Let us consider then, first of all, our human weakness and imperfection. . .Let us consider, in the second place, our unworthiness. . .man is unworthy in very many and more grievous ways, for by his sins he has offended his Creator. . And in our preparation for this Holy Supper, let us not simply examine ourselves, but let us also consider this blessed bread, which is the communion of the body of Christ, and then will it appear to us as a true fountain of God’s grace, and an inexhaustible spring of divine mercy. . .Thus this Holy Supper will transform our souls; this most divine sacrament will make us divine men, until finally we shall enter upon the fullness of the blessedness that is to come, filled with all the fullness of God, and wholly like Him. (Johann Gerhard, Sacred Meditations, 20:108-111)

HT: Pastor Alms