[NYer]

[NYer]

[Talking_Mouse]

Maybe it is just me, however this image is not showing up.

[starfish923]

It's almost an impossible concept to fathom, that our real, true God, body, blood, soul and divinity, is available to us every day of the year, except Good Friday.

If we REALLY, really believed it, (I think I do.) NO ONE would miss a single day of being able to see and actually consume his God, the God of all creation, our Maker. (I don't go to communion every day.)

If we REALLY, really believed it, how could we NOT go to communion every day? How can we SIN after doing so? (Ahem, I do so.)

Those are mysteries to me as well.

[undirish01]

"Why do we live anxious, frustrated lives when the Source of Serenity waits to pour His peace into our hearts?

"Is our fiath in His Presence as real as His Presence is Real or is our faith a mere intellectual acceptance of a revelation someone told us was true? Is our Faith limited to knowledge or is it an experience that is a Faith vision?

"Do we really believe He is in the Eucharist or do we only hope it is true? And if we do believe, why are our Churches not full, our people on fire, our spirits more zealous and our love like God's love?"

Mother Angelica, from her booklet "To Leave and Yet - To Stay," 1977, p.4.

[lightman]

Luther's adaptation of a Corpus Christi processional hymn, prescribed by him for use as the Post-Communion canticle at every Sunday celebration:

"O Lord, We Praise Thee"
by Martin Luther, 1483-1546

1. O Lord, we praise Thee, bless Thee, and adore Thee,
In thanksgiving bow before Thee.
Thou with Thy body and Thy blood didst nourish
Our weak souls that they may flouish:
O Lord, have mercy!
May Thy body, Lord, born of Mary,
That our sins and sorrows did carry,
And Thy blood for us plead
In all trial, fear, and need:
O Lord, have mercy!

2. Thy holy body into death was given,
Life to win for us in heaven.
No greater love than this to Thee could bind us;
May this feast thereof remind us!
O Lord, have mercy!
Lord, Thy kindness did so constrain Thee
That Thy blood should bless and sustain me.
All our debt Thou hast paid;
Peace with God once more is made:
O Lord, have mercy.

3. May God bestow on us His grace and favor
To please Him with our behavior
And live as brethren here in love and union
Nor repent this blest Communion!
O Lord, have mercy!
Let not Thy good Spirit forsake us;
Grant that heavenly-minded He make us;
Give Thy Church, Lord, to see
Days of peace and unity:
O Lord, have mercy!

Hymn #313
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Ps. 118: 1
Author: unknown, c. 1400, St. 1
Author: Martin Luther, 1524, St. 2 & 3
Translated by: composite
Titled: "Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet"
Tune: "Gott sei gelobet";
German melody, c. 1400