will rise again in their bodies, which will be more glorious than the sun. "He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath life everlasting, and I will raise him up at the last day." (John vi. 55.)
Admire the efficacy and virtue of these fruits of the holy Eucharist, and give God thanks for the powerful remedies, which they afford against all your maladies. Say with the prophet, " Bless the Lord, O my soul, Who healeth all thy diseases." (Ps. cii. 2.)
FRIDAY.
To Receive the Holy Eucharist by Faith and Purity.
I. How necessary it is to prepare beforehand for the worthy receiving of holy communion; lest by approaching with a conscience loaded with mortal guilt, you convert the food of life into poison, or by communicating with indevotion and tepidity, you receive but little grace! Fearful of these evils, St. Paul exclaims to all Christendom, " Let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of that bread." (1 Cor. xi. 28.) He that presumes to come to the marriage feast without the wedding garment, will be cast into utter darkness. (Matt, xxii.) Admit, then, the necessity of proper preparation for so sacred and important a duty.
II. The first condition requisite for a worthy communion is a lively faith. Faith is the ground-work and foundation of every virtue, and of every meritorious action. Hence the Apostle says, " Let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith." (Heb. x. 22.) Excite, therefore, a lively faith in your soul, as often as you approach this holy mystery; reject every temptation arising
