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| white | The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) | Solemnity |
| Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, sequence optional, creed, Preface of Holy Eucharist I or II. | |
| Yr B | [168] Exod 24:3-8; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18; Heb 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16, 22-26. |
| Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Elisha, prophet (cf. 1 Kgs. 19:19) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1521 | Ignatius miraculously began to recover from his wounds on the eve of the feast of St. Peter. |
| 1554 | The construction of the Jesuit Church, Gesu, is entrusted to Michelangelo. |
| 1670 | At Paris died Father Francis Annat, confessor to Louis XIV for sixteen years. He introduced into France quinine or "Jesuit's bark," and was instrumental in saving Louis XIV's life. |
| 1767 | The arrival at Civita Vecchia of the first Spanish ship with the exiled members of the Castile province. They were not allowed to land, and the ship had to sail away to Corsica. |
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