Corpus Christi (Latin for Body of Christ) is a feast which celebrates the Body and Blood of Christ in the Mass. It is held on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday or, in some places, on the following Sunday. Its celebration on a Thursday is meant to associate it with the institution by Jesus of the Eucharist during the Last Supper.
Francis had a great devotion to the Eucharist and recommends it as a focus for prayer.
Holy Family's noon Mass on Sunday, June 19th will culminate with a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
The feast was started through the petitions of a 13th century Augustinian nun named Juliana of Liège who had always had a devotion to the Eucharist since her childhood.
A vision she reported involved the appearance of the full moon having one single dark spot, which she interpreted the absence of such a feast on the Catholic liturgical calendar.
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