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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: Now, this is to be the first point, especially for those who are cold
and indifferent, that they may reflect upon and rouse themselves. For
this is certainly true, as I have found in my own experience, and as
every one will find in his own case, that if a person thus withdraw
from this Sacrament, he will daily become more and more callous and
cold, and will at last disregard it altogether. To avoid this, we must,
indeed, examine heart and conscience, and act like a person who desires
to be right with God. Now, the more this is done, the more will the
heart be warmed and enkindled, that it may not become entirely cold.
But if you say: How if I feel that I am not prepared? Answer: That is
also my scruple, especially from the old way under the Pope, in which a
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