HOLY COMMUNION.

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Son of man will give you. For him hath God the Father sealed. St. John vi. 27.

Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you: Moses gave you not bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. Ver. 32.

For the bread of God, is that which cometh down from heaven, and giveth light to the world. Ver. 33. Then they said to him: Lord, give us always this bread. Ver. 34.

And Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life ; he that cometh to me, shall not hunger; and he that believeth in me, shall never thirst. Ver. 35.

I am the bread of life. Ver. 48.

Your fathers did eat manna in the desert; and are dead. Ver. 49.

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven; that if any man eat of it, he may not die. Ver. 50. I am the living bread, which came down from heaven. Ver. 51.

If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give, is my flesh for the life of the world. Ver. 52.

The Jews, therefore, debated among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his, flesh to eat? Ver. 53.

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Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you: Unless eat of the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. Ver. 54.

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day. Ver. 55.

For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. Ver. 56.

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. Ver. 57.

As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. Ver. 58.

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He that eateth this bread, shall live for ever. Ver. 59.

HONESTY.

Thou shalt not steal: St. Matt. xix. 18.

He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little, is unjust also in that which is greater. St. Luke xvi. 10.

If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will trust you with that which is the true? Ver. 11.

And if you have not been faithful with that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? Ver. 12.

HOSPITALITY.

He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man. St. Matt.

And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, Amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. Ver. 42.

When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich, lest they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee. St. Luke xiv. 12.

But when thou makest a feast, call the feeble, the lame, and the blind. Ver. 13.

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And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just. Ver. 14.

HOUR OF DEATH.

Neither dost thou fear God, seeing thou art under the same condemnation? St. Luke xxiii. 40.

And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done no evil. Ver. 41.

And he said to Jesus: Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into thy kingdom. Ver. 42.

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And Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee, day thou shalt be with me in paradise. Ver. 43. Amen, amen I say to you, if any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever. St. John viii. 51.

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HUMAN RESPECT.

HUMAN RESPECT.

Whosoever shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father, who is in heaven. St. Matt. x. 32.

But whosoever shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father, who is in heaven. Ver. 33.

Blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me. St. Matt. xi. 6.

And king Herod was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, St. Matt. xiv. 9.

He sent, and beheaded John in the prison. Ver. 10. He that shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his majesty, and that of his Father, and of the holy angels. St. Luke ix. 26.

HUMILITY.

Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. St. Matt. xviii. 3.

Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 4.

Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them: and they that are the greater, exercise power upon them. St. Matt. xx. 25.

It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be greater among you, let him be your minister : Ver. 26.

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many. Ver. 28.

Whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted. St. Matt. xxiii. 12,

If any man desire to be first, he shall be last of all, and the servant of all. St. Mark ix. 34.

Amen I say to you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter into it. St. Mark x. 15.

He that is the least among you all, he is the greatest. St. Luke ix. 48.

He who is the greatest among you, let him be as the least and he that is the leader, as he that serveth, St. Luke xxii. 26.

For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth ? is not he that sitteth at table? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth. Ver. 27.

I give thanks to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones. Yea, Father: because so it hath pleased thee. St. Luke x. 21.

HYPOCRISY.

Why seest thou a mote in thy brother's eye, and seest not a beam in thy own eye? St. Matt. vii. 3.