What Is Corpus Christi in the Bible?
Feast
The solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. “Corpus” means “body” in Latin.
It can mean
- When: the Thursday after the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.
- The procession: after Mass, the Host consecrated at that Mass is carried through the streets, as a public witness of faith.
Today
The Catechism counts it among the holy days of obligation, when we go to Mass.
Where it appears in the Bible
John 6:51; Matthew 26:26; Luke 22:19
What the Bible says
John 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world.
Matthew 26:26
And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat. This is my body.
Luke 22:19
And taking bread, he gave thanks, and brake; and gave to them, saying: This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of me.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy, 160-162; Catechism 2177; RAE, “corpus”