In Life and in Death praise and be submissive to the holy will of God.
Strive to become a saint. For " this is the will of God, your sanctification."
Our Holy Father, Pope Pius X, the Vicar of Christ, has told us in the simplest and plainest words, that all the faithful without exception, after their first holy communion, should be encouraged to approach the Holy Table every day, and that the only dispositions absolutely necessary to receive the Bread of Life frequently, even every day, are the state of grace and a right intention. The Pontifical Decree on receiving daily the [Most Holy Eucharist (Dec. 20, 1905) says:
Frequent and daily Communion, as a thing most earnestly desired by Christ Our Lord, and by the Catholic Church, should be open to all the Faithful, of whatever rank and condition of life; so that no one who is in the state of grace, and who approaches the Holy Table with a right and devout intention, can lawfully be hindered therefrom.
A right intention consists in this: that he who approaches the Holy Table should do so, not out of routine, or vain glory, or human respect, but for the purpose of pleasing God, or being more closely united with Him by charity, and of seeking this divine remedy for his weaknesses and defects.
Although it is more expedient that those who communicate frequently or daily should be free from venial sins, especially from such as are fully deliberate, and from any affection thereto, nevertheless it is sufficient that they be free from mortal sin, with the purpose of never sinning mortally in future; and, if they have this sincere purpose, it is impossible but that daily communicants should gradually emancipate themselves from even venial sins, and from all affection thereto.
But whereas the sacraments of the New Law, though they take effect ex opere operato, nevertheless produce a greater effect in proportion as the dispositions of the recipient are better; therefore, care is to be taken that Holy Communion be preceded by serious preparation, and fol-
