When You Receive Holy Communion

At Saint Augustine Church in Manchester, England

When you receive Holy Communion, your first intention should be to advance, strengthen, and comfort yourself in the love of God. You must receive with love that which love alone has caused to be given to you. If people ask you why you receive Holy Communion frequently, tell them it is to learn to love God, to be purified of imperfections, to be delivered from misery, to be comforted in affliction, and to be supported in weakness. Tell them that because you are imperfect, weak, and sick you need to communicate often with him who is your perfection, strength, and physician.
Saint Francis de Sales


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