The triumphal nature of the celebration is acted out by treating the sacred host almost as if it were a military hero returning in victory from the wars - the host may be carried on a cart representing a chariot through crowds and beneath triumphal arches erected for the event. There are Corpus Christi colleges at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and a major city of that name in Texas.
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The Church states that Redemptionis Sacramentum Aquinas's English translation. Literal English translation. Thomas Aquinas. Upon his election to the papal office he assumed the name of Urban IV On September 8, , six years after Juliana's death, he established for the whole Church that festival in honor of the Holy Eucharist which the saintly nun had proclaimed to be willed by God.
It was to be celebrated with great solemnity on the Thursday after Pentecost week, and indulgences were granted to all who would receive Holy Communion or attend special devotions in addition to hearing Mass. The splendor, depth, and devotion of the prayers and hymns that Saint Thomas wrote have enriched the liturgy with one of its most beautiful rituals. They are still in use today, admired and appreciated by people of all faiths.
Your Name required. Your Email required. Your Message. Juliana of Mont Carvillon. Why is that so important? To show something special about Jesus was the idea of a parentless year-old in the 13th century. Liege must have been something of a spiritual hotspot back then. There was a movement there that was fascinated by a single thought: Can it be that the Lord in the forms of bread and wine is so real even now and today that one can only kneel before it?
Pope Benedict once called the Liege of those years a "Eucharistic cenacle". In the middle of it: a girl called Juliana. In Juliana had an idea - not really an "idea", but an inspiration in prayer. One would have to make a glorious feast out of the Eucharistic presence of Christ! Holy Thursday alone was not enough, where the mystery of Christ's love was hidden as if under the shadow of the cross. This was not a foolish idea of an overexcited youth. Fifty-five years later, the feast was being held all over the world.
A lot had happened in the 55 years in between. Among other things, the brightest minds of their time - above all the Dominican Thomas Aquinas and the five years older Franciscan Bonaventure - were studying the mystery of the Eucharist. In fact, we still sing the brilliant songs Thomas created at that time - the Adoro te devote I devoutly adore you , the Lauda Sion Your Saviour, Your King , the Pange lingua Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory , the Tantum ergo Down in adoration falling.
The texts were so inspired and powerful that - so it is said - Bonaventura simply threw his own attempts into the trash. The feast of Corpus Christi opens the view on two very beautiful realities: First, in the midst of the absence of love and hope, in the midst of the great silence about God, people become visible to whom something is extremely precious. It seems that there is something that is worth any price, but that money cannot buy.
Perhaps it also becomes visible that "man is never greater than when he freely and devoutly kneels down before God. For he does not belong into the church.
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