Amen, amen, amen, I
believe, I believe, I believe
and confess to the last
breath that this is the
Life-giving Flesh,
that of the Only -begotten
Son, our Lord and our God,
our Savior Jesus Christ."
- Ancient Egyptian Eucharistic
Prayer
"O my brethren, here is mystery without mitigation, without relief!... that now, under the form of Bread,
He should lie upon our Altars, and suffer Himself to be hidden in a small
tabernacle!
Most incomprehensible, but still, while the
thought overwhelms our imagination, it also overpowers our heart; it is the most
subduing, affecting, piercing thought which can be pictured to us. It thrills
through us, and draws our tears, and abases us, and melts us into love and
affection, when we dwell upon it.
O
most tender and compassionate Lord! You see, He puts out
of our sight that mysteriousness of His, which is only awful and terrible; He
insists not on His past eternity; He would not scare and trouble His poor
children, when at length He speaks to them; no, He does but surround Himself
with His own infinite bountifulness and compassion; He bids His Church tell us
only of His mysterious condescension."
Bl John Henry Cardinal Newman
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