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Here begins the fourth advantage of Jesus within the Holy Eucharist: purity. It is not any secret that purity is underneath assault in our world. The Holy Eucharist empowers us to dwell a lifetime of heroic purity, in line with St. Peter Julian Eymard.
Our Lord endeavors additionally by His eucharistic state to instill in us a love of purity. What purity within the altar bread! It is pure wheat. Freed of its shell, it has been transformed into flour; what’s there purer than white flour? It is kneaded with out yeast, which is a supply of corruption in bread. Our Lord may have chosen one other substance of a unique coloration, however we’d not have present in all of it these classes of purity.
His purity within the Host is so nice that He doesn’t unite Himself to any materials substance, not even to that of the bread—since He replaces it, nor to the seen accidents—since He isn’t united to them both considerably or personally. His sacred humanity has nothing left of its mortal life: His physique enjoys the privileges of the spirits; all senses are glorified.1
The grace of purity, in spite of everything, comes solely from our Lord. Communion provides, will increase, strengthens, preserves and maintains it towards all of the assaults of the satan, the world, and the flesh. It is a fact past query that with out Communion we can’t be chaste.2
The purer we will probably be, for there are levels of purity, the extra superb we will probably be in Heaven, the nearer God will draw us to Himself. It is purity of life which decides the measure of glory for every saint.3
God may have chosen any coloration to make the Holy Eucharist, however in His infinite knowledge it was to be white. Why is that? Perhaps to disclose that the Holy Eucharist is the peak of purity, simply as He revealed His humility extra so within the tiny host than anyplace on earth, as St. Peter Julian Eymard declared beforehand.
Moreover, Our Lord needs us to always remember His phrases on the Sermon of the Mount, “Blessed are the pure in coronary heart, for they shall see God” (Matt. 5:8). The extra we gaze on Him, Who is completely pure, the extra pure we grow to be. The Lamb of God beckons us to not solely have a look at Him, however to obtain Him worthily as a lot as our duties allow. The white, Eucharistic Host should be like a mirror whereby every day we lower, and He will increase. Yes, our Lord longs to see Himself in us. He longs to see His virtues, particularly purity, mirrored in our souls.
There is a purpose the Church teaches that our venial sins are washed away by every Holy Communion, supplied we have now the correct inclinations. Or so superbly spoken in scripture, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; although they’re purple like crimson, they shall grow to be like wool” (Isa. 1:18).
The Holy Eucharist makes us pure for God Himself is pure. Our Lord isn’t corrupted by the issues of this world and provides us Himself to raise our senses to that which is above and never beneath. To present forth the Holy Eucharist’s energy, many saints’ our bodies have been incorruptible, which is a miracle that defies science. And but, didn’t God say, “He who eats My flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and I’ll increase him up on the final day”? (John 6:54). Only Holy Communion can produce such a miracle, for after we obtain Jesus, our physique and souls are defied—they grow to be stuffed with God Himself.
The best treatment in our battle to be pure little kids of God is to partake often of the Holy Eucharist, supplied we have now no mortal sin on our conscience. No soul can dwell purely with out the Holy Eucharist. And no soul can grow to be a saint with out the Holy Eucharist.
Even although the temptations to lust seem better than ever, the Eucharistic graces are at all times stronger. Hence St. Peter Julian Eymard encourages to us obtain Holy Communion often. He declares, “But if we regularly obtain Communion, oh, how a lot simpler it’s to protect grace in its first purity!”4 Moreover he states, “How may the soul that communicates daily and to which Communion means a lot yield to temptation? It is aware of that sin would deprive it of what it so vastly needs. The considered its subsequent Communion rises earlier than the soul, strengthens it, encourages it, and prevents it from falling. I confess that the state of grace is meaningless to me until it’s supported by Communion.”5
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1St. Peter Julian Eymard, In the Light of the Monstrance, trans. Rev. Charles De Keyser (New York: The Sentinel Press, 1947), 80-81.
2St. Peter Julian Eymard, In the Light of the Monstrance, trans. Rev. Charles De Keyser (New York: The Sentinel Press, 1947), 83.
3St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Eucharist and Christian Perfection (Part I), trans. by Amy Allen (New York, The Sentinel Press, 1948), 184.
4St. Peter Julian Eymard, Holy Communion, trans. Clara Morris Rumball (New York, The Sentinel Press 1940), 92.
5St. Peter Julian Eymard, Holy Communion, trans. Clara Morris Rumball (New York, The Sentinel Press 1940), 92.
