Corpus Christi! The communion of saints
Requires
the communion of us sinners.
Thinking
of other things during Mass taints
The
real presence of Christ: Sunday dinners
With
the family, mental lists for toils
On
Monday, the week's tasks, worries to keep
You
up at night… the workaday world spoils
Contemplation
of the Eucharist… sleep!
(No,
no, no… your head should not be nodding…
Listen
to father's homily, you fool!)
And
yet you think of mowing, of sodding
The bare
areas of your lawn, a tool
You might
buy later at the hardware store,
To fix
the hinges on the bathroom door.
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