examination of the heart 232 Come, source of all our store! Come, within our bosoms shine,” etc.96 After Holy Communion 1. “[H]e will bear witness to [M]e” (Jn 15:26). Consider that if the desire to imitate the life of Christ, and especially His Most Holy Passion, is instilled in your heart, you have certainly obtained in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist the true Spirit of the Lord. For this is an infallible sign of a heart inflamed by the Divine Spirit, when it wants not only to continuously contemplate the way of life and the deeds of the Lord, but also to try to imitate them to the best of its ability. Hence the apostles, stirred up by this heavenly Spirit, immediately began fearlessly preaching the glory of Jesus, and scourged for this preaching “went from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer reproach for the name of Jesus” (Acts 5:41), to receive lashes for their witness to the truth. Therefore, you too should desire to conform yourself to Christ the Lord through suffering injuries and accepting insults, affronts, and false accusations brought against you, even by those who are most dear to you, as well as through any crosses, bodily pains and afflictions. This will be in accordance with the true Spirit of God. [f.55v] 2. “You shall give testimony” (Jn 15:27) [DRB]. Consider that testimony to Christ is given by those who are crucified with Him; that is, those who suffer together with Him because of their love for Him and who, through such co-suffering, 96 This quote is from the Sequence Veni, Sancte Spiritus, for Pentecost Sunday: Lectionary for Mass, Vol. I: Sundays, Solemnities, Feasts of the Lord and the Saints, 2nd typical ed., Catholic Book Publishing Co., New Jersey 1998, p. 483. [Hereafter Lectionary for Mass will be abbreviated as LM.] Cf. Missale Romanum: Ex Decreto Ss. Concilii Tridentini Restitutum Summorum Pontificum Cura Recognitum, Editio VII Juxta Typicam Vaticanam, Benziger Brothers, Inc., New York 1953, p. 379 (Dominica Pentecostes, Sequentia). [Hereafter Missale Romanum will be abbreviated as MIR.]
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