Pious Sentiments On The Holy Communion II
II. It is the property of goodness to attract,
and excite our heart to seek after the possession of it; and the more excellence there is in
a thing, “the more deferring it is of our earned and ardent endeavors in the pursuit of
it. Now as He, who is presented to us on
our altars, is of infinite excellence, he deserves that we should exert, if it were possible, an
infinite ardor and earnestness for obtaining the
possession of him.
As he is properly the only
good we possess on earth, the only desire of our
hearts should be to enjoy him by the means of
Communion. As in fine, he is a good which
comprehends all others and as God, though
infinitely perfect, can give nothing beyond himself as, moreover, by possessing him, we possess
the only thing necessary: hence the desire of enjoying him ought to comprehend'all desires, and
reduce us to the inability of desiring anything else.
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Fr. Dominick Morel S.J.
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