Corpus Christi

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

No, I am not talking about the Texan city of Corpus Christi, but about the Catholic feast that the city is named for.

As to me, alas no! The Bundesland I live in is not majority-Catholic, thus no.

[dead0man]

The only religious legal holiday in the US is Christmas....oh yeah, people will say "it's cultural, not religious" and I say, try and change the name...then you'll see how non-cultural it is.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Not quite dead0man. While not a Federal holiday, some States and Territories have one or more of Epiphany, Shrove Tuesday, MaundyThursday, Good Friday, All Saints' Day, or All Souls' Day as public holidays.

Also, speaking of changing things, Indiana celebrates Lincoln's Birthday on the Day After Thanksgiving and Washington's Birthday on Christmas Eve.  I'm only surprised Indiana hasn't moved Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to New Year's Eve and Columbus Day to either Good Friday or Easter Monday.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Corpus Christi is not a public holiday here and I in fact forgot to go to Mass yesterday. Fortunately it's not a holy day of obligation in the US, and I think it's transferred to the nearest Sunday in my diocese anyway.

[Cokeland Saxton]

No. In fact, I had to look up what it was.

[Classic Conservative]

Corpus Christi is not a public holiday here and I in fact forgot to go to Mass yesterday. Fortunately it's not a holy day of obligation in the US, and I think it's transferred to the nearest Sunday in my diocese anyway.

I believe it’s transferred to Sunday in the entirety of the nation. The only exception would probably be some of the Eastern Churches, the Ordinariate, and the Extraordinary Form.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

No. In fact, I had to look up what it was.

If you're a Protestant, you are forgiven.
Do you know what Assumption Day is when when it is observed?

[Cokeland Saxton]

No. In fact, I had to look up what it was.

If you're a Protestant, you are forgiven.
Do you know what Assumption Day is when when it is observed?

I'm not Catholic, so no

[Lechasseur]

No. In fact, I had to look up what it was.

If you're a Protestant, you are forgiven.
Do you know what Assumption Day is when when it is observed?

I know Assumption Day, it's a legal holiday in France (the other legal religious holidays in France are Easter, Pentecost, Ascension, All Saints Day and Christmas. Assumption is August 15th and I believe it's the day the Virgin Mary was supposed to have been risen to heaven or something in Catholic belief.

I've never heard of Corpus Christi as a holiday and it's most certainly not a legal holiday in France.

[Former President tack50]

Corpus Christi used to be a national holiday in Spain, but its status as a holiday got abolished in 1989 apparently. It is still a regional or local holiday in some parts of the country though, but not in mine.

The national religious holidays here are:

-Epiphany of the Lord, more commonly known as "Magic Kings day" (6th of January)
-Holy Friday (the Friday on the Holy week)
-Assumption of the Virgin Mary (15th of August)
-All Saints Day (1st of November)
-Immaculate Conception day (8th of December)
-Christmas (25th of December)

There are a handful more regional holy days.

Also I had to look it up, no idea what it was.

[Kingpoleon]

The only religious legal holiday in the US is Christmas....oh yeah, people will say "it's cultural, not religious" and I say, try and change the name...then you'll see how non-cultural it is.

The National Day of Prayer begs to differ.

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Happy Corpus Christi everyone, and congratulations to the very few people who live in one of the very few places where it's a legal holiday.

[Donerail]

It's not an official holiday, but a handful of parishes in the Episcopal Church observe Corpus Christi; mine is not one of them, though I'm moving soon, so who knows? Maybe next year.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Corpus Christi seems rather pointless to me. Even if you accept the doctrine of the Real Presence, Maundy Thursday seems to me the proper holiday, not this invention of Thomas Aquinas.