The Feast of the Most Holy Body of Christ (Corpus Christi)
Double of the 1st Class · White
Its date moves from year to year
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast. As said on Thursday, July 1, 2027.
At I Vespers · Magnificat
O how sweet * is thy Spirit, O Lord, who that thou mightest shew thy kindness unto thy children, givest them that sweetest bread from heaven, fillest the hungry with good things, and sendest the rich and scornful empty away.
Versicle at Vespers
℣.Thou gavest them bread from heaven, alleluia.
℟.Containing in itself all sweetness, alleluia.
At Lauds · Benedictus
I am * the living bread, which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever, alleluia.
Versicle at Lauds
℣.He maketh peace in thy borders, alleluia.
℟.And filleth thee with the flour of wheat, alleluia.
At II Vespers · Magnificat
O sacred banquet, * wherein Christ is received, the memory of his Passion is renewed; the soul with grace is filled, and a pledge of future glory is bestowed, alleluia.
Collect
O God, who in a wonderful Sacrament hast left unto us a memorial of thy Passion: grant us, we beseech thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of thy Body and Blood, that we may ever perceive within ourselves the fruit of thy redemption. Who with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit livest and reignest God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
The whole office: the hours of Thursday, July 1, 2027