teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 20. Behold I am with you all days, even to the end of the world, embraces two points necessary for the Church; that is integrity of doctrine, and sanctity of life; for, if either of these should be wanting to the Church, it might then be justly said, that she had been left and abandoned by Christ, her Spouse. E.—Jesus Christ will make good his promise: 1. by always dwelling in the hearts of the faithful; 2. by his sacramental presence in the holy Eucharist; 3. by his providential care, and constant protection to his holy Catholic Church. These last six lines of Saint Matthew’s gospel, says the bright luminary of France, Bossuet, most clearly demonstrate the infallibility and indefectibility of the one, holy, Catholic Church, which all are commanded to hear and obey.
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