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Institution of the Eucharist Blessed Fra Angelico [ Web Gallery of Art ] The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread (1 Corinthians 10:16-17; Second Reading).   Corpus Christi Sunday, Year A The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year A  In most countries this solemnity, formerly celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, is now observed on the Sunday after Trinity Sunday, this year replacing the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.   Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) Readings (English Standard Version, Catholic Edition: England & Wales, Scotland, India) Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA)   Gospel John 6:51-58 (English Standard Version, Anglicised) At that time: Jesus said to the Jews, ‘I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever. And the b...

Entry into Jerusalem (scene 1) Duccio di Buoninsegna [ Web Gallery of Art ] And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!  (Mark 11:9). Palm Sunday, Year B The Commemoration of the Lord’s Entrance into Jerusalem Mark 11:1-10 .  (English Standard Version, Anglicised) Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus   sent two of his disciples   and said to them,  “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.   If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’”   And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.   And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the col...