Aurum, Thus, Et Myrrha—alleluia!

by Michael Field — a poem card from Justes Mots

A devotional meditation on the Eucharist using the Magi's gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh as spiritual metaphors. Gold represents Christ's royal power sustaining the soul; frankincense symbolizes His divine sacrifice; myrrh embodies His sacrificial death preserving the soul from corruption. The poem expresses profound gratitude for sacramental grace.

O GIFT, O Blessèd Sacrament—*my Gold*,
All that I live by royally, the power,
Like gold, that buys life for me, hour by hour,
And crowns me with a greatness manifold
Such that my spirit scarce hath spring to hold
Its treasure and its sovereignty of dower!

O Blessèd Sacrament—*my Frankincense*,…

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