Rebuild my church

  In imitation of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with his servant, Francis, "we pray 

for the grace to serve God, free from fear, to transform the Church and to conform it to that Body, Christ's own, to which it belongs."

Day 2 Admonition 1b

Of the Lord's Body

For neither is the Son, inasmuch as He is equal to the Father, seen by any one other

than by the Father, other than by the Holy Ghost. Wherefore, all those who saw the

Lord Jesus Christ according to humanity and did not see and believe according to the

Spirit and the Divinity, that He was the Son of God, were condemned. In like manner,

all those who behold the Sacrament of the Body of Christ which is sanctified by the

word of the Lord upon the altar by the hands of the priest in the form of bread and

wine, and who do not see and believe according to the Spirit and Divinity that It is

really the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, are condemned, He the

Most High having declared it when He said, “This is My Body, and the Blood of the

New Testament,”6 and “he that eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood hath

everlasting life.”1

[1 ]John 6. 55.

[6 ]Mark 14. 22-24.

Online Library of Liberty: The Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi PLL v4

There is a coin and its two sides are this; on its Head is

“The Sacrament, of the body of Christ in the form of bread and wine”

On its Tail is “Calvary,”

Francis intention in this part of the admonition is to show us that both sides of the coin are the same coin –naturally and that we cannot have one without the other – if we do not believe the head there is no tail and no coin and visa versa

I believe Francis’ intention here is to represent the fact, the Eucharist is not a repetition of Calvary, but Calvary itself!, the greatest miracle of God, the miracle of time and space... every Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is not a repetition of the one at Calvary, but exactly the same Sacrifice of Calvary-,

 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself (Heb.7:27 NIV)

  Updated Updated Wednesday, 28. September 2011

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi before the Blessed Sacrament:

We adore You, O Lord Jesus Christ, in this church and all the churches of the world, and we bless You, because, by Your holy  Cross You  have redeemed the world

 Br Andrew EFO