It was God's promise by the prophet Malachias, that in every place there should be sacrifice and a clean oblation offered to His name. This promise has a fulfillment in the service of the Mass, or the shewing forth the Lord's death till He come. But is it not too true what God complains of against the Jews, that many regard this table of the Lord as contemptible? Else how is it that so many who might attend, keep away from this clean oblation, offered twice, or more frequently every morning in this Church? Our dear Lord, after his resurrection, made himself known at Emmaus in the breaking of bread. Is it not worth while to seek the presence of Jesus in your own souls? to have a visit from Him, by His Holy Spirit resting in your hearts? to get strength for the trials and temptations of the day, comfort and support in the cares of life, from some of which who of you is free? Our dear Lord is ready to meet with us, and is, doubtless, grieved that so few care to meet with Him. If ye seek to me, He says, I will give you rest, and He will be as good as His word. Saint Francis of Sales says: It is impossible to seek the Saviour in a more precious, lovable, or blessed way than in the Holy Eucharist, if not by our own partaking of it, yet by being devoutly present when the Saviour's death is shewn forth at (as Saint Paul says) the table of the Lord.
- text taken from Daily Bread - Bring a Few Morning Meditations for the Use of Catholic Christians by Father Richard Waldo Sibthorp