The Armor of God
Reflections and Prayers for Wartime
CHAPTER VII
The Eucharist
...Offer it with thyself to the Heavenly Father in order that He looking down on this great sacrifice, may see only Thee, His Beloved Son, in whom He is well pleased.
Transmute the poor bread of my life into Thy Divine Life; thrill the wine of my wasted life into Thy Divine Spirit; unite my broken heart with Thy heart; change my cross into a crucifix.
Let not my abandonment and my sorrow and my bereavement go to waste....
[Continued tomorrow]
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From:
The Armor of God
Reflections and Prayers for Wartime
by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen
(C) 1943, P.J. Kenedy & Sons
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