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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE GREATEST OF ALL HIS MIRACLES \nBy St Thomas Aquinas3 \n◊◊◊ \nSince it was the will of God’s only-begotten Son that we should share in \nhis divinity\, he assumed our nature in order that by becoming man he might \nmake us divine. Moreover\, when he took our flesh he dedicated the whole of its \nsubstance to our salvation. He offered his body to God the Father on the altar \nof the cross as a sacrifice for our reconciliation. He shed his blood for our \nransom and purification\, so that we might be redeemed from our wretched state \nof bondage and cleansed from all sin. But to ensure that the memory of so great \na gift would abide with us forever\, he left his body as food and his blood as drink \nfor the faithful to consume in the form of bread and wine. \nO precious and wonderful banquet that brings us salvation and contains \nall sweetness! Could anything be of more intrinsic value? Under the old law it \nwas the flesh of calves and goats that was offered\, but here Christ himself\, the \ntrue God\, is set before us as our food. What could be more wonderful than this? \nNo other sacrament has greater healing power; through it sins are purged away\, \nvirtues are increased\, and the soul is enriched with an abundance of every \nspiritual gift. It is offered in the Church for the living and the dead\, so that what \nwas instituted for the salvation of all may be of benefit to all. Yet in the end no \none can fully express the sweetness of this sacrament\, in which spiritual delight \nis tasted at its very source\, and in which we renew the memory of that \nsurpassing love for us which Christ revealed in his passion. \nIt was to impress the vastness of this love more firmly upon the hearts of \nthe faithful that our Lord instituted this sacrament at the Last Supper. As he \nwas on the point of leaving the world to go to the Father\, after celebrating the \nPassover with his disciples\, he left it as a perpetual memorial of his passion. It \nwas the fulfillment of ancient figures and the greatest of all his miracles\, while \nfor those who were to experience the sorrow of his departure\, it was destined to \nbe a unique and abiding consolation. \n  \n3 Opusculujm 57 – Feast of Corpus Christi. A Word in Season – vol. III – Exordium Books – \nRiverdale\, MD – pg 2287 \n  \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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