TRINITY xiii
IN this sacrament we invoke the Lamb of God. The
death of a lamb or of some other beast was the centre of ancient worship;
the death of Christ is the centre of our worship here. To kill is the most
powerful of human acts; an existence is annihilated in a stroke. At the
sight of death we catch our breath and fear. By causing death we bring
about what passes out of our control. It is we who press the catch,
but the door which swings open swings by a power not our own, and we look
through into eternity. Human hands kill the Son of God, and the world
rocks and swings aside revealing God, God in the act of raising him from
the dead. Creator and redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us.
