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

Seven

  1. The Maundy table decked with olive branches,
    For comedy and loyalty,
    And withering palm fronds from the recent triumph,
    For tragedy and royalty:
    Shine with the ancient light of martyrdom
    In unsure dignity,
    Strong in millennia of praise,
    In rustic simplicity.
  2. We may not take the noble bread of souls
    In coldness or hostility
    Nor may we drink the sacred wine of life
    In languor or docility:
    But must forgive, regardless of events,
    In fullness and charity,
    And face the under-written sacrifice
    In freedom and clarity.
  3. Ultimate Sacrament of life through death,
    Familiar mystery,
    No rite has brought souls closer to their God
    In human history,
    Formed, fashioned and proclaimed by His own Son
    In selfless solidarity
    As the sure means to our eternal life,
    Bread of eternity.