medicine which only the wisdom of God could make. St. Ambrose says, ‘The Body of Christ is that spiritual medicine which, tasted with reverence, purifies those that are devoted to it.’ 1. To understand the need of this medicine, bear in mind that the serpent, by the poison of the forbidden fruit, brought on man a threefold corruption: a, the darkness of ignorance in his soul; b, the disease of evil desires in his body; c, death for both. But the medicine of the Body of Christ: a, lightens our darkness;