Today is the second Thursday after Pentecost. Traditionally it is Corpus Christi Thursday. It seems like the Catholic Church is filled with moving Feast Days that all revolve around Easter. Even Easter revolves around an even older Holy Time, Passover. All of this is based on the cycle of the moon.
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Corpus Christi and the Beauty of Eggs
Today is the first Thursday after Trinity Sunday, sixty days beyond Easter. Within the Catholic Church, today is the Feast of Corpus Christi. This day solemnly commemorates the institution of the Holy Eucharist. Among Roman Catholics, Anglican and Western Orthodox faiths, it is the celebration of the physical presence of the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ in the elements of the Eucharist.
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