Monday, May 05, 2008

"Domine, non sum dignus"

SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #210

And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent his friends to him, saying: "Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof." (Luke 7:6)

"LORD, I AM NOT WORTHY!" The priest says these words at Mass when he receives Holy Communion. He says them also when he administers Communion to the faithful.

[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.] (1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)

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