If someone asks you why you take Communion so often, your answer is so you can better learn to love your God, so that you can cleanse yourself from all your imperfections, so you can be liberated from your miseries and take comfort in your sufferings.
Two types of people need to take Communion often: those who are perfect, because they should not get away from that which is the fount and source of their perfection; and the imperfect, so they can aspire to perfection; the strong so that they do not become weak, and the weak so they become strong; the sick so they can be healed and the healthy so they don’t become ill.
And regarding you, who are weak and ill, you need to frequently take Communion so you may receive Him who is your perfection, your strength and your doctor.
Those who don’t have much work need to frequently take Communion because they have the time, and idleness is dangerous for the spirit; those who are busy, for the necessity of an excellent meal that the agitated body requires.
Tell those who ask why you take Communion often that you take it frequently so that you may learn to do it well, because it is impossible to do something well if you don’t practice it with much frequency.
Take Communion often, the more times, the better.
Believe me, if the mountain hares become white from being in the snow so much, the same will happen to those who adore and eat the same beauty, loveliness, goodness and purity that is kept in This Divine Sacrament, so that someday you may become beauty, loveliness, goodness and purity.
If your soul longs to take Communion, remember to examine your conscience deeply: “For whenever you eat This Bread and drink This Cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until HE comes. So then, whoever eats the Bread or drinks the Cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the Body and Blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.
(1 Corinthians 11:26-28).”
Saint Francis of Sales
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