The heavenly Word proceeding forth, <br />Yet leaving not the Father’s side, <br />Accomplishing His work on earth <br />Had reached at length life’s eventide. <br /> <br />By false disciple to be given <br />To foemen for His life athirst <br />Himself, the very Bread of Heav’n, <br />He gave to His disciples first. <br /> <br />He gave Himself in either kind, <br />His precious flesh, His precious blood, <br />In love's own fullness thus designed <br />Of the whole man to be the Food. <br /> <br />By birth their fellow man was He; <br />Their Meat, when sitting at the board; <br />He died, their Ransomer to be; <br />He ever reigns, their great Reward.<br /><br />Thomas Aquinas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-heavenly-word-proceeding-forth/
