How shining and splendid are your gifts, O Lord, which you give us for our eternal well-being. Your glory shines radiantly in your saints,In the honour and noble victory of the martyrs. The white-robed company follow you, bright with their abundant faith;They scorned the deceits of those with this world’s power.For you they sustained fierce beatings, chains, and torments, they were drained by cruel punishments. They bore their holy witness to youWho were grounded deep within their hearts; they were sustained by patience and constancy.Unknown author, tenth century, The Heart in Pilgrimage, edited by Eamon Duffy (Bloomsbury, 2013) Holy Communion is not only about our redemption, it is about our creation. It is about an immense and glorious debt that we can never repay: the debt to our