Thomas a Kempis And Our Daily Bread

Thomas a Kempis is a 15th century Christian who has the honor of being read and appreciated by believers on both sides of the Tiber River. I used to read his classic The Imitation of Christ years before I ever reverted to Catholicism. I can't remember now what I must have thought when I got to the chapter regarding Holy Communion. You can read his writings on-line courtesy of Calvin College Etheral Library.

Thanks to You, Creator and Redeemer of men, Who, to declare Your love to all the world, have prepared a great supper in which You have placed before us as food, not the lamb, the type of Yourself, but Your own most precious Body and Blood, making all the faithful glad in Your sacred banquet, intoxicating them with the chalice of salvation in which are all the delights of paradise; and the holy angels feast with us but with more happiness and sweetness."

It is no wonder that many of us reverts/converts do what ever we can to go to Mass as often as possible. We, like Thomas, are made glad in His sacred banquet and the amazing privilege of being able to partake in the delights of paradise. God is gracious and so kind to allow us to partake in the Most Blessed Sacrament on a daily basis. Truly He "gives us this day our daily bread" and the scales have fallen from our eyes so we can now see it.

PS: I thought he was a saint, I was incorrect, he has not been officially recognized yet. Took 400 years to canonize the martyr St. Thomas More. What's the hurry?