Christ into Christ

Christ into Christ--that is the Eucharist,
to grow like Him so I can be Him too,
the more I'm Him, the less Him I'll resist,
let me, O God, be like Him through and through.

Each molecule of His turns into mine,
each drop of blood of His flows in my veins,
His body adds to human the divine,
more than His image now my body gains.

"Who eats My flesh and drinks My blood," He said,
"I will abide in them and they in Me,"
and promised He would raise me from the dead,
to live with Him for all eternity.

I take His message whole, not just in part,
His flesh, my food, I hold with all my heart.

                             -- by Pete Voelz       4/10