265 part i: sunday meditations for the entire year used often, lose value, while rarity gains them value. However, by the mystery of faith, you would hold this most profound Sacrament in continuous admiration. Be on your guard lest it have little importance and esteem, since you use it so frequently. But the more often you receive it, the more you should appreciate that Christ is there always whole, never different, always intact! 3. “And they took up that which was left of the fragments, seven baskets” (Mk 8:8) [DRB]. Consider the excellent effort of the apostles, which they manifested in making public this miracle, first by the diligent collecting of crumbs, then by commemorating it in writing. For thus it is fitting not to blot out of our memory the works and marvels of God. As for you, you keep silent about the countless benefits God granted to you. You see that God nourishes the whole world and you are not astonished at it. The countless throngs of the poor, of religious and various [f.69v] men, indeed, the whole world is nourished, ruled and sustained every day by Him; and you are not astounded at it, and you do not praise God for it. It is He who secures food and clothing, even for His rather negligent servants. He takes care of this house, which you inhabit. He guards the good name of His disciples; for them He makes a great name, gains authority, secures love, guards their honor, grants them supernatural goods without restraint, succors their health, offers them conveniences, hastens to aid them in every necessity. Will you, however, not appreciate it? Nor admire it? Nor praise it? Will you be silent about it? Will you not repay it by worthy gratitude? SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Before Holy Communion 1. “Beware of false prophets” (Mt 7:15). Consider that for you it is not the matter of prophets, but of your inclinations, of your senses. It is of them that you should beware, lest by the appearance of good, they cast you down to the calamity of hell.
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