O Sacrament Most Holy

A shroud of divine light

ignites the breath of the perpetual flame

with the burning of crimson hope

where the passionate rose blossoms.

The golden Tabernacle

reveals His glorious splendor

aglow with the radiance of Christ

that permeates the hallowed space.

Ode to the humbled silence;

the reverent stillness,

the wellspring of Grace.

In the Blessed Sacrament He waits.

The Living Water flows from the spring;

a Fountain of Holy Love

quenches thirst

and offers the Bread of Life.

Transubstantiation;

Heaven kisses Earth.

Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity,

adoration of the Sacred Host.

The lamp burns brightly

near the dwelling place

with the Real Presence;

Jesus in the Eucharist.

This poem was originally published in Called to Love A Listening Heart A Book of Catholic Poetry, by Christina M. Sorrentino