table of the Lord

“Pray that the beloved anchor of ‘Meet the Press’ is now sitting at the large table of the Lord to begin a conversation which will last forever,” McCarrick told the assembled at Georgetown’s Holy Trinity Catholic Church during Russert’s funeral in June 2008.

The relics include a particle from the table of the Lord’s Supper, particles of the pillar of the scourging, a spine from the crown of thorns, shavings of the nails, particles of the sponge and reed, the lance which pierced his side and a particle of the True Cross.

There were amongst those men fine, noble, p. 62rough, powerful fellows—men who, till Mr. Cunningham went there, had been living without God in the world, but now devout consistent believers, and splendid men for dashing through the surf to save life from shipwreck, knowing not what fear was, yet who would kneel together in devout Communion at the Table of the Lord. 

And when we are not given the price of our work, let us resort to the table of the Lord, begging our bread from door to door.

Sunday—Sacred worship—The sanctuary recalling youthful scenes—Early plighted vows at the table of the Lord—Retrospect—Mournful reflections—Change in the congregation—Mr. and Mrs. N—— The C——family—Col.