April 7th
Book Four

Come to Me, all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you, says the Lord.

The bread that I will give is My flesh, for the life of the world.

Take and eat; this is my body, which shall be delivered for you; this do for the commemoration of Me.

He that eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.

The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Chapter 1
With how Great Reverence Christ Ought to be Received

 Many run to different places to visit the relics of the saints, and wonder to hear of their remarkable deeds; they behold the spacious buildings of their churches, and kiss their sacred bones, enveloped in silk and gold:  And behold, You are here present to me on the altar, my God, the Saint of saints, the Creator of men, and the Lord of angels....Here, in the sacrament of the altar, You are wholly present, my God, the man Christ Jesus; where also is derived, in full copiousness, the fruit of eternal salvation, as often as You are worthily and devoutly received....Thanks be to You, O good Jesus, eternal Shepherd, who has vouchsafed to feed us poor exiles with Your precious Body and Blood, and to invite us to the receiving these mysteries, even by an address from Your own mouth, saying: "Come to Me, all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you."