You are what you eat!

Today is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, in Latin, Corpus Christi.

Our Parochial Vicar had a wonderful, wonderful homily. I'm hoping, by the time you read this, he has it posted HERE. If not, hang out, read some of his other great homilies and check back in a day or two. He's the one I borrowed the blog title from and he's the one who gave us a whole day full of family discussion during our drive and dinner.

The Mass, as always, is a wonderful start to the day. This day, however, had an extra special ending to the Mass...a procession! Catholics do enjoy their processions and, for whatever reason, they seem to be popular in this area more than others. Corpus Christi processions, when Christ, present in the Monstrance, is carried through the streets and to the people, are a moving occasion. If you've never taken part or don't know what I'm talking about, check out this article (which I think is EXTRA cool, since the seminarians holding the canopy are the ones we just saw Ordained in DC...Ahem!)

Our tiny parish had a similarly tiny procession, no stops or altars, but it remained the beautiful witness it was intended to be.

Christ is food for our journey. How wonderful to be fed then journey along with Him!

After the procession and Benediction (another extra blessing on this special day!) we had an ice cream social. Again, it was small but that is my favorite when it comes to having a treat and talking with one another. We were blessed to have both priests on hand and available to chat, along with a priest from the Diocese of Sydney, Australia, who teaches at Oxford! It is such a blessing when the kids get to interact with priests from other places in the world - it really brings home the universality of the Catholic Church!

We helped clean up, jumped in the car, and headed North. Another Corpus Christi tradition (and Holy Week, which would be beautiful!) is the making of Sawdust Carpets (read more HERE and HERE). 
I've known about the tradition for a while but this is the first time we've gotten to see it in person - kind of an amazing tradition - and wonderful to see in progress.

Amazing talent - all for the Glory of God!

We stopped at the cemetery to water the flowers and pray for our dead, then out for a family dinner.

I love special Sundays like this. I love faith and family from day until night. It was a wonderful day to remember the sacrifice that God made for us - sending us His Son as our Savior and equipping us with the food that will nourish and heal us for Eternity.

We are blessed.