Pope Leo has a busy June. Of note, though, is the return of the Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession to Rome, specially the Basilicas of St. John Lateran and St. Mary Major. It’s been a few years since Pope Francis has had the procession in Rome.
Unfortunately it will be on a Sunday rather than the preceding Thursday. Keep in mind that the symbolic meaning of having it on Thursday is to remind us of Holy Thursday and the Institution of the Most Holy Eucharist by our Lord. Hopefully Holy Thursday never gets transferred to the following Sunday like Corpus Christi and the Ascension have.
From Vatican News:
As the Church marks the Solemnity of the Body & Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) on Sunday, June 22, Pope Leo XIV will preside at Mass at 5:00 PM in the Basilica of St. John Lateran and take part in the Eucharistic procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major.
3 comments:
Holy Thursday could be transferred, but it would have to be to the next available liturgical day. So, the Monday after the Octave Day of Easter it is! But if Annunciation is transferred to that Monday, Holy Thursday is not celebrated.
Nick
Then we’d need to figure out how to transfer Good Friday to a Sunday, using the same logic as moving Ascension Thursday to a Sunday. 🤔
Fr. AJM, that's easy. Just transfer it to the following Sunday and allow a commemoration of Easter Sunday.
Nick
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