Corpus Christi Procession, 2015, Sauk Centre

I talked about Sauk Centre's Corpus Christi procession last year: and, in another post, background on why this is a special day and what that in the procession is. I put links to that one at the end of this post.


(Before Mass, at Our Lady of Angels church. The monstrance is there on the altar, between the candelabras, with its back open.)


(Folks tend to spread out a bit, particularly the young men at the head of the procession.)


(I talked about the baldachin, that traveling tent covering the Host, last year. It's been a symbol of authority in Europe and cultures with European roots for roughly a thousand years.)


(Still heading for the first stop. the trailing end of the procession is almost in sight.)


(Approaching their first stop. Two households have a table set up for a few prayers and a blessing: one on the first leg of the procession, another on the return leg.)


(Entering St. Paul's, on Sinclair Lewis Avenue.)


(- - - and we're heading back toward Our Lady of Angels.)


(As usual, the head of the procession had a good lead on the folks behind the Host.)


(A blessing at the second house. You can't see then, but we had several babies in strollers, folks older than I am, and lots in between.)

Still celebrating:

• "Corpus Christi: Gnawing on a Hard Saying"
  (June 7, 2015)
  Particularly
  • CSI, Lanciano
  • "This Saying is Hard"
  • Two Millennia and Counting
• "Death? Been There, Done That"
  (April 5, 2015)
  Particularly
  • Jesus Died - - -
  • - - - and Stopped Being Dead
  • The Last Hour — Two Millennia and Counting
• "God's Kingdom, a Wedding Parable, and the Rest of the Story"
  Guest post (October 12, 2014)
• "Corpus Christi Procession: Sauk Centre, Minnesota, 2014"
  (June 22, 2014)
• "Corpus Christi: 'Whoever Eats My Flesh,' Two Millennia Later"
  (June 22, 2014)
  Particularly
  • "The Words of Eternal Life"
  • Hypostatic Union, Transubstantiation, and All That
  • Baldachins, Halos, and Diversity in Unity