And
this man whose picture I have tried to draw for you, brethren, is your God. He
was your maker in time past; hereafter He will be your judge. Make Him your
hero now. Take some time to think of Him; praise Him in your hearts. You can
over your work or on your road praise Him, saying over and over again, Glory be
to Christ's body; Glory be the body of the Word made flesh; Glory to the body
suckled at the Blessed Virgin's breasts; Glory to Christ's body in its beauty; Glory to Christ's body in its weariness; Glory to Christ's body in its
Passion, death and burial; Glory to Christ's body risen; Glory to Christ's
body in the Blessed Sacrament; Glory to Christ's soul; Glory to His genius
and wisdom; Glory to His unsearchable thoughts; Glory to His saving words;
Glory to His sacred heart; Glory to its courage and manliness; Glory to its
meekness and mercy; Glory to its every heartbeat, to its joys and sorrows,
wishes, fears; Glory in all things to Jesus Christ.
Lines from a sermon by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ.
