April 8th
Book Four, Chapter 2
That the Great Goodness and Love of God are Shown to Man in This Sacrament
Rejoice, O my soul, and give thanks unto God for so noble a gift, and so singular a solace left to you in this valley of tears. For as often as you repeat this Mystery and receive the Body of Christ, so often do you perform the work of your redemption, and are made partaker of all the merits of Christ....Therefore you ought to dispose yourself for this by an ever-recurring renovation of spirit, and weigh with attentive consideration the great mystery of salvation. And as often as you celebrate or hear Mass, it ought to seem to you as great, new, and delightful, as if Christ that very day first descending into the Virgin's womb was made man; or hanging on the Cross, suffered and died for man's salvation.
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