If you are going to Communion, add:

MY God, I offer thee, to supply the deficiency of my own merits, the holy dispositions of all the saintly souls who have worthily communicated, or are now doing so, or shall do so to the world's end.

I rise to present myself before thee. My soul burns with an ardent thirst. O give unto her the living water!

AFTER THE COMMUNION.

Psalm lxviii.

My heart hath expected reproach and misery. And

I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none.

Psalm xxi.

BUT I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men,

and the outcast of the people. All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head. I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.

THE POST COMMUNION.

MAY Ss thy love, in order that, being sensible

AY thy grace, O Lord Jesus! we beseech thee,

of the sweetness of thy most loving Heart, we may learn to despise earthly things, and love such as are heavenly who livest and reignest, &c.

:

AT THE END OF MASS.

MOTHER of beautiful love! Mary! thou who so much desirest to see Jesus loved, unite me, attach me to thy Divine Son; but unite me in such a manner that I may never more be separated from him.

A VISIT TO THE SACRED HEART.

HEART of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

0 how miserable am I, and how ungrateful after

so many benefits and favours, so many visits and inspirations, especial protections and graces of every kind. I have not one act of love worthy of thee. I am cold and indifferent. O Heart of my dearest Lord, full of compassion, have mercy on my extreme misery. Take my cold miserable heart, and put it in thy inflamed Heart, where it may be consumed with the love of thy holy Heart. I am all misery and sin: Thou art all mercy and compassion. Thou wert open that I might enter in and find rest to my soul in the holy sanctuary of thy Heart, where every treasure is to be found. This holy sanctuary was formed for me in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, and opened on Calvary, that in every distress I might enter and procure strength. But, alas! the blindness that holds my heart! I am wounded, and thy loving kindness compels me to come in, that you may heal my poor soul. Keep me, O Lord, and teach me to adore and thank thee. Make me know the treasures that I possess in thy holy Heart. Give me grace that I may use them for thy honour. Grant that I may no longer be like the unwise servant, who hiding his talent had no interest for his lord.

ANOTHER VISIT TO THE SACRED HEART.

W HO am I, that grieve at the least ingratitude, and resent the smallest slight or disrespect; while I enter the church without proper respect, perhaps wholly forgetful that the Heart of my Jesus, so tender and so jealous of my love, is there waiting for me that I may offer some act of love or gratitude

for the many blessings He has heaped upon me! O my dearest Lord, I am covered with confusion. Why am I so cold and indifferent? It grieves me to think of this, my ingratitude; but it is too_true. O Heart of my Jesus, have mercy on me. I will receive all injuries as my due, and from this time forward, I desire to suffer all things for thee, and in union with thee. Why am I not all on fire with thy love? O Heart of my Jesus, teach me to profit by this great privilege that I enjoy in having thy holy Heart always present on our altars.

This is the seat of thy mercy, where thou receivest thy poor children, to comfort them in this vale of misery. Here thou desirest to receive their homage. O Heart of my Jesus, give me grace to love thee with a pure love. I desire to serve thee faithfully from henceforward; to pay thee all the homage and gratitude I am able.

PRAYER.

MOST loving and most beloved Jesus, I pray and

beseech thee by thy own heart, crown thou thy gifts so sweetly bestowed upon me: grant that, united with thee by the bond of love, I may never be separated from thee: give me this perfect gift, that I may love thee perseveringly, with the purity of the virgins, with the fidelity of the confessors, with the fervour of the martyrs, with the zeal of the apostles, with the love of my angel guardian, that I may thus atone for the insults offered to thy Sacred Heart, and may live of love for thee, until I be admitted into the eternal Kingdom of thy love. Amen.

Confession.

HOW TO MAKE A GOOD CONFESSION.

"This sacrament owes its institution to the singular goodness and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ."-Catechism of Council of Trent.

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PIRITUAL writers-men of great learning, piety, and experience-recommend us to prepare foreach confession as if it were the last opportunity we would have of approaching the holy Sacrament of Penance. "This reflection says St. Alphonsus, "will induce you to discharge every part of your duty, both as to the examination of your conscience, your sorrow for your sins, your firm purpose of amending your life, and the sincerity of your confession, in the most perfect possible manner."

There is scarcely any duty of greater importance in religion, than to receive the Sacrament of Penance with the necessary dispositions. Penance is as indispensable for those who have fallen into sin after baptism, as baptism itself is for those who have never been baptized. It is a second plank after the shipwreck of sin, without which the sinner must inevitably perish. But then it is to be observed, that this sacrament must be received with the necessary dispositions. The cleansing of the baptismal robe, and restoring it to its original purity, is not to be effected without much labour and application. It would be absurd to imagine that the justice of God, which could not be satisfied but by the sufferings of Jesus Christ, and which, notwithstanding these sufferings, doth still condemn to eternal torments the unrepenting sinner-it would be absurd, indeed, to imagine, that his justice should now be appeased by

a superficial or outward compliance with this duty, accompanied, perhaps, with insincerity, gross negligence, or a fixed adherence to mortal sin, and therefore destitute of real sorrow, change of heart, and a firm purpose of amendment. The enormity of sin is the same at this day as it ever was, it is as unchangeable as God himself; because it is essentially a rebellion against him, a breach of his law, an insult offered to the Eternal Majesty; and consequently not more remissible at present in the Sacrament of Penance, than at the earliest periods of Christianity, when the severest discipline prevailed, and the fervour of primitive penitents was so ardent. Hence, that this merciful institution may never be frustrated of its end, and in order that the sinner may always obtain by it the pardon of his offences, we must strictly fulfil these five following conditions:

I. An examination of conscience, that we may know our sins.

II. A heartfelt sorrow for having committed them. III. A firm resolution never to commit them again. IV. An humble confession of them to a Priest empowered to absolve us.

V. A desire or intention of performing our

penance.

When you make a good confession, God grants you the pardon of the sins you have fallen into; and he grants you also strength to avoid sin, and to serve him better for the time to come. But should you make a bad confession, you are guilty of a great crime, and you become much worse than you were before in the sight of God. As often, therefore, as you go to confession, go with an earnest wish of making a truly good confession.

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