Introduction Continues the discussion begun in the previous sermon («Oggi, sequitando la nostra lezione incommenzata del Corpo de Cristo […]). Three manifestations of love = three degrees of love: 1. giving material goods for a friend; 2. giving one's relatives or friends; 3. giving of oneself (as Jesus Christ did).
Eight ways in which Jesus gave himself to Christians: 1. As a “son”, taking on a mortal body for us; 2. As a “companion”, conforming to us at birth; 3. As a “master”, for his teaching; 4. As a “light and example of a holy life” (reference to John 13, 15); 5. As a “good and excellent father”, for the granting of grace; 6. As a “brother, a friend, a sister, a mother” (reference to Matthew 12, 50); 7. As a “sacrifice and as an offering to the Father”, with the sprinkling of blood; 8. For our relief and for his memory, that is, for grace and fortification of human beings by the Eucharist.
Divisio (see above) 1) First part: the malevolent are «those who go to receive the sacrament with the will to sin»; three scourges: 1. Separation from God (references to Book of Wisdom 1, 3 and Psalmi 118, 155); 2. Aggravation of sins (references to Matthew 15, 26 and Augustine); 3. Worst punishment in hell (reference to Augustine). 2) Second part: the malicious are those who confess their sins «with tears in their eyes, but not in their hearts», similar to «monuments that are beautiful on the outside, but full of dirt and stench on the inside» (reference to Matthew 23, 27); three scourges: 1. Becoming traitors of Christ; 2. Inner confusion; 3. Blindness of mind. 3) Third part: the presumptuous are those who «behave badly for the whole year […] and then, laughing, go to receive the sacrament». Lack of respect for God and the body of Christ causes numerous diseases to human beings; «bad Christians receive more damnation from God than Jews, Turks and any other people».
Conclusion Preview of the topic of the next sermon: the «usefulness of the body of Christ».