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Rh This Holy Communion therefore draweth us back from evil, and strengtheneth us in good.

For if I be now so often negligent when I communicate; what would become of me if I received not this remedy, and sought not after so great a help?

Although I be not every day fit nor well prepared; I will endeavour notwithstanding at due times to receive the divine mysteries, and to be partaker of so great a grace.

For this is the one chief consolation of faithful souls, so long as they are absent from Thee in this mortal body, that being mindful of their God, they often receive their beloved with devout mind.

4. O the wonderful condescension of Thy tender mercy towards us, that Thou, O Lord God, the creator and giver of life to all spirits, dost vouchsafe to come unto a poor soul, and with Thy whole deity and humanity to satisfy the hunger thereof!

O happy minds and blessed souls, who have the privilege of receiving Thee, their Lord God, with devout affection, and in so receiving Thee are permitted to be filled with spiritual joy.

O how great a Lord do they entertain! how beloved a guest do they harbour! how delightful a companion do they receive! how faithful a friend do they welcome! how lovely and noble a spouse do they embrace! even Him who is to be loved above all things that are loved.

O Thou most sweet, most beloved, let heaven and earth, and all therein, be silent in Thy presence. For what praise and beauty soever they have, it is