April 6th: St. Juliana of Liège, Promoter of the Feast of Corpus Christi, Apostle of the Blessed Sacrament
Historically, April 6 is the feast of Saint Juliana of Liège, also known as, Juliana of Cornillon who was a medieval Norbertine canoness regular and mystic in what is now Belgium. She has long been recognized as the promoter of the Feast of Corpus Christi. She is also designated as the Apostle of the Blessed Sacrament for her love and devotion to our Lord in the Most Holy Eucharist. When Juliana was 16 she had her first vision which recurred several times. Her vision presented the moon in its full splendour, crossed diametrically by a dark stripe. Juliana came to understand that the moon symbolized the life of the Church on earth, the opaque line, on the other hand, represented the absence of a liturgical feast in honor of Christ's Body and Blood. Such mystical experiences continued throughout her life. Juliana died on April 5, 1258. She was canonized in 1869 by Pope Pius IX and later celebrated by Pope St. John Paul II, on May 28, 1996, in his letter mentioning her on...