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  While the assisting priest places the reserved Sacrament back into the tabernacle,

 the celebrant continues to genuflect at the altar.

"The wise men adored this body when it lay in the manger;...

they prostrated themselves before it in fear

and trembling. ... Now you behold the same body that

the wise men adored in the manger, lying upon the altar;

... you also know its power."

St John Chrysostom

Chrysostomos - 'golden-mouthed'

Syria ~ 347- 407

Archbishop of Constantinople

Doctor of the Church

Patron of orators

FEAST DAY ~ September 13

 

"The bee is honored more than other animals, not because she labors,

but because she labors for others."  ~ St John Chrysostom

St John Chrysostom, ora pro nobis!