And that is why, in our prayer
at the altar, we ask that the consecration may be brought about for us: Ut nobis Corpus et Sanguis fiat... 3 If I firmly believe that everything around me is the body and blood of the Word, 4 then for me (and in one sense for me alone) is brought about that marvellous «diaphany» which causes the luminous warmth of a single life to be
objectively discernible in and to shine forth from the depths of every event, every element: whereas if, unhappily, my
faith should flag,
at once the light is quenched and everything becomes darkened, everything disintegrates.