"O inestimable charity! Even
as You, true God and true Man, gave Yourself entirely to us, so also You left
Yourself entirely for us, to be our food, so that during our earthly pilgrimage
we would not faint with weariness, but would be strengthened by You, our
celestial Bread. O man, what has your God left you? He has left you Himself,
wholly God and wholly Man, concealed under the whiteness of bread. O fire of
love! Was it not enough for You to have created us to Your image and likeness,
and to have recreated us in grace through the Blood of Your Son, without giving
Yourself wholly to us as our Food, O God, Divine Essence? What impelled You to
do this? Your charity alone. It was not enough for You to send Your Word to us
for our redemption; neither were You content to give Him us as our Food, but in
the excess of Your love for Your creature, You gave to man the whole Divine
essence . . ."
(St.
Catherine of Siena
(Source of image: Real Presence Association)
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