CIUDAD to - the Catholic Kingdom!

Later on, when saint Peter,
THE CORONATION 491
in obedience to the orders
of the Savior, had gone to Rome with the intention of
transferring the apostolic see to that city, the blessed
Lady appeared once more to saint Peter. There it was
ordained that in the Roman Church should thenceforth
be celebrated the feast of the Nativity of her divine Son,
of the Passion, and of the institution of most holy Sac
rament in the manner as it is now done on Holy Thurs
day or Maundy Thursday. Later on, after many years,
was established also the feast of Corpus Christi to be
celebrated on the first Thursday after the octave of
Pentecost, as is still the rule. But the first feast of the
blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursday, was instituted
by saint Peter, as also the feast of the Resurrection, the
Sundays, the Ascension, with the paschal and other ob
servances of the Roman Church to the present day; and
all of these were instituted by the order and according
to the counsel of the most blessed Mary. After these
doings saint Peter went to Spain, visiting some of the
churches founded by saint James and establishing others
before returning to Rome.
570. On another occasion, before (though very near),
the glorious transition of the heavenly Mother, saint
Peter being likewise at Rome, a dispute arose among
the Christians, which greatly distressed and afflicted
both him and all those concerned. The Apostles remem
bered the favors he had received in his tribulations at
the hands of the great Queen and grieved very much that
he should now be deprived of her counsel and assistance.
He therefore besought the angels of his guard and those
given him as assistants in his office of highpriest, to
manifest his troubles and necessity to the blessed Mother
in order to obtain help in his difficulties by her powerful
intercession with her Son. The Queen, who knew the
Private Use Only