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[aid] => mick
[title] => Blood-stained Altar Corporal
[time] => 2010-01-21 10:11:26
[hometext] => This extraordinary miracle happened in numerous places around the world.
[bodytext] => Blood-stained is the linen corporal 'Neath the chalice that had held white wine, And some droplets stained the covering pall, The white wine had turned incarnadine. Glorious shone the chalice of pure gold, But the corporal beneath felt wet, Lo! the celebrating priest was old, Spilling droplets that turned crimson red Solid corporal - secure catch-all Of small fragments lost or broken off, Bits of sacred wafers formed too small, Of this token sacrament of love.. Inexpressibly, - White wine Claret Changed into a color crimson blood,. Seeping through the fabric with each thread, Drinking up white yarns in tender flood. Altar boys perhps had overfilled The small cruets standing on a tray, And the aged priest had overspilled ' Ere pronouncing words he had to say:: "Hoc est Corpus meum",- go and eat "Go and eat and drink friends do partake, Of this meal you hunger for and need For your weal and for the kingdom's sake"... Anticeptic, well-starched,, crisp and pure Challice cover and the corporal; Blood red wounds though Christ had to endure, Sacrifice's and blood's memorial. Altar Servers! - do not wash nor drain This ineffaceable corporal, Warp and woof and weft that do contain Precious blood of Chist- our All in All. Doubting congregations see your proof, Affirmation and veracity Of the Lord's unending tender love Of His mercy and benignity.. There are manty miracles like this around the world. [comments] => 0 [counter] => 162 [topic] => 62 [informant] => blumentopf [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => spiritual )
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