Thursday, June 20, 2019
Feast of Corpus Christi
7:00 P.M. - 5th Annual Solemn Mass and Outdoor Procession
with the Blessed Sacrament
The Pontifical Shrine and Parish Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in New York City will offer
the Traditional Latin Sung Mass, 1962 Missale Romanum, Extraordinary Form for the Feast of Corpus Christi,
followed by an outdoor Procession in East Harlem, Manhattan, Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 7:00 P.M.
At approximately 5:00 P.M., two outdoor Altars will be set up, one in front of the Rectory and another along the route of the Procession for the purpose and privilege of triple Benediction. Volunteers are invited to assist at setting up these Altars.
At 6:00 P.M., the Angelus and Holy Rosary will be prayed. Confessions will be heard in the hour before Mass.
At 7:00 P.M., the Traditional Latin Sung Mass, 1962 Missale Romanum Extraordinary Form will begin.
The Gregorian Propers of Corpus Christi including the Sequence, Lauda Sion will be chanted.
At the conclusion of the Mass, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed. The Procession will go outdoors,
with the Faithful following behind the Blessed Sacrament. In addition to the Latin Chants,
Hymns in Polish, Spanish and English will be sung.
Route of the Procession
1. Exit Church on East 115th Street
2. West on 115th Street - stop at Altar
3. North on 1st Avenue
4. East on 116th Street - stop at Rectory Altar
5. South on Pleasant Avenue
6. West on 115th Street
7. Enter Church on 115th Street
A moment of Adoration followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will take place at two Altars,
the first Altar on East 115th Street, and the second Altar in front of the Rectory on East 116th Street
The Procession will return to the Church for Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Following the Sacred Liturgical Rites, Devotees going on Pilgrimage to the Shrines of France will depart for their flight.
All are invited to join us as we publicly profess our Faith in Christ and His Church,
and that Our Lord is truly present Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
May all be blessed by their encounter with Our Blessed Lord in the neighborhood of East Harlem, as well as with many neighboring parishes also offering Masses and processions concurrently on the same day and night,
and many more churches who will do so on Sunday.
Please pray for good and favorable weather on Thursday and for the many graces and blessings
that will result from the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and Corpus Christi Procession.
Do share this event and invite all your family and friends!
The Story Behind the Feast of Corpus Christi
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The Story Behind the Feast of Corpus Christi
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, historically known by its Latin name, Corpus Christi, c...
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The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, historically known by its Latin name, Corpus Christi, celebrates the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. It is traditionally celebrated on the Thursday following the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity. The feast dates to the Middle Ages and originated with a visionary nun and a Eucharistic miracle.
THE STORY
In 1263 a German priest, Fr. Peter of Prague, made a pilgrimage to Rome. He stopped in Bolsena, Italy, to celebrate Mass at the Church of St. Christina. At the time he was having doubts about Jesus being truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. He was affected by the growing debate among certain theologians who, for the first time in the history of the Church, began introducing doubts about the Body and Blood of Christ being actually present in the consecrated bread and wine. In response to his doubt, when he recited the prayer of consecration as he celebrated the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, blood started seeping from the consecrated host and onto the altar and corporal.
Fr. Peter reported this miracle to Pope Urban IV, who at the time was nearby in Orvieto. The pope sent delegates to investigate and ordered that host and blood-stained corporal be brought to Orvieto. The relics were then placed in the Cathedral of Orvieto, where they remain today (see photo below).
This Eucharistic Miracle confirmed the visions given to St. Juliana of Mont Cornillon in Belgium (1193-1258). St. Juliana was a nun and mystic who had a series of visions in which she was instructed by Our Lord to work to establish a liturgical feast for the Holy Eucharist, to which she had a great devotion.
After many years of trying, she finally convinced the bishop, the future Pope Urban IV, to create this special feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament, where none had existed before. Soon after her death, Pope Urban instituted Corpus Christi for the Universal Church and celebrated it for the first time in Orvieto in 1264, a year after the Eucharistic Miracle in Bolsena.
Inspired by the miracle, Pope Urban commissioned a Dominican friar, St. Thomas Aquinas, to compose the Mass and Office for the feast of Corpus Christi. Aquinas' hymns in honor of the Holy Eucharist, Pange Lingua, Tantum Ergo, Panis Angelicus, and O Salutaris Hostia are the beloved hymns the Church sings on the feast of Corpus Christi as well as throughout the year during Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
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5th Annual Corpus Christi Mass, Outdoor Procession & Benediction
Religion event in New York, NY by Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - Pontifical Shrine on Thursday, June 20 20197 posts i...
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