Consider how Christ gave Himself to all in perfect faithfulness. His
secret and sublime prayer flowed forth towards His Father, and was
for the common good of all who desire salvation. Jesus Christ was all
things to all men in His love, in His teaching, in His reproaches, in
His consolations and sweetness, in His generous gifts, in His gracious
forgiveness. His soul and His body, His life, His death, and His
service were and are for the common good of all. His sacrament and
His gifts are for all. Christ received neither food, nor drink, nor
anything that was needful for His body, without thinking of the common
good of all those who shall be saved even until the last day.
Christ had nothing of His own, but all was held in common, body and
soul, mother and disciples, tunic and cloak. He ate and drank for us,
He lived and toiled for us. His toil and grief and misery were indeed
His own, but the blessings and the good which flowed from them were
the common possession of all. And the glory of His merits shall be the
possession of all throughout eternity.