Today rsquo s feast of Corpus Christi originated in the 12th century to specifically celebrate the institution of the Holy Eucharist Jesus instituted the Eucharist at his last supper but since the Last Supper was on Holy Thursday the day before the death of the Lord the mood of individual Christ

This homily delivered on the Feast of Corpus Christi comes courtesy of Rev Robert Beloin the Catholic chaplain at Yale University It rsquo s been a busy week for Catholics Following on the heels of recent leaked papers from the Vatican the firing of the head of the Vatican bank the arrest of

There rsquo s something wrong or at least not quite right about Corpus Christi the medieval feast established by Pope Urban IV in 1263 Like Trinity Sunday and the American holiday of Thanksgiving it involves an ignorance about Eucharist in the ancient Church What rsquo s wrong with Trinity

Watershed moments are seldom recognized as such at the moment they occur nbsp Usually it takes time to discern which way the water is flowing nbsp I didn rsquo t realize that my young life had reached such a moment with the arrival of my fourth grade teacher nbsp ldquo I am Sister Digna a Si

Today the church brings to a close the annual celebration of the Lenten and Easter seasons Beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending with today rsquo s feast of Pentecost the Catholic community has reflected and celebrated the great moments in the life of Jesus that point to him as our redeemer and

Even the earliest Christians realized that we live in two realms mdash one secular another sacred mdash and that neither can easily be separated from the other Often they are opposed but sometimes one can profitably learn from the other This year the Solemnity of Pentecost coincides with the