Today was my first Feast of Corpus Christi. The Church of the Most Holy Trinity conducted a procession through downtown Augusta this afternoon. I wasn’t really sure what it meant, but I participated anyway. It was strangely moving. One of the writers at Catholic Online explains it a lot better than I can.
“After having received the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ in Holy Communion, Catholic Christians proceed from the Sanctuary into the Streets of the world, pausing along the way for solemn worship, songs of adoration, and holding the Lord aloft, enthroned. The procession symbolizes the ongoing redemptive mission of Jesus Christ to the world as it is now lived out through his Church.”
It was hot, and the streets of Augusta were almost empty except for a remnant of the church walking behind the Eucharist, testifying to the world that there are still real Catholics in the Church. I was honored and priviledged to be there.
