As the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, this Corpus Christi Sunday commemoration transpires as the body of humanity suffers the crushing blows of the global pandemic and economic dislocation.

The coronavirus disease 2019 )(Covid-19) has infected 7.2 million and killed 413,000 by last Friday’s confirmed count, with Brazil joining the United States, Italy, Iran and China on the list of Covid-19 epicenter nations.