to Him, Lord, give us always this Bread. And JESUS faid to them, I am the Bread of Life: he that comes to Mc thall never hunger; and he that believes on Me fhall never Thirft. But, I faid to you, that you have both feen Me, and do not believe. All that the Father gives, Me fhall come to Me: and him that comes to Me I will not caft out. For, I defcended from Heaven, not to do My Own Will, but the Will of Him that fent Me. And this is the Fathers Will who fent Me, that of all He has given Me I fhould lofe nothing, but raise it up again at the laft day. And this is the Will of My Father who fent Me, that Every one who fees the Son and believes on Him may have Everlasting Life; and I thould raife him up again at the laft day. Refp. Thou art, O JESU! the true Cœleftial Manna, of which whoever eats hall live eternally: Thou art the Bread of God that defcended from Heaven, of which whoever feeds shall never hunger. *Caft us not out, O Lord, whom Thy Mercy has adopted into Thy Own Family; but give us this Bread of Thy ChilI 3 dren dren for ever. Thou who cameft down to do Thy Fathers Will, and haft taught us 'tis Thy Fathers Will, That of thofe He bas given Thee none be loft. *Caft us not Leffon 119. The Jews then murmured at Him, be caufe He faid, I an the Bread which came down from Heaven. And they faid, Is not this JESUS the Son of Jofeph, whofe Father and Mother we know? how is it then that He fays, I came down from Heaven? JESUS therefore answered and faid to them, Murmur not among your felves: No man can come to Me, except the Father who fent Me draw him; and I will raise him up at the laft day. It is written in the Prophets, And they shall all be taught of God: Eve ry one therefore that has heard of the Father, and has learnt, comes to Me. Not that any man has feen the Father; but,he who is of God, He has feen the Father. Verily, verily, I fay to you,He that believes on Me has Everlasting Life. I am that Bread of Life. Your Fathers eat Manni in the Wilderness,and are dead. This is the Bread which comes down from Heaven; that, if any man eat thereof, he may not dye. dye. I am the livingBread that came down from Heaven: If any Man eat of this Bread, he fhall live for ever; and the Bread I will give is My Flefh, for the Life of the World. Refp. Murmur no more among your felves, Jubmit Leffon 120. The Jews therefore trove among themselves, faying,How can thisMan give us His Flesh to eat? Then JESUS faid, E. Verily, Verily, I fay to you, Except you eat the Fleth of the Son of Man, and drink His Blood, you shall not have Life in you.. He that eats My Flefh, and drinks My Blood, has Eternal Life; and I will raife him up at the laft day. For, My Flesh is meat indeed, and my Blood is drink indeed. He that eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood, dwells in Me and I in him. As the living Father has fent Me, and I live by the Father, fo, he that eats Me, fhall alfo live by Me. This is that Bread which came down from Heaven; not as your Fathers eat Manna and are dead: he that eats of this Bread fhall live for ever. Refp. O feet and ravishing words! He dwells in me and I in Him: freet in excess to the Soul that loves, and tastes the joys of this Heavenly Converfe, and feeds on the wonders of this admirable Union: He dwells in me and I in Him. O Bleft and Glorious words! what can be Jaid more full of Grace and Strength and Supernatural Mystery? bere, theyalone are my Heaven on Earth, and will bereafter be my Heaven in Hea*He dwells ven. Leffón 121. These things faid He in the Synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. Many,therefore, of His Difciples, hearing it, faid, This is a hard faying, who can hear it? But JESUS knowing in Himself that His Difciples murmured at it, faid to them, Does Does this fcandalize you? What if you fhall fee the Son of Man ascend where He was before? It is the Spirit that quickens; the Flesh profits nothing: the words that I have fpoken to you are Spirit and Life. But, there are fome of you that believe not: For, JESUS knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who fhould betray Him. And He said, Therefore said I to you, No man can come to Me, except it were given him of My Father. From that time many of His Difciples went back, and walkt no more with Him. Then faid JESUS to the Twelve, Will you also go away? Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou haft the words of Eternal Life: and we have believed and known that Thou art Chrift the Son of God. JESUS anfwered them, Have not I cho fen you Twelve, and one of you is a Devil? He fpake of Judas Iscariot; for, heit was that should betray Him, being one of the Twelve.. Refp. To Thee, my great Creator! Ibumhly Sacrifice the noblest faculty Thou haft given me to Thee, and to the Obedience |