Down in adoration falling, This great Sacrament we hail; Over ancient forms of worship Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.
Word made flesh, the bread of nature, By his word to flesh he turns; Wine into his blood he changes: What though sense no change discerns? Only be the heart in earnest, Faith its lesson quickly learns.
Today is the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ - Corpus Christi. We celebrated in a special way this central part of our worship as the Body - the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus in our midst, given as our spiritual food. It's not the only way Jesus is present among us, or in us, but this is one of the more tangible ways we can receive Him, come into union with Him, experience His Life.
We did the procession as well. The Bishop carried the Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance out of the church and we all processed around the block singing the hymn above. I like that hymn. Those are only two verses I chose to share - the first and the fourth. That part about our senses not seeing any change but our faith learning the lesson - good stuff. He spoke about the symbolism of how we receive Christ into ourselves in the church and take Him out into the world - also good stuff.
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