For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, "This is my Body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my Blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. (1 Cor 11:17-26, 33)
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Like the martyrs Saints Cornelius and Cyprian, we remain faithful to the Breaking of the Bread and the proclamation of the death of the Lord until he comes. Today’s photo is of Fr Cyprian Davis, OSB (1930-2015). Father Cyp, as we called him, was professor of church history at Saint Meinrad Seminary. HIs ground breaking work, The History of Black Catholics in the United States, seeks “to highlight what has been hidden, and to retrieve a mislaid memory.”
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saint Cornelius, pope, and Saint Cyprian, bishop, martyrs, September 15
