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 derstand, who every day touch the body of Christ what helps they may draw from that body, when the woman was perfectly cured by only touching the hem of his garment.But it is indeed deplorable, that, whereas she found in this hem, the cure of her complaint, we find, on the contrary, - fresh disorders in the remedy itself. Of this, the Apostle warns those who touch the body of the Lord unworthily, telling them that they receive their own damnation.” Serm. xxxiv. Max. Bibl. PP. p. 872.-“ I am the bread that came down from heaven : (Jo. vi. 51.) He is the bread, which, sown in the womb of the Virgin, and finally brought on our altars, affords daily celestial food to the faithful.” Serm. lxvii. p. 899.-—“In what manner the body of Christ should be eaten, and his blood drunken, they understand, who are instructed in the heavenly sacraments.” Serm. xcv. p. 920.

St. Proclus, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE, G.C.By these prayers (of the Liturgy) the descent of the Holy Spirit was expected, that, by his sacred presence, he would make the bread that is presented for the offering, the body of Christ, and the wine, mingled with water, his blood.” In Bibl. PP. Max. T. vi. p. 618.—“The solemn day of the sacred mysteries arrived: the evening came, more bright than any day. For in this evening, all is full of dread and admiration. The Lord sat down with his disciples, and laid open before them the scene of mysteries. He gave to them, for food, his pure body; and drink for the remission of sins.”