Life of St John Vianney.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

"""My88 THE CURi OF ARS.offer Him His Son and the merits of His holy Death andPassion.children, you remember the story which I havetold you before of a holy priest who was praying for hisfriend. It would seern that he had a revelation that thissoul was in purgatory; and it came into his mind that hecould do nothing better than offer the Holy Sacrifice forits repose. At the moment of consecration he took theSacred Host in his hand, and said :Holy and EternalFather, let us make an exchange. Thou holdest the soulof my friend which is in purgatory, and I hold the Bodyof Thy Son which is here inmy hand : well, do Thoudeliver my friend, and I will give Thee Thy Son with allthe merits of His Death and Passion. At the moment crthe Elevation, he beheld the soul of his friend, all radiantwith glory, ascend to heaven. Well, my children, whenwe want to obtain any thing of the good God, let us dothe same after Holy Communion ; let us offer Him Hiswell-beloved Son, with all the merits of His Death andPassion ;He will be able to refuse us nothing.My children, if we did but understand the value ofHoly Communion, we should avoid the slightest fault inorder to be permitted to receive it more frequently. Weshould keep our souls always pure in the sight of God.Listen, my children I ;suppose that you have been to confession to-day ; you will watch over yourselves ; you willbe happy in the thought that to-morrow you will havethe joy of receiving the good God into your heart. Tomorrow, again, you will still be unable to offend Him ;for your soul will be all embalmed with the preciousBlood of our Lord. O blessed life ! blessed life !O my children, how glorious throughout all eternity:hall be the soul which has frequently and worthily re-