Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, God the Lord of knowledge, who gives His wonders and orders all things well, who rides upon the clouds, the Lord is His name: may He, the living and true Bread, who descended from heaven to give food to the hungry, indeed stillContinue reading “The Living and True Bread”
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Give us this Bread during these forty days
It is truly meet and just, right and salutary that we give thanks to You, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God, through Christ our Lord, who is Your only-begotten Son and who abides in Your glory, in whom the faith of those who fast is fed, hope is carried forward and love strengthend: forContinue reading “Give us this Bread during these forty days”
Lent – George Herbert
Welcome dear feast of Lent: who loves not thee,He loves not Temperance, or Authority,But is composed of passion.The Scriptures bid us fast; the Church says, now:Give to thy Mother, what thou would allowTo every Corporation. The humble soul composed of love and fearBegins at home, and lays the burden there,When doctrines disagree.He says, in thingsContinue reading “Lent – George Herbert”
Locus Communis 