[Mark in the Old South]

Good post. Christ telling his followers they would have to eat of His Flesh and drink of His Blood is the single biggest reason I converted to Catholic.

It is also the single biggest reason I see Protestants as lukewarm Christians (no matter how fervent or zealous), it pains me to see it this way. I am the only Catholic in my family and all those who have passed have no chance to rethink this now. Remember Christ speaking of things hot and things cold but He will spit out the lukewarm.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

On the Eucharistic Lord at the Elevation

Lord, in your servant's hands,
you are lifted up,
high for all to see,
like so long ago, you were lifted up
upon the cross.
a spectacle meant to shame and kill,
but instead, brought life.

And in your priest's hands,
Glowing like a soft white beacon in the night,
you become our life,
the food for our famished souls,
the drink for our parched spirit
lost for too long in the desert.

O life-giving Master,
who feeds us again and again with his own self,
who waits day in and out
vunerable,accessible,
yet Lord of the universe,
to join us in joy
out of pure love.

Deo Gratis!

[Protagoras]

Christ telling his followers they would have to eat of His Flesh and drink of His Blood is the single biggest reason I converted to Catholic.

Were you hungry?