Little Scribe posted this beautiful quote from St Francis - Eucharistic theology in its most concentrated form!
Every day he humbles himself just as he did when he came from his heavenly throne (Wisdom 18:15) into the Virgin's womb; every day he comes to us and lets us see him in abjection, when he descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar. He shows himself to us in this sacred bread just as he once appeared to his apostles in real flesh. With their own eyes they saw only his flesh, but they believed that he was God, because they contemplated him with the eyes of the spirit. We, too, with our own eyes, see only bread and wine, but we must see further and firmly believe that this is his most holy Body and Blood, living and true. In this way our Lord remains continually with his followers, as he promised, Behold, I am with you all days, even unto the consummation of the world (Matthew 28:20). (St. Francis of Assisi.)
That's it, for me. I'm not a great one for theories about mysteries - but this is precisely how it feels to me.
1 comment:
Yes, this is beautiful and one of my favorite quotes from St. Francis. Thank you for visiting my blog.
Peace and All Good,
Little Scribe
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