Corpus
Christi
2017
Report
“If any one saith,
that, in the holy sacrament of the Eucharist, Christ, the only-begotten Son of
God, is not to be adored with the worship, even external of latria; and is, consequently, neither to be
venerated with a special festive solemnity, nor to be solemnly borne about in
processions, according to the laudable and universal rite and custom of holy
church; or, is not to be proposed publicly to the people to be adored, and
that the adorers thereof are idolaters; let him be anathema” (Canon VI of the Council
of Trent on the Eucharist).
A great number of faithful parishioners attended the 6PM Sung
Mass and Blessed Sacrament Procession at Holy Innocents for the 9th
annual celebration of the Feast of Corpus
Christi this past Thursday, June 15, 2017. Fr. James Miara was
the Celebrant, and we had 14 servers
who devoutly served Holy Mass.
As
has been the case in all previous years, Midtown Manhattan, was still not used
to such religious processions and public demonstrations of active and vibrant
faith in the traditional way. Many people stopped and asked what was going on
and many more stopped and stood silently as the procession passed by.
The faithful parishioners
jubilantly sang traditional hymns in Latin, English, Spanish, and Italian. The
music for the Mass was Lassus’ Missa
Doulce mémoire, including two Motets by Byrd and Charpentier. Additionally,
this year there were two “stational” altars at which Benediction was given: one
was outside of a Mexican food restaurant and the other one right outside of the
parish rectory. At the end, once we were back at the High Altar, the final
Benediction was done.
For many of those in
attendance, those two hours and fifteen minutes were the best two hours and
fifteen minutes in the whole year!
Below are photos
taken by Mr. Arrys Ortañez.
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