I hope I do not offend God by making my Communions in the frame of mind I have been describing. The command, after all, was Take, eat: not Take, understand.

C.s. Lewis
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To take your Eucharist in the frame of mind you have described is not to take it “with the mind of Christ.” God does not expect us to be perfect Christians. He expects us to accept the grace he has given us, and to use it with sincerity and humility.

Source: Letters To Malcolm: Chiefly On Prayer

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