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The Holy Eucharist

Paperback |English |1482621592 | 9781482621594

The Holy Eucharist

Paperback |English |1482621592 | 9781482621594
Overview


The first section is on the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The next section is on visits to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This includes an instruction on Spiritual Communion. There are eight meditations for the Feast and Octave of Corpus Christi. This is followed by a Novena to the Sacred Heart. Over 200 pages are devoted to meditations on charity, commenting on Saint Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 13: "Charity is..." This is followed by ten meditations on Charity. This work closes with a pious exercise to obtain the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost. Saint Alphonsus writes on Spiritual Communion: "As in all the following visits to the Most Blessed Sacrament a spiritual Communion is recommended, it will be well to explain what it is, and the great advantages which result from its practice. A spiritual Communion, according to St. Thomas, consists in an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament, and in lovingly embracing Him as if we had actually received Him. "How pleasing these spiritual Communions are to God, and the many graces which He bestows through their means, was manifested by our Lord Himself to Sister Paula Maresca, the foundress of the convent of St. Catharine of Sienna in Naples, when (as it is related in her life) He showed her two precious vessels, the one of gold, the other of silver. He then told her that in the gold vessel was preserved her sacramental Commuinions, and in the silver one her spiritual Communions. He also told Blessed Jane of the Cross that each time that she communicated spiritually she received a grace of the same kind as the one that she received when she really communicated. Above all, it will suffice for us to know that the holy Council of Trent greatly praises spiritual Communions, and encourages the faithful to practice them. "Hence all devout souls are accustomed often to practice this holy exercise of spiritual Communion. Blessed Agatha of the Cross did so two hundred times a day. And Father Peter Faber, the first companion of St. Ignatius, used to say that it was of the highest utility to make spiritual Communions, in order to receive the sacramental Communion well. All those who desire to advance in the love of Jesus Christ are exhorted to make a spiritual Communion at least once in every visit that they pay to the Most Blessed Sacrament, and at every Mass that they that they hear; and it would even be better on these occasions to repeat the Communions three times, that is to say, at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end. This devotion is far more profitable than some suppose, and at the same time nothing can be easier to practice. The above-named Blessed Jane of the Cross used to say, that a spiritual Communion can be made without any one remaking it, without being fasting, without the permission of our director, and that we can make it at any time we please: an act of love does all."
ISBN: 1482621592
ISBN13: 9781482621594
Author: St Alphonsus de Ligouri
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2013-02-23
Language: English
PageCount: 512
Dimensions: 6.0 x 1.16 x 9.0 inches
Weight: 23.84 ounces


The first section is on the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The next section is on visits to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This includes an instruction on Spiritual Communion. There are eight meditations for the Feast and Octave of Corpus Christi. This is followed by a Novena to the Sacred Heart. Over 200 pages are devoted to meditations on charity, commenting on Saint Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 13: "Charity is..." This is followed by ten meditations on Charity. This work closes with a pious exercise to obtain the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost. Saint Alphonsus writes on Spiritual Communion: "As in all the following visits to the Most Blessed Sacrament a spiritual Communion is recommended, it will be well to explain what it is, and the great advantages which result from its practice. A spiritual Communion, according to St. Thomas, consists in an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament, and in lovingly embracing Him as if we had actually received Him. "How pleasing these spiritual Communions are to God, and the many graces which He bestows through their means, was manifested by our Lord Himself to Sister Paula Maresca, the foundress of the convent of St. Catharine of Sienna in Naples, when (as it is related in her life) He showed her two precious vessels, the one of gold, the other of silver. He then told her that in the gold vessel was preserved her sacramental Commuinions, and in the silver one her spiritual Communions. He also told Blessed Jane of the Cross that each time that she communicated spiritually she received a grace of the same kind as the one that she received when she really communicated. Above all, it will suffice for us to know that the holy Council of Trent greatly praises spiritual Communions, and encourages the faithful to practice them. "Hence all devout souls are accustomed often to practice this holy exercise of spiritual Communion. Blessed Agatha of the Cross did so two hundred times a day. And Father Peter Faber, the first companion of St. Ignatius, used to say that it was of the highest utility to make spiritual Communions, in order to receive the sacramental Communion well. All those who desire to advance in the love of Jesus Christ are exhorted to make a spiritual Communion at least once in every visit that they pay to the Most Blessed Sacrament, and at every Mass that they that they hear; and it would even be better on these occasions to repeat the Communions three times, that is to say, at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end. This devotion is far more profitable than some suppose, and at the same time nothing can be easier to practice. The above-named Blessed Jane of the Cross used to say, that a spiritual Communion can be made without any one remaking it, without being fasting, without the permission of our director, and that we can make it at any time we please: an act of love does all."

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The first section is on the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The next section is on visits to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This includes an instruction on Spiritual Communion. There are eight meditations for the Feast and Octave of Corpus Christi. This is followed by a Novena to the Sacred Heart. Over 200 pages are devoted to meditations on charity, commenting on Saint Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 13: "Charity is..." This is followed by ten meditations on Charity. This work closes with a pious exercise to obtain the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost. Saint Alphonsus writes on Spiritual Communion: "As in all the following visits to the Most Blessed Sacrament a spiritual Communion is recommended, it will be well to explain what it is, and the great advantages which result from its practice. A spiritual Communion, according to St. Thomas, consists in an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament, and in lovingly embracing Him as if we had actually received Him. "How pleasing these spiritual Communions are to God, and the many graces which He bestows through their means, was manifested by our Lord Himself to Sister Paula Maresca, the foundress of the convent of St. Catharine of Sienna in Naples, when (as it is related in her life) He showed her two precious vessels, the one of gold, the other of silver. He then told her that in the gold vessel was preserved her sacramental Commuinions, and in the silver one her spiritual Communions. He also told Blessed Jane of the Cross that each time that she communicated spiritually she received a grace of the same kind as the one that she received when she really communicated. Above all, it will suffice for us to know that the holy Council of Trent greatly praises spiritual Communions, and encourages the faithful to practice them. "Hence all devout souls are accustomed often to practice this holy exercise of spiritual Communion. Blessed Agatha of the Cross did so two hundred times a day. And Father Peter Faber, the first companion of St. Ignatius, used to say that it was of the highest utility to make spiritual Communions, in order to receive the sacramental Communion well. All those who desire to advance in the love of Jesus Christ are exhorted to make a spiritual Communion at least once in every visit that they pay to the Most Blessed Sacrament, and at every Mass that they that they hear; and it would even be better on these occasions to repeat the Communions three times, that is to say, at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end. This devotion is far more profitable than some suppose, and at the same time nothing can be easier to practice. The above-named Blessed Jane of the Cross used to say, that a spiritual Communion can be made without any one remaking it, without being fasting, without the permission of our director, and that we can make it at any time we please: an act of love does all."
ISBN: 1482621592
ISBN13: 9781482621594
Author: St Alphonsus de Ligouri
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2013-02-23
Language: English
PageCount: 512
Dimensions: 6.0 x 1.16 x 9.0 inches
Weight: 23.84 ounces


The first section is on the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The next section is on visits to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This includes an instruction on Spiritual Communion. There are eight meditations for the Feast and Octave of Corpus Christi. This is followed by a Novena to the Sacred Heart. Over 200 pages are devoted to meditations on charity, commenting on Saint Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 13: "Charity is..." This is followed by ten meditations on Charity. This work closes with a pious exercise to obtain the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost. Saint Alphonsus writes on Spiritual Communion: "As in all the following visits to the Most Blessed Sacrament a spiritual Communion is recommended, it will be well to explain what it is, and the great advantages which result from its practice. A spiritual Communion, according to St. Thomas, consists in an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament, and in lovingly embracing Him as if we had actually received Him. "How pleasing these spiritual Communions are to God, and the many graces which He bestows through their means, was manifested by our Lord Himself to Sister Paula Maresca, the foundress of the convent of St. Catharine of Sienna in Naples, when (as it is related in her life) He showed her two precious vessels, the one of gold, the other of silver. He then told her that in the gold vessel was preserved her sacramental Commuinions, and in the silver one her spiritual Communions. He also told Blessed Jane of the Cross that each time that she communicated spiritually she received a grace of the same kind as the one that she received when she really communicated. Above all, it will suffice for us to know that the holy Council of Trent greatly praises spiritual Communions, and encourages the faithful to practice them. "Hence all devout souls are accustomed often to practice this holy exercise of spiritual Communion. Blessed Agatha of the Cross did so two hundred times a day. And Father Peter Faber, the first companion of St. Ignatius, used to say that it was of the highest utility to make spiritual Communions, in order to receive the sacramental Communion well. All those who desire to advance in the love of Jesus Christ are exhorted to make a spiritual Communion at least once in every visit that they pay to the Most Blessed Sacrament, and at every Mass that they that they hear; and it would even be better on these occasions to repeat the Communions three times, that is to say, at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end. This devotion is far more profitable than some suppose, and at the same time nothing can be easier to practice. The above-named Blessed Jane of the Cross used to say, that a spiritual Communion can be made without any one remaking it, without being fasting, without the permission of our director, and that we can make it at any time we please: an act of love does all."

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