External Solemnity of Corpus Christi — A Message from the Council of Trent
Real Presence Icon Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John (6:55-58) At that time Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, the same also shall live by Me. [...]