Eucharistic Meditations

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  1. One
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. Four
  5. Five
  6. Six
  7. Seven
  8. Eight
  9. Nine
  10. Ten
  11. Eleven
  12. Twelve
  13. Thirteen
  14. Fourteen
  15. Fifteen
  16. Sixteen
  17. Seventeen
  18. Eighteen
  19. Nineteen
  20. Twenty
  21. Twenty One
  22. Twenty Two
  23. Twenty Three
  24. Twenty Four
  25. Twenty Five
  26. Twenty Six
  27. Twenty Seven
  28. Twenty Eight
  29. Twenty Nine
  30. Thirty
  31. Thirty One
  32. Thirty Two
  33. Thirty Three
  34. Thirty Four
  35. Thirty Five
  36. Thirty Six
  37. Thirty Seven
  38. As We Celebrate the Feast
  39. Thirty Nine
  40. Forty
  41. Forty One
  42. Forty Two
  43. Forty Three
  44. Forty Four
  45. Forty Five
  46. Forty Six
  47. Forty Seven
  48. Forty Eight
  49. Forty Nine
  50. Fifty

Nine

  1. Though earthly jurisdictions rise and fall
    The empire of the Eucharist prevails;
    Defying all detractors who predict
    Its lightening, then departure from the scales:
    Their reckoning a bogus calculation
    Which tries to count and measure our salvation.
  2. Where wealth and class distinctions still divide
    The power of the Eucharist unites;
    Though we may rank and order out of pride
    We are all humbly equal in these rites:
    There is no despot whose earthly decree
    Can order access to eternity.
  3. Where torture and oppression lacerate
    The ministering of the Eucharist is balm;
    Though victims suffer every form of hate,
    Allied with Christ they cannot come to harm:
    The martyrs rise as one to celebrate
    A new addition to their happy state.
  4. Where greed and hedonism suffocate
    The splendour of the Eucharist is supreme;
    The glittering prize its full observance brings
    By far surpasses any human dream:
    The needle's eye both beckons and frustrates
    But worthy pilgrims stream to Heaven's gates.
  5. Where Christian faction and dispute break out
    The Eucharist's centrality must stand
    Not as a shadow of a unique act
    But re-enacted by Jesu's command:
    No scriptural exegesis can abridge
    The integrity of this rite and privilege.
  6. Where eyes deceive in seeing earthly forms
    The elements of the Eucharist are divine,
    The body and the blood of Jesus Christ
    Dressed in the accidents of bread and wine:
    This is our empire's crest of liberty,
    The service to our God that sets us free.