And here we come back to the Eucharist.  For at the Eucharist not only do we re-pledge our loyalty to the Lord but in the Blessed Sacrament we receive the Lord himself into our innermost being in his Risen and Glorified Body, so that, when we go back to the world outside, we do so having him not only with us (“…I am with you always…”) but within us (he in us and we in him) (NRSV, Matthew 28:20) (John 14:20).

We could not be in better company.

Reflection

“See from his head, his hands his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?” (2)

You may also like to ponder on the hymn To mock your reign, O dearest Lord 

References

1. © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England (2006) Common Worship: Christian Initiation, Baptism.  Available from:
http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1190836/holy%20baptism.pdf (Accessed 25 February 2013) (Internet).

2. Watts, I. (1707) When I survey the wondrous Cross.  Available from:
http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/w/w299.html (Accessed 26 February 2013) (Internet).