resuscitation, "from that day they devised to put Him to death." Learn from this, that there is no action, however holy or virtuous, which is not a subject of envy or calumny with disaffected persons. Let us not be impatient with perverse people, nor disturbed at their opposition to what is good; but pray for them.
TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST.
Christ a Worker of Miracles.
"Stand and consider the wondrous works of God." (Job. xxxvii. 14.)
I. "Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not." (John iv. 48.) Christ wrought many wonders, in order to confirm our faith; and hence He is foretold as the wonderful, by His prophet Isaias. (Is. ix. 6.) He never, however, appeared more wonderful than in the Eucharist, and in order to render this sacrament more dear to us, He has made it an abridgment of all of His other wonderful actions. In this " He hath made a remembrance of His wonderful works; being a merciful and a gracious Lord; He hath given food to them that fear Him." (Ps. ex. 4.)
II. Many miracles are contained in the sacrament of the Eucharist. 1. The substances of the bread and wine are entirely changed, when the priest has pronounced the words of Jesus Christ, "This is My body, this is My blood," and in place of these succeeds the same body of Christ, which is glorious in heaven and adored by the angels and saints. No change was ever so miraculous as this. 2. In regard to the accidents of bread and wine, they are preserved, and exist without their original sub-
