Saint John Chrysostom on How We Should View Going to Communion

I was very struck by this post at Father Z's Awe at transcendence . It reminds me that I need to keep the Church Father's view in mind as I prepare to go to Mass.

Saint John Chrysostom on Holy Communion:
“Let us not, I beg you, slay ourselves by our irreverence, but with awe and purity draw near to it; and when you see it set before you, say to yourself: ‘Because of this Body am I no longer earth and ashes, no longer a prisoner, but free: because of this I hope for heaven, and to receive the good things therein, immortal life, the portion of angels, to converse with Christ’.”