Nigeria, June 22 -- Shikrot Mpwi - Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ

(Corpus Christi Sunday) Year C - 22 June 2025.

Dear friends in Christ, Shalom! May the peace of Christ, present in the Blessed Sacrament in body, soul, and divinity, be with you. Beloved in the Lord, today the Church celebrates Corpus Christi Sunday- the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.The celebration of the Body and Blood of Christ was introduced into the Church's calendar in 1264 after an Augustinian Nun, Juliana of Liege, saw the vision of a glistening full moon. In her vision, the moon was perfect, but there were some hollow dark spots on it which represented the absence of a feast of the Eucharist. It was this vision thatinfluen...