What is Corpus Christi ?
Corpus Christi is rhe solemnity that celebrates the transformation of the bread and wine into Jesus Body and Blood in the Holy Eucharist. It is celebrated on the Sunday following Trinity Sunday. St. Juliana of Mont Cornillon, Belgium, had a deep devotion to the Eucharist. One night, St. Juliana had a vision. She saw the full moon, representing the Church, with a dark spot in it, representing the missing solemnity. The Eucharist was so important it needed its own feast day.
St. Juliana petitioned everyone from her bishop, Robert de Thorete, to the pope to institute a special feast in honor of the Eucharist. Bishop Robert, who favored her request, ordered the celebration to be held in his diocese. Word of the solemnity reached Pope Urban IV, and in 1264, he ordered a Church-wide celebration for Corpus Christi, and granted indulgences to the faithful if they attended Mass that day. Finally, he asks St. Thomas Aquinas to compose the Office for the feast.
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