding all fullness, have mercy on us.
Affluence of Divine bounty, have mercy on us.
Overflow of Divine liberality, have mercy on us.
Most august and holy Mystery, have mercy on us.
Medicine of immortality, have mercy on us.
Awful and life-giving Sacrament, have mercy on us.
Bread-made flesh by the omnipotence of the Word, have mercy on us.
Unbloody Sacrifice, have mercy on us.
Our Food and our Guest, have mercy on us.
Sweetest banquet, at which angels minister, have mercy on us.
Sacrament of piety, have mercy on us.
Bond of unity and charity, have mercy on us.
Priest and Victim, have mercy on us.
Offerer and Oblation, have mercy on us.
Spiritual sweetness, tasted in its very source, have mercy on us.
Refreshment of holy souls, have mercy on us.
Viaticum of those who die in the Lord, have mercy on us.
Pledge of future glory, have mercy on us.

Be merciful: spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful: graciously hear us, O Lord.

From an unworthy reception of Thy Body and Blood, deliver us, O Lord.
From the lust of the flesh, deliver us, O Lord.
From the lust of the eyes, deliver us, O Lord.
From the pride of life, deliver us, O Lord.
From every occasion of sin, deliver us, O Lord.
Through the desire wherewith Thou didst long to eat this pasch with Thy disciples, deliver us, O Lord.
Through that profund humility wherewith Thou didst wash their feet, deliver us, O Lord.
Through that ardent charity whereby Thou didst institute this Divine Sacrament, deliver us, O Lord.
Through Thy Precious Blood, which Thou has left us on our altars, deliver us, O Lord.
Through the Five Wounds which Thou didst receive for us in this Thy most holy Body, deliver us, O Lord.

We sinners: beseech Thee to hear us.

That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to preserve and increase our faith, reverence and devotion toward this admirable Sacrament, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to conduct us, through a true confession of our sins, to frequent reception of the Holy Eucharist, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Though wouldst vouchsafe to deliver us from all heresy, perfidy, and blindness of heart, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to impart to us the precious and heavenly fruits of this most Holy Sacrament, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst confirm us in Thy grace, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst preserve us from all the snares of the enemy, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That at the hour of death Thou wouldst strengthen and defend us by this heavenly Viaticum, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst preserve us unto eternal life, we beseech Thee, hear us.
Son of God, we beseech Thee, hear us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Jesus!
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Jesus!
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Jesus!

Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.

V. Thou has given them Bread from Heaven.

R. Containing in Itself all sweetness.

Let us pray. O God, Who in this wonderful Sacrament has bequeathed to us a perpetual memorial of Thy Passion: grant us the grace, we beseech Thee, so to venerate the Sacred Mysteries of Thy Body and Blood, that we may ever feel within us the fruits of Thy redemption. Who livest and reignest, God, world without end. Amen.

Pray Corpus Christi Novena

Say once a day for 9 days, especially beginning on the Tuesday after Pentecost, and ending on the eve of the Feast of Corpus Christi.

O amiable Jesus Who has given us in the adorable Eucharist, so convincing a proof of Thy infinite love, permit us to thank Thee in the name of all Thy creatures, for the blessings included in this one precious gift. We adore Thee, O hidden Deity and most ardently wish we could offer Thee such love as would atone for our own offences, and those committed by all mankind against this most amiable mystery. But, my God, if all creatures are so deeply indebted to Thy mercy for this adorable sacrament, how much more sensibly should we feel our obligations, since by Thy special predilection we have been chosen to assemble here under the same roof with Thyself, to see Thee daily offered on our altars, and to receive so frequently Thy precious Body and Blood. Convinced by these Thy tender mercies that our confidence in Thy goodness cannot be too great, we come now to implore of Thee, by that infinite love which induced Thee to institute this adorable sacrament, and by all the graces which have ever flowed from this source of every blessing, to grant us the favor we ask in this novena.

We firmly purpose to become from this moment the devoted adorers of this sacrament of love, and to take Thy eucharistic life for the rule and model of ours. Give us grace to honour Thy silence on our altar by the spirit of recollection and prayer; Thy poverty, obedience, and adorable sanctity by detachment from all things, renunciation of self-will, and horror of sin. Above all, we beseech Thee, O living Bread of eternal life, to remove all obstacles to our frequently and worthily receiving Thee; and to grant us so tender a devotion to this adorable mystery that our hearts and thoughts may ever be turned to Thee present on our altars, and every action of our lives be directed to the perfect accomplishment of Thy holy will. Amen.

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