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Corpus Christi celebrated
(Sunday, 29th May 2005)

The Ghajnsielem Parish, like the rest of the Catholic Church, celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi. Following the 4.30pm mass, a procession with the Holy Eucharist was held. The 31 children who received their First Holy Communion last Sunday, also took part. The Solemnity of Corpus Christi (the body of Christ), which is celebrated 7 days after the Trinity Sunday and 60 days after Easter, commemorates the institution of the Holy Eucharist.

Formerly celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, it paralleled Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday), which also commemorates Our Lord's institution of the Eucharist. Because Holy Thursday is in Holy Week, a season of sadness the celebration Corpus Christi was introduced so that the faithful would not lose sight of the institution of the Holy Eucharist.