same manner the Eucharist produces different effects, according to the capacity of those who receive it, and the dispositions of those who approach it.
X. When the manna was kept even until the next day, from a spirit of covetousness, it became corrupted; but when laid up by the command of God in a vessel of gold, it remained uncorrupted for many generations. In the same manner the Eucharist, when it is received unworthily, tends to increase the corruption of the criminal soul, for " they eat and drink judgment to themselves, not discerning the body of the Lord." (1 Cor. xi. 29.) But when it is received in the golden vessel of a pure and innocent heart it becomes the seed of eternal life.
XI. For forty years, whilst the children of Israel were journeying to the land of promise, the manna never failed; so is the Eucharist the constant and never-failing food of Christians during their pilgrimage through this vale of tears. " Behold I am with you," says Jesus Christ, "even to the end of the world." (Matt, xxviii. 20.)
XII. The manna fell daily without intermission, except on the Sabbath day, on which day the Israelites lived on what they had collected the day before; so is the Eucharist our daily food, and will not cease to be so until the Sabbath of eternal repose arrive, when we shall live forever on the fruits which we have collected during this life.
SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
The Eucharist a Banquet.— I.
"Come eat my bread and drink the wine which I have mingled for you." (Prov. ix. 5.)
I. "A certain man made a great supper." (Luke xiv.
