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 nourish you with my flesh," and I place myself before you. I was willing to become your brother : for the sake of you, I took flesh and blood : and again I deliver to you that flesh and blood, by which I become so related.” Homil. xlvi. alias xlv. in Ioan. T. viii. p. 272-3. “What sayest thou, O blessed Paul? Willing to impress awe on the hearer, and making mention of the tremendous mysteries, thou callest them the cup of benediction, (1 Cor. x. 16.) that terrible and tremendous cup. That which is in the cup, is that which flowed from his side and we partake of it. It is not of the altar, but of Christ himself that we partake; let us, therefore, approach to him with all reverence and purity; and when thou beholdest the body lying before thee, say to thyself: By this body, I am no longer earth and ashes—This is that very body which bled, which was pierced by the lance. Homil. xxiv. in 1 Ep. ad Cor. T. x. p. 212, 213, 214, 217.—“ He that was present at the last supper, is the same that is now present and consecrates our feast. For it is not man who makes the things lying on the altar become the body and blood of Christ; but that Christ who was crucified for us. The Priest stands performing his office, and pronouncing these words,--but the power and grace are the power and grace of God. He says, this is my body, and these words effect the change of the things offered. Hom. i. de Prodit. Judæ, T. ii. p. 384.—“As many as partake of this body, as many as taste of this blood, think ye it nothing different from that which sits above, and is adored by