How One Eucharistic Miracle Sparked Feast of Corpus Christi

About this episode

The episode explores the historical events leading to the Feast of Corpus Christi, focusing on Blessed Juliana of Liege and her vision.

Send us Fan Mail A good story doesn’t need to be tidy to be true, and the road to the Feast of Corpus Christi is anything but tidy. We follow a centuries-old chain of causes and consequences that runs through medieval Catholic history: corruption and confusion in the Church, arguments over the Real Presence, and a quiet spiritual longing that refuses to die. At the center is Blessed Juliana of Liege, haunted by a vision of a moon marked with a dark band, and convinced the liturgical calendar ...

People in this episode

Host: Brother Joseph Freyaldenhoven

Topics covered

• Eucharistic Miracle
• Feast of Corpus Christi
• medieval Catholic history
• Real Presence
• spiritual longing

Keywords

• Eucharistic Miracle
• Corpus Christi
• Blessed Juliana
• medieval history
• Real Presence
• Catholic Church
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catholic Church

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