The crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday is by far the most common motif in Christian art. But El Greco’s Christ Carrying the Cross is a bit different than most such paintings. There’s a penetrating and very direct emotionality to his depiction of Jesus making his way while gently embracing the cross with his eyes turned to heaven. There are no other figures to be seen, he is completely alone. The sky and his eyes warn of his coming fate, but the painting still manages to communicate a touching message of hope and trust.
Christ Carrying the Cross, c. 1577-87
El Greco (real name Doménikos Theotokópoulos)
Greek
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Corpus Christi （ L. ）：（１）耶穌聖體節；耶穌聖體瞻禮；基督聖體聖血節：通常於天主聖三主日後的星期四舉行，在中國延到下一個星期天。（２）耶穌聖體（聖血）。英文稱作 The Body of Christ 。
corpus （ L. ）： (1) 身體：代表基督被釘在十字架上的屍體。亦指一般世人的肉體。 (2) 集成；大全。 (3) 正典。
The Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for Body of Christ), also known as Corpus Domini, is a Latin Rite liturgical solemnity celebrating the tradition and belief in the body and blood of Jesus Christ and his Real Presence in the Eucharist. It emphasizes the joy of the institution of the Eucharist, which was observed on Holy Thursday in the somber atmosphere of the nearness of Good Friday.
In the present Roman Missal, the feast is designated the solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.[1] It is also celebrated in some Anglican, Lutheran, and Old Catholic Churches that hold similar beliefs regarding the Real Presence.
The feast is liturgically celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday or, "where the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is not a holy day of obligation, it is assigned to the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity as its proper day".[1] At the end of Holy Mass, there is often a procession of the Blessed Sacrament, generally displayed in amonstrance. The procession is followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
A notable Eucharistic procession is that presided over by the Pope each year in Rome, where it begins at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran and makes its way to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where it concludes with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Corpus Christi procession. Oil on canvas by Carl Emil Doepler
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