This is to mention the website of The Real Presence Association (based
in Chicago). It provides access to extensive information on the Eucharist
and related topics, including Eucharistic Adoration, the Eucharist in
scripture, and personal testimonies on the Eucharist.
An index to the
website is availalbe at:
http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/a.html
One
of the quotations in the testimonies section of the website is the
following quotation from J.R.R. Tolkien:
"Out of the darkness of my
life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on
earth: the Blessed Sacrament....There you will find romance, glory, honor,
fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth, and more than
that: death: by the divine paradox,
that which ends life, and demands
the surrender of all, and yet by the taste (or foretaste) of which alone
can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy)
be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal
endurance, that every man's heart desires,"
- J.R.R.
Tolkien
The quotation is set out at:
http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/tes/quotes11.html
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