1. These are thy words, O Christ, the Eternal Truth, though not all delivered at one time, nor written in one place.
Since therefore they are thy words, and they are true, they are all to be received by me with thanks, and with faith.
They are thine, and thou hast spoken them; and they are also mine, because thou hast delivered them for my salvation.
I willingly receive them from thy mouth, that they may be more inseparably ingrafted in my heart.
These words of so great tenderness, full of sweetness and love, encourage me; but my own sins terrify me, and my unclean conscience keeps me back from approaching to so great mysteries.
The sweetness of thy words invites me, but the multitude of my offence weighs me down.
2. Thou commandest me to approach to thee with confidence, if I would have part with thee, and to receive the food of immortality, if I desire to obtain life, and glory everlasting.
Come, sayest thou, to me all you that labour, and are heavy burthened, and I will refresh you. Matthew xi.
O sweet and amiable word in the ear of a sinner, that thou, O Lord my God, shouldst invite the poor and needy to the communion of thy most sacred body!