Eucharistic Meditations

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Contents

  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

Seventeen

  1. There is no greater wonder in the world
    Than the eternal Eucharist,
    No hour it is not offered in Your name
    By broken nail or amethyst:
    No core more vital it must be maintained;
    No promise more sustaining and sustained.
  2. Yet we imprison You in churchly rites
    Seeing homes as different,
    We alternating striving and tristesse,
    You in the Sacrament:
    Yet You re-lived in an Emmaus home
    What You had just completed with the tomb.
  3. Surely the living presence of the Bread
    And the vitality of Wine
    Are sustenance enough for pilgrim waifs
    Intent on the Divine:
    Bearing Your broken body to our door,
    May we receive what You daily restore.