In Defense Of An Ancient And Universal Tradition Of The Church
By JAMES MONTI On Sunday, June 3, here in the U.S., we will be observing the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. In other places this same feast will be celebrated on the preceding Thursday, the day of the week originally chosen by Pope Urban IV (+1265) for this commemoration of the Holy Eucharist in accord with the ancient tradition that this sacrament was instituted by Christ on a Thursday — Holy Thursday. It may come as a surprise to many that for over six decades the Thursday date of the Last Supper, the scripturally rooted tradition that the Last Supper took place on the eve of our Lord’s death on the cross, has been challenged. Ironically this particular theory has been…Continue Reading