Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

They [the words of institution] are an immovable foundation for faith in the Sacramental mystery, and the gates of hell cannot shake the faith of the Church, that our Lord Jesus with the true body and true blood which He gave for our redemption on the Cross, is truly present in the Holy Supper, to apply the redemption through the very organs by which it was wrought out. The sacrifice was made once for all—its application goes on till the end of time. The offence of the Master's Cross now rests upon His table, and thither the triumph of the Cross shall follow it.—C. P. Krauth, The Conservative Reformation, p. 619.