134 THE MEANS OF GRACE 



Church merely establishes the general duty of 

 hearing Mass on Sundays and holydays of obliga- 

 tion, particular individuals, because of special 

 needs, may be bound to hear Mass more fre- 

 quently. 



Belief in the Real Presence of Christ and the significa- 

 tion and value of the Eucharistic Sacrifice, as well as the 

 oft-expressed desire of the Church, ought to induce every 

 faithful Catholic to attend Mass whenever possible and to 

 communicate sacramentally, or at least spiritually, by 

 eliciting an ardent desire to be united with Christ and to 

 be made worthy of the graces of Communion. 33 Special 

 opportunities for worshipping our Eucharistic Lord are 

 furnished by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, the 

 exposition of the Sacred Host during the Forty Hours' 

 Devotion, the so-called Holy Hour, the Corpus Christi 

 procession, and other celebrations. 



Readings. — St. Thomas, Summa Theologica, 3a, qu. 80, art. 

 i-ii. — H. Noldin. S.J., Summa Theol. Mor., Vol. Ill, pp. 115 sqq. 

 — P. Gasparri, Tract. Can. de SS. Eucharistia, 2 vols., Paris 1890. 

 — Chr. Pesch, S.J., Praelcctiones Dogmaticae, Vol. VI, 2nd ed., pp. 

 346 sqq. — Pohle-Preuss, The Sacraments, Vol. II, pp. 265 sqq., 

 pp. 136 sqq. — M. Heimbucher, Die Wirkung dcr hi. Kommunion, 

 Ratisbon 1884. — Laboure, L' Eucharistic Centre de la Vie 

 Chretienne, Paris 1899. — Leo XIII, Encyclical "Mirae Caritatis," 

 May 28, 1902. — Codex Iuris Canonici, can. 801-869. 



nici, can. 859, § 3. — Instructio Pa- 8; Sess. XXII, c. 6 (Denzinger- 



storalis Eystettenstis, 5th ed., Frei- Bannwart, n. 882, 944). — St. Thom- 



burg 1902, pp. 20 sqq. as, .Summa Theol., 3a, qu. 8o, art. 



33 Cone. Trident., Sess. XIII, c. 1, ad 3. 



