Chapter VI.
The excellence of this sacrament having been proven, that through it the Passion of the Lord is renewed on Sunday, he concludes his sermon, forewarning strictly about the matter to be dealt with in the coming days.
In order for you to know that this is indeed a sacrament, its figure precedes. Then understand how great the sacrament is. See what He says: As often as you do this, you shall do it in remembrance of me, until I come again (1 Corinthians 11:26).
And the priest says: Therefore, remembering His most glorious passion, and His resurrection from the dead, and His ascension into heaven, we offer to You this spotless host, this reasonable host, this unbloody host, this holy bread and the cup of eternal life. And we ask and pray that You may accept this offering on Your sublime altar, through the hands of Your angels, as You graciously accepted the gifts of Your righteous servant Abel and the sacrifice of our patriarch Abraham, and what the high priest Melchizedek offered to You.
Therefore, whenever you receive, what does the Apostle say to you? Whenever we receive, we proclaim the death of the Lord. If we proclaim his death, we proclaim the forgiveness of sins. Whenever his blood is poured out, it is poured out for the forgiveness of sins; I must always receive it, so that my sins are always forgiven. As I always sin, I must always have the medicine.
In the meantime, today as much as we could, we have explained: but tomorrow, on Saturday and Sunday, we will speak about the order of prayer, as we are able. May our Lord God preserve for you the grace He has given, and may He deign to fully illuminate the eyes He has opened for you, through His only-begotten Son, our king and savior, the Lord our God, by whom, and with whom, there is praise, honor, glory, magnificence, power, with the Holy Spirit, forever and ever, from the ages, and now, and always, and for all ages to come. Amen.
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