Eucharistic Meditations
Fifteen
- The worst day that the world has ever known
Contained the best night there has ever been;
What started as a Testament to love
Became a senseless, gruesome, tragic scene:
But what He gained in that grotesque endeavour
He confirmed in the Eucharist forever. - The saving Bread of Heaven, the sacred wine,
Were offered in a sacrifice of peace,
Their capture of His Body and His Blood
Resulting in our infinite release:
Graced with the Spirit in the upper room,
Its transient symbol was the beckoning tomb. - O Dearest Jesus, Your great sacrifice
Of Your own Heavenly Flesh and Precious Blood
Has left a Sacred Hostage for our sins
We cannot free by any earthly good:
Yet without Adam we would be constrained
From labouring for what Your love regained.