Reflection for March 4

An Exhortation
If we are to share rightly in the celebration of those holy Mysteries [the Holy Eucharist], and be nourished by that spiritual Food, we must remember the dignity of that holy Sacrament.... Examine your lives and conduct by the rule of God’s commandments, that you may perceive wherein you have offended in what you have done or left undone, whether in thought, word, or deed. And acknowledge your sins before Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life, being ready to make restitution for all injuries and wrongs done by you to others; and also being ready to forgive those who have offended you, in order that you yourselves may be forgiven. And then, being reconciled with one another, come to the banquet of that most heavenly Food (An Exhortation, Book of Common Prayer, p. 316-317).