On the night of that last supper
Seated with His chosen band,
He the paschal victim eating,
First fulfils the Law's command;
Then, as food to His apostles
Gives Himself with His own hand.
Word made flesh, the bread of nature
By His word to flesh He turns;
Wine into His blood He changes —
What though sense no change discerns
Only be the heart in earnest,
Faith her lesson quickly learns.
Tantum Ergo Sacramentum
DOWN in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail;
Lo I o'er ancient forms departing,
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith, for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail
To the Everlasting Father,
And the Son who reigns on high,
With the Holy Ghost proceeding
Forth from each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might, and endless majesty.
XXIV. In the Bright Days of Youth
I. PERHAPS you know from your own experience what homesickness is, the indescribable longing for home, for your dear ones. The saints also knew what
