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(Prv.9:1-6;\xa0\xa0 Ps.34:2-7;\xa0\xa0 Eph.5:15-20;\xa0\xa0 Jn.6:51-58)\xa0 \u201cAmen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink of His blood, you do not have life within you.\u201d Wisdom \u201chas spread her table\u201d; \u201cshe has dressed her meat, mixed her wine.\u201d\xa0 And now she sends out \u201cher maidens,\u201d calling \u201cfrom the heights out over the city\u2026 \u2018Come, eat of my food, and drink of the wine I have mixed!\u2019\u201d\xa0 Let the simple hearts, those who seek understanding and refreshment, \u201cturn in here.\u201d\xa0 Here is bread that He gives \u201cfor the life of the world.\u201d\xa0 Yes, His \u201cflesh is true food, and [His] blood is true drink.\u201d\xa0 Jesus, the only Son, has come \u201cdown from heaven\u201d and now spreads the table before us, in fulfillment of the Scriptures, in answer to all prayers. Are not our priests His maidens calling souls forth to the altar where we feed?\xa0 Is the Church not His city where His voice resounds, where His blood is outpoured?\xa0 And so we should heed the instruction of Paul today and \u201cwatch carefully how [we] live, not as foolish persons but as wise,\u201d seeking the precious bread that opens all eyes.\xa0 \u201cDo not get drunk on wine, in which lies debauchery\u201d; rather, \u201cbe filled with the Spirit\u201d that comes to you in this wine made holy, in His sacred blood. Brothers and sisters, let us \u201caddress one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and playing to the Lord in [our] hearts, giving thanks always and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.\u201d\xa0 For what greater joy could there be than this Blessed Sacrament?\xa0 And so, \u201cglorify the Lord with me, let us together extol His name,\u201d that we may indeed be \u201cradiant with joy, and [our] faces may not blush with shame.\u201d\xa0 For the wise come to this table and eat, and so have life everlasting.\xa0 For the Lord is here in our midst, in flesh and blood.\xa0 Here is the house with \u201cseven columns\u201d in which His children ever dwell.\xa0 The foolish may fall by the wayside, but the wise receive eternal life. Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Love, the Meaning of" part c. "Love" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, eating Jesus\u2019 flesh and drinking His blood, we gain understanding, we come to eternal life\u2026 and so our mouths are filled with praise! YHWH, feed us with the flesh and blood of your only Son, this spiritual bread and wine that nourishes us to eternal life.\xa0 The days are evil and the food the world offers brings man only death \u2013 give us wisdom to see the emptiness, the foolishness of feasting on such corrupted fare, and come to your table today. O LORD, we praise you for your goodness to us, for when we sought you, when we recognized our lack of understanding and turned to you and to your Son, our shame you took from us and made us radiant with joy.\xa0 May Wisdom remain with us always; your Spirit ever sing in us of your surpassing glory. To the banquet let us come, to the feast Jesus prepares for us by His sacrifice.\xa0 Let us eat His Body and drink His Blood and live forever in your heavenly kingdom.