He gave himself as Food (St. Thomas Aquinas)

  Being born He gave himself as our Companion, 

Eating with us he gave himself as Food, 

Dying He became our Ransom, 

Reigning he gives himself as our Reward. 

--St. Thomas Aquinas, Verbum Supernum         

Image source:  Fritz von Uhde, The Last Supper, 1886

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