manducate

Updated: May 26, 2025

Nehmet hin meinem Leib Auf dass ihr mein gedenkt! Is there a purposed resemblance here to the words of consecration in the mass? Accipite, et manducate ex hoc omnes. Hoc est enim Corpus meum. Accipite, et bibite ex eo omnes. Hic est enim Calix sanguinis mei!

Henry Edward Krehbiel - A Book of Operas : Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music