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Book IV. Of the Sacrament of the Altar

Introduction

Page 98 of 116

A devout exhortation to the Holy Communion

The Voice of Christ

Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you,(1) saith the Lord. The bread that I will give is My flesh which I give for the life of the world.(2) Take, eat: this is My Body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of Me.(3) He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood dwelleth in Me and I in him. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.(4)

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Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, trans. William Benham (1874). Public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg (eBook #1653).