'The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.' Sunday Reflections, Corpus Christi Year A
The Institution of the Eucharist , Federico Fiori Barocci, 1609 Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome [ Web Gallery of Art ] The Solemnity of Corpus Christi is on the Universal Calendar of the Church for the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, this year 19 June, and is a holy day of obligation. However, in the Philippines and in many other countries it has been transferred to the following Sunday. Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA ) Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) [This link is to the readings for the Vigil Mass and for the Mass on Sunday] Gospel John 6:51-58 ( New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition , Canada) Jesus said to the Jews: I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” Th...