TRINITY v
THE minister at the altar still uses the ancient attitude
of prayer; he holds out the palms of his hands, like a child waiting for
you to throw him a ball, or like a man going out to feel the falling rain
after a great drought. The bread of God falls like the manna from
heaven; bring out your baskets, hold out your arms. God will fill
your empty vessels if you will uncover them. You who come to this
sacrament, what are your wants? Open the gulf of your desire, that
God may fill it. Who desires holiness, who desires to care more for
others than for himself, who hungers and thirsts for the Spirit of Jesus
Christ? Ask, he says, and you shall receive, but ask.
