EPIPHANY iii
THE words of the Centurion appeared to our ancestors so
typical of Christian faith, that they made them a standing part of this
holy sacrament. The priest about to receive the body of Christ into
his own body strikes his breast and says, ‘Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldest enter under my roof: speak but the word, and my soul shall be
healed’. But while it is the character of human faith to be content
with whatever God is pleased to give, it is the character of divine love
to give without measure. The worshipper says ‘I am not worthy that
thou shouldest come under my roof’. But Christ says, as he said to
Zacchaeus, ‘Make haste, for I must lodge with thee today’.
