Catholic Sociobiology: Feasts of Communio -- Trinity and Corpus Christi

[first published May 24, 2016]


by David Pence


In the weeks after Pentecost, the Church meditates on the great communions at the heart of Catholic Sociobiology. The Octave of Pentecost, the Sunday after Pentecost, she meditates on Trinity Sunday. The Thursday after Trinity Sunday she considers the Body of Christ in the Feast of Corpus Christi. This day was chosen to recall the Last Supper on Holy Thursday. Thursdays were also often designated by parishes as the special day for short periods of Eucharistic Adoration.

Over the last century the practice of reception of Communion by Catholics at daily Mass in the local parish has become a trademark communal prayer where Catholics "think cosmically and act locally" by uniting themselves in the Living Organism of the Body of Christ through the Liturgy.
                                     

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