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“In this Sacrament [Holy
Communion] past sins are forgiven, strength is given against temptations, the
passions are quelled, temptations are lessened, true devotion is stimulated, faith
is strengthened, hope is confirmed, weakness is made strength, charity is
inflamed, and the recipient is made a sharer in the merits of Christ and given
a pledge of everlasting life.
This is the Bread that strengthens
the heart of a man, sustains the traveler, raises the fallen, strengthens the
weak, arms the strong, gladdens the sorrowful, arouses the lukewarm, awakens
the slothful, cures the sick, and is the common remedy for all needs. It is all
things to all men and no one, however unworthy he feels, should abstain from
this medicine if he wishes to be cured.”
(Ven. Louis of Granada, O.P. from Summa of the Christian Life)
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