Feast of Corpus Christi
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ | |
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Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist | |
Date | Thursday after Trinity Sunday; 60 days after Easter, or the Sunday immediately following this |
2023 date | June 8 |
2024 date | May 30 |
2025 date | June 19 |
2026 date | June 4 |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to |
The Feast of Corpus Christi (
The feast of Corpus Christi was proposed by
The feast is liturgically celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday or, "where the Solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is not a holy day of obligation, it is assigned to the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity as its proper day".[5]
At the end of
The celebration of the feast was suppressed in
History
The institution of Corpus Christi as a feast in the
She always longed for a feast day outside of Lent in its honour. Her vita reports that this desire was enhanced by a vision of the church under the appearance of the full moon having one dark spot, which signified the absence of such a solemnity.[10][11] In 1208, she reported her first vision of Christ in which she was instructed to plead for the institution of the feast of Corpus Christi. The vision was repeated for the next 20 years but she kept it a secret. When she eventually relayed it to her confessor, he relayed it to the bishop.[12]
Juliana also petitioned the learned Dominican
Hugh of St-Cher travelled to Liège as Cardinal-Legate in 1251 and, finding that the feast was not being observed, reinstated it. In the following year, he established the feast for his whole jurisdiction (Germany, Dacia, Bohemia, and Moravia), to be celebrated on the Thursday after the Octave of Trinity (one week later than had been indicated for Liège), but with a certain elasticity, for he granted an indulgence for all who confessed their sins and attended church "on a date and in a place where [the feast] was celebrated".[16]
Jacques Pantaléon of Troyes was also won over to the cause of the Feast of Corpus Christi during his ministry as Archdeacon in Liège under the diocesan bishop
Though this was the first papally imposed universal feast for the Latin Church,[17] it was not widely celebrated for half a century. It was adopted by a number of dioceses in Germany and by the Cistercians, and in 1295 was celebrated in Venice.[18] It became a truly universal feast only after the bull of Urban IV was included in the collection of laws known as the Clementines, compiled under Pope Clement V, but promulgated only by his successor Pope John XXII in 1317.[18][19]
While the institution of the Eucharist is celebrated on
Three versions of the office for the feast of Corpus Christi in extant manuscripts provide evidence for the Liège origins and voice of Juliana in an original office, which was followed by two later versions of the office. A highly sophisticated and polished version can be found in BNF 1143, a musical manuscript devoted entirely to the feast, upon which there is wide scholarly agreement: the version in BNF 1143 is a revision of an earlier version found in Prague, Abbey of Strahov MS D.E.I. 7, and represents the work of
The last two verses of Pange Lingua are also used as a separate hymn,
When
From 1849 until 1969, a separate Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ was assigned originally to the first Sunday in July, later to the first day of the month. This feast was removed from the General Roman Calendar in 1969, "because the Most Precious Blood of Christ the Redeemer is already venerated in the solemnities of the Passion, of Corpus Christi and of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and in the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. But the Mass of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ is placed among the votive Masses".[25]
Celebration
Roman Catholic Church
The feast of Corpus Christi is one of five occasions in the year on which a diocesan bishop is not to be away from his diocese unless for a grave and urgent reason.[26]
In many countries, the day is a
Anglicanism
The celebration of Corpus Christi was abolished in England in 1548.
The feast is also celebrated by
Other churches
Corpus Christi is also celebrated by the
Lutheranism
I am to no festival more hostile … than this one. Because it is the most shameful festival. At no festival are God and his Christ more blasphemed, than on this day, and particularly by the procession. For then people are treating the Blessed Sacrament with such ignominy that it becomes only play-acting and is just vain idolatry. With its cosmetics and false holiness it conflicts with Christ's order and establishment. Because He never commanded us to carry on like this. Therefore, beware of such worship![31]
However, the feast was retained in the calendars of the Lutheran Church until about 1600.[32]
Calvinism
Like
Folk traditions
On the eve of the Feast of Corpus Christi, clergy bless Corpus Christi wreaths that are made of flowers.[6] Corpus Christi wreaths and bouquets are often "attached to flags and banners, to houses, and to the arches of green boughs that span the streets."[6] In Christian homes, these Corpus Christi wreaths are suspended on walls or displayed on doors and in windows.[6] Corpus Christi wreaths are also "put up in gardens, fields, and pastures, with a prayer for protection and blessing upon the growing harvest."[6]
Throughout Christendom, "the custom developed of carrying the Blessed Sacrament in a splendid procession through the town after the Mass on Corpus Christi Day."
Austria
Corpus Christi is not only a high festival of the Catholic church year in Austria, but also a public holiday. This is always celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity, which means it can take place between May 21 and June 24.[34]
Brazil and Portugal
Street carpets for the Feast of Corpus Christi (Tapetes de Corpus Christi) are made of different materials such as coffee grounds, flowers, sand, and salt.[35]
Croatia
In
England
In medieval times in many parts of Europe, Corpus Christi was a time for the performance of mystery plays. The plays in York, England, were performed on Corpus Christi Day for some 200 years until their suppression in the sixteenth century during the Protestant Reformation.[44]
Peru
In the southern highlands of the
Poland
In
Spain
In Spain, Corpus Christi is celebrated in all dioceses. It has special relevance in Castilla-La Mancha, a community that marks this date as a holiday.[48]
Andalucia
The celebrations in Seville are depicted in a section of Iberia, the masterpiece of the composer Albéniz.
Castile-La Mancha
Corpus Christi is one of the main festivals in Toledo, Spain.[citation needed]
Castile and León
In the village of Castrillo de Murcia near
Catalonia
In Catalonia, Corpus Christi is celebrated with the tradition of the dancing egg. There is evidence this tradition dates from the 16th century.[50]
The Patum de Berga is a popular and traditional festival that is celebrated each year in the Catalan city of Berga (Barcelona) during Corpus Christi. It consists of a series of "dances" (balls) by townspeople dressed as mystical and symbolical figures. The balls are marked by their solemnity and their ample use of fire and pyrotechnics. It was declared a Traditional Festival of National Interest by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 1983, and as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2005.[51]
Date
Year | Thursday | Sunday |
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2020 | June 11 | June 14 |
2021 | June 3 | June 6 |
2022 | June 16 | June 19 |
2023 | June 8 | June 11 |
2024 | May 30 | June 2 |
2025 | June 19 | June 22 |
2026 | June 4 | June 7 |
2027 | May 27 | May 30 |
2028 | June 15 | June 18 |
This section needs additional citations for verification. (June 2022) |
Corpus Christi is a moveable feast, celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday,[10] 60 days after Easter, or, in countries where it is not a holy day of obligation, on the following Sunday.[52]
The earliest possible Thursday celebration falls on May 21 (as in 1818 and 2285), the latest on June 24 (as in 1943 and 2038). The Sunday celebration of the feast, introduced in the second half of the 20th century, occurs three days later, between May 24 at earliest (for the first time in 2285) and June 27 at latest (for the first time in 2038). For Western Rite Orthodox Christians, since they use the Julian calendar, at least for all Feast Days dependent on the date of Pascha, their date of the celebration of Corpus Christi, translates to, in the Gregorian calendar, from June 3 at the earliest, to July 7, at the latest.
Corpus Christi is a public holiday in some
See also
- Adoro te devote
- Dancing devils of Corpus Christi
- Feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary
- Feast of the Sacred Heart
- Lauda Sion
- List of festivals in Costa Rica
- Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium
- Sacris solemniis
- Spello's Infiorate
- Transubstantiation
- Verbum Supernum Prodiens
Literature
- Dragić, Marko (2019). "Tijelovo u hrvatskoj katoličkoj crkveno-pučkoj kulturnoj baštini" [The Feast of Corpus Christi in Croatian Catholic Church-Folk Cultural Heritage]. Crkva U Svijetu. 54 (1): 59–81. S2CID 189152720.
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External links
- Corpus Christi, with order for procession at www.therealpresence.org
- Feast of Corpus Christi: History
- Carthusians and Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi background, from www.haverford.edu
- Traditional Corpus Christi celebrations in Panama
- Thomas M Landy, "Feasts, Processions & Festivals", Catholics & Cultures updated 12 June 2017