125 part i: sunday meditations for the entire year it was not St. John, but only his disciples, who were unaware that Christ was the Savior of the world, and therefore John sent them to Him so that they could learn who He was and follow Him. You can know that in Holy Communion you have received the true grace of Christ and have been enlightened by the true light of the true Messiah, the eternal Sun, if you see the signs of that Sun; that is, if you acknowledge and give attention to your imperfections, the negligence of your past life, and the defects of your actions with an intent to remove all these things by penance. For the true light of God in us is that by which we see our sins. Just as the rays of the sun entering into a house uncover all of its dirt and reveal all ugliness, so the Sun of Justice — Christ our God — by entering into the dwelling place of the soul, into the depths of the heart, shows clearly all stains and every sin which the soul was not able to see, overwhelmed by the darkness of its offenses. If, therefore, you are illumined in this way, consider this as the greatest grace granted to you by God, and henceforth walk in the light and in the Sun so that it may not look as if you love the darkness and hate the Sun. 2. “the lame walk” (Mt 11:5). Consider that these are the effects of receiving the Most Holy Eucharist: seeing, walking, being cleansed, being healthy, being resuscitated, and preaching the Gospel. Give this matter more precise and extensive consideration. “Seeing” means remaining always in God’s presence. [f.6v] “Walking” means avoiding imperfections and progressing courageously and untiringly in acquiring virtues. “Being cleansed” means being purified through penance from the dirt of sin. “Being healthy” means recovering from the illness of the soul and the acquired habit of sinning, i.e., ceasing to sin. “Being resuscitated” means to rise by the grace of Life immortal from spiritual death, which is far more grave than bodily death. “Preaching the Gospel” to the poor means abounding without any merit of our own in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and receiving from the heavenly King — solely due to His grace — the treasures of knowledge and of the virtues; it means owning them and distributing these trea-
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