As we prepare to celebrate Christmas and ponder Mary holding her new born Son in her arms, let us not forget the mystery that at each celebration of the Eucharist we can hold Jesus in our hands before receiving Him in Holy Communion . As a Eucharistic Hymn reminds us, at each Mass 'Christ our God to earth descendeth, our full homage to demand'.
Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded,
For with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
Our full homage to demand.
King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.
Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its vanguard on the way,
As the Light of light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the powers of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.
At His feet the six wingèd seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!
Let us pray for a deeper reverence to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
Tomorrow we shall meditate on the 1st Joyful Mystery of the Holy Rosary - the Annunciation.
1 comment:
One of my favourite hymns - rarely heard up here. Never? I like the first verse solo unaccompanied with everything building to the alleluias. O for a ceaseless voice with which to sing His praise!
Helen.
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