Excerpt from The Blessed Eucharist: Our Greatest Treasure S] N CE the spirit of devotion that has urged me to write this book, animates you to read it and makes us the happy children of the same loving Father, should you ever hear any person say I might have spared myself the labor, there being already so many learned and celebrated works which treat of this subject, I beg you to answer that our Lord Jesus Christ, in the Adorable Sacrament, is such an abun dant fountain that the more it flows the fuller it be comes, and the fuller it is the more it flows, which signifies that the most Holy Eucharist is so great and so sublime a mystery that the more we say of it the more remains to be said. If St. Alphonsus could say with all' truth of the Passion of our Lord, that eternity will not suffice to meditate adequately upon it, ' we may aflirm the same of Jesus Christ hidden in the Blessed Sacrament, and with a thou sand times more justice apply to our subject what St. Augustine says in praise of the Blessed Virgin, viz: that all the tongues of 'men, even if all theirmembers were changed into tongues, would not be sufficient to praise her as she deserves. Worldly lovers are accustomed frequently to men tion and praise those whom they love, that others also may praise and applaud them; how poor and weak should we then consider the love of those who call themselves lovers of the Blessed Sacrament, and yet who seldom speak of it or think of endeavoring to inspire others with a love of it. The true lovers of the most Blessed Sacrament do not act thus they Speak of it, praise it everywhere, in public and in private; whenever it is in their power they try to enkindle in the hearts of all those ardent flames of love with which they themselves burn for their be loved Jesus. The object of this little book is, then, to make Jesus, in the Blessed Eucharist, more generally known and better loved. Cur Divine Saviour is ready to bestow innumerable graces through this Sacrament, which are lost in consequence of the ig norance and indifference of men. When the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar is not revered and loved, scandals will abound, faith will languish, and the Church mourn. On the other hand, if this Sacra ment be worthily frequented, peace will reign in Christian hearts, the devil will lose power and souls will be sanctified. As many as received Him to them He gave power to be made the sons of God. It has seemed to me that a work explanatory of the prominent points of this mystery, written in asimple and familiar style, would greatly contribute to remove the obstacles to a right appreciation of this wonderful Sacrament of Divine love; and with this conviction I have ventured to lay the following pages before the public, trusting, with the blessing of God, they may prove useful to many souls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.