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CHAP, vii.] The Sacrilegious Mass. 137
Laurence Justinian, they that communicate in mortal
sin adhere with greater pertinacity to sin. 1 This is con
formable to the doctrine of the apostle, that he that eateth
and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to
himself? Hence St. Peter Damian exclaims: O priest
of God, who offer to the eternal Father his own Son
in sacrifice do not beforehand immolate yourself as a
victim to the devil. 3
1 "
Sumentes indigne, prae cseteris delicta graviora committunt, et
2 "
pertinaciores in malo sunt." S. de Euchar.
Qui enim manducat et bibit indigne, judicium sibi manducat et
bibit." I Cor. xi. 29.
3
"Cur, o Sacerdos, qui sacrificium Deo debes offerre, temetipsum
prius maligno spiritui non vereris victimam immolare?" Opusc. 17,
c. 3-