Today is the great Feast of Corpus Christi.
Coincidentally, the Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri list the following quote for today, June 8:
"To feel any displeasure because we are refused the Communion, is a sign of hardiness, pride, and a want of mortification."
In our time, humble Christian princes are substituted with defiant elected officials who receive our Lord every Sunday despite supporting the slaughter of innocents and moral corruption. Saints who speak of fear and trembling when approaching the Sacrament are ignored to make room for "radical inclusion" and supposed non-politicization of the Eucharistic table.
The Eucharist is no casual affair! May stubborn rulers, both secular and ecclesiastical, remember the words of St. Paul in the Epistle of Corpus Christi, and the words of Good St. Philip for this calendar day. Do not harden your heart if you know yourself to be unworthy to receive the Lord, and make penance for your misdeeds as soon as possible.
+I.D.S.P.N.
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