THE EQUINOX
Christ is the soul of protest.
But the protest of what? Of the flesh against the
intelligence? Nol
Of right against duty? No!
Of the physical against the moral? No! No!
Of imagination against universal reason? Of folly against
wisdom? No,a thousand times No, and once more No!
Christ is the reality, duty, which protests eternally against
the ideality, right.
He is the emancipation of the spirit which breaks the
slavery of the flesh.
He is devotion in revolt against egoism.
He is the sublime modesty which replies to pride: “I will
not obey thee!”
Christ is unmated; Christ is solitary; Christ is sad:
Why?
Because woman has prostituted herself.
Because society is guilty of theft.
Because selfish joy is impious.
Christ is judged, condemned, and executed; and men
adore Him!
This happened in a world perhaps as serious as our own.
Judges of the world in which we live, pay attention, and
think of Him who will judge your judgments!
But, before dying, the Saviour bequeathed to His children
the immortal sign of salvation, Communion.
Communion! Common union! the final word of the
Saviour of the world!
“The Bread and the Wine shared among all,” said He,
“this is my flesh and my blood.”
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