en. i. 28,) propagates and
multiplies all things in nature to the end of the world, so it is not
the priest, but Christ, by the words pronounced by the priest, and by
virtue of those which he spoke at his last supper, saying, "This is my
body," who changes the offering (or bread and wine) in every church from
that to this time, and consummates the sacrifice till his coming. (Hom.
1, ib. p. 383.)

In two homilies, On the Cross, and on the Good Thief, preached on Good
Friday, he makes many excellent reflections on the conversion of the
latter, and on the precept of our forgiving injuries, by which we become
true imitators of Christ, and inherit the privileges of his disciples.
The cross he commends as the instrument of Christ's glorious triumph,
and of our happiness.

In a homily On the Resurrection of the Dead, he proves this article to
be the foundation, both of our faith, and of our morals. In that On the
Resurrection of our Lord, he tells his flock, that on that day (which
was the solemnity of Easter) they were no longer obliged to drink only
water, to abstain from the bath, to live on herbs and pulse, and to fast
as in Lent; but that they were bound to shun intemperance: he speaks
against drunkenness, {262} and says the poor have equal reason for joy
and thanksgiving with the rich on that solemnity, the advantages which
it brings consisting in spiritual graces, not in feasting or pomp. In
the first homily, On Whitsunday, he proves, that though the descent of
the Holy Ghost is no longer manifested by miracles, since the faith had
been sufficiently established by them, it was not less real, though made
in an invisible manner in our souls, by his grace and peace. In the
second, on the same feast, he calls Whitsunday the accomplishment of all
the mysteries of our faith; and teaches that the Holy Ghost delayed his
descent, that he might not come upon the apostles in vain, or without
having been long and earnestly desired; and that he manifested his
descent by the emblem of tongues of fire, to represent that he consumes
like fire the thorns of our souls, and that his principal gift is
charity. His seven homilies On St. Paul, are standing proofs of his
singular veneration for that great apostle, and admiration of his divine
virtues. In the third, speaking of that apostle's ardent love of God,
which made ignominies and torments for his sake a triumph, and a subject
of joy and pleasure, he seems to surpass himself, (p. 481.)