Peace be to you.

The whole world really has a hunger for God.

As Augustine put it,

Our hearts were made for thee, O Lord,

and they are restless until they rest in thee.

When our blessed Lord saw a very hungry crowd, he said, I am sorry for the multitude.

They have nothing to eat.

What he gave them on that occasion is the subject of this lesson, and it brings us to the

sacrament of the Eucharist.

In order that we may keep the parallel and the analogy between the natural life and the

supernatural life, it will be recalled that in order to lead a physical life, we must

be born to it. In order to lead a physical life, we must be born to it.

In order to lead a supernatural life, we have to be born to it, and that is the sacrament of baptism.

Then once we are born, we must grow physically.

Spiritually, too.

We must achieve maturity and accept responsibilities. That is the

sacrament of confirmation. Now we come to the new element in life. If life is or if

life is ever to live, it must nourish itself.

If divine life is to live, it too needs its nourishment.

That is the Eucharist.

The Eucharist is the greatest of all the sacraments.

Because it contains in a substantial way, the

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