Thursday's Photos

"This is my Body" is what the Priest says over the bread in the Mass. This photo is a portrait of both the Priest, and the Host, which is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ.

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"Lord, I am not worthy." Truly, we are not worthy to receive the Lord, though he humbled Himself to come among us as a Man.

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"Behold the Man." Said by Pilate when he showed the scourged Christ to the mob. It refers to both the Priest, Alter Christus (another Christ) at this moment, and the Host, the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ.

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"Another Christ." The Priest is not himself at this moment. He is "another Christ." In the Mystery of the Mass, he hold Himself in his hands."

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"Grant us Peace." In the Mass, the Priest says: "I leave you peace, my peace I give you. Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and grant us the peace and unity of your kingdom."

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"Have mercy on us." We ask that the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the World have mercy on us.

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"Lamb of God" is the title that Christ earns by His bloody sacrifice on the cross. That title is given again during the un-bloody sacrifice of the Mass.

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