Corpus Christi Feast · Catholic
The Thursday after Trinity Sunday, kept for the eucharist itself. It returns to the last supper that Maundy Thursday cannot celebrate in full, Holy Week being given to the Passion - 1 Corinthians 11:24, this do in remembrance of me.
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The moment in the Bible
The last supperMatthew 26:26Read the passage → The place
Jerusalem is the holiest city in Judaism and Christianity, central to the biblical narrative. King David captured it and made it his capital, and his son Solomon built the First Temple there. It was the site of Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection, and the birth of the Christian church at Pentecost. The city has been destroyed and rebuilt multiple times throughout history.
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