Lo, the full, final sacrificeOn which all figures fix’d their eyes,The ransom’d Isaac, and his ram;The Manna, and the Paschal lamb.Jesu Master, just and true!Our Food, and faithful Shepherd too! O let that love which thus makes theeMix with our low Mortality,Lift our lean Souls, and set us upConvictors of thine own full cup,Coheirs ofContinue reading “Lo, the full, final sacrifice”
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Feasting on the brightness of the divine presence
In the future world there is no eating nor drinking nor propagation nor business nor jealousy nor hatred nor competition, but the righteous sit with crowns on their heads, feasting on the brightness of the divine presence, as it says, “And they beheld God, and did eat and drink.” Babylonian Talmud, Berakoth 17a
Quomodo sedet sola civitas
Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo,Facta est quasi viduaDomina gentium princeps provinciarumfacta est sub tributo. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people!How is she become as a widow!The mistress of the Gentiles, and princess among the provinces,How she is made tributary! Lamentations 1:1, Tenebrae Matins of Maundy Thursday
Locus Communis 