Fr Krystian Sacharczuk of Warsaw’s St Anne academic church called the feast “a living reminder of the Last Supper, when Jesus instituted the Eucharist and priesthood. We don’t parade a piece of bread; we carry the real, living God.”
He said the outdoor rites are also “a public witness to what matters most”, urging believers to join “with a certain pride”.
Corpus Christi was first celebrated in Liège, Belgium, in 1246 and became a universal Western-Church feast in 1317.
Kraków Bishop Nanker introduced it to Poland at a 1320 synod, and it has remained one of the country’s largest religious events.
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Source: IAR