of love, two of thy ribs were broken: then, beholding thy heart and mine, I am sore confounded. I see thy heart all buruing with love for God; mine. all frozen, wrapt up in creatures. I see thine inflamed with a fire from heaven, whose brilliancy was so diffused throughout thy body, that it shone forth from thy face like sparks of fire; while mine is full of earthly love. I love the world, which allures me and can never make me happy I love the flesh, which solicits my affections, but can never render me immortal; I love riches, which I can enjoy but for a O! when shall I ever learn of thee to love naught else save God, the incomprehensible and only good? Make it thy care, then, blessed advocate, by thy intercession, that I begin at least to-day obtain for me an efficacious love, made known by works; a pure love, making me love God most perfectly; a strong love, enabling me to surmount all obstacles which might hinder my union with God in life, that so I may become one with him forever after death. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.

moment.

FOR THURSDAY.

Prayer to obtain the love of our neighbor.

Glorious saint, who didst employ thyself wholly in thy neighbor's good, thinking for all, sympathizing with all, helping all, and who, throughout thy whole life, didst ever try to secure the salvation of all, nor ever shrink from labor or from burdens, keeping for thyself no time or com

fort, that thou mightest win all hearts to God: obtain for me, I beseech thee, together with the pardon of my sins, charity for my neighbor, that henceforth I may be to him all compassion in his needs; and grace to love all as my brethren, succoring all, if not with temporal aid, at least with prayers and good advice. And teach me, too, on every occasion to defend my neighbor's honor, and never to say a hurtful or displeasing word; but ever to maintain, even with my enemies, sweetness of spirit like thy own, whereby thou didst triumph over thy persecutors. Yes, blessed saint, obtain for me this lovely virtue, which already thou hast obtained for so many of thy clients; that so we may all one day come to praise our God with thee in an eternity of bliss. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.

FOR FRIDAY.

Prayer to obtain detachment from temporal goods.

Great saint, who didst prefer a poor and austere life to the comforts of home; who, while yet a child, didst despise honor and glory: obtain for me grace ever to keep my heart detached from the passing goods of this life. O thou, whose desire it ever was to become so poor as to be reduced to beg thy bread, without finding a charitable hand to offer thee a crumb wherewith to support life: ask for ine of God a love of poverty so great that I may turn all my thoughts to goods which never fail. Thou who wouldst rather live in humble guise than be

exalted to the highest honors of holy Church, intercede for me, that I go not in search of honors, but content myself ever with that condition in which God has placed me. My heart, alas! is too anxious for the empty, fleeting things of earth; but thou, who didst ever inculcate that grand maxim, "And then?" which produced so many wonderful conversions, obtain for me that these words be ever deep impressed upon my soul; that, despising the nothingness of earth, God alone may reign the sole object of my affections and of all my thoughts.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.

FOR SATURDAY.

Prayer to obtain perseverance in good works.

S. Philip, my holy advocate, who, ever constant in good works and full of merit, didst receive of God most high the crown of glory in reward of all thy labors: obtain for me grace never to weary in God's holy service. Thou who didst ever recompense so well those who loved thee by obtaining for them the gift of perseverance in good, obtain, then, this gift for me; fight thou for me, dear father, at the last moment of my life, and obtain for me the grace to depart this life strengthened with the holy sacraments. Meanwhile be thou, great saint, my intercessor, that, through thy prayers, I may do penance for my sins, and bitterly deplore them all my days. O thou, who from on high beholdest all my miseries, and the bonds which

yet bind me to my sins and to this earth pray that I may be freed from them, and that with fixed purpose I may be all for God. Obtain for me an eager desire to coöperate in the work of my own salvation, and unbroken constancy in the good which I have begun; that so, by thy intercession, I may deserve to be forever in thy company in an eternity of bliss.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.

His Holiness, Pius IX., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, May 17, 1852, granted to all the faithful who, with at least contrite heart, shall say these prayers assigned for each day in the week:

AN INDULGENCE OF FIFTY DAYS, once a day.

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His Holiness, Pius IX., by a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Aug. 8, 1953, granted to all the faithful who, at any time of the year, with at least contrite heart and devotion, in public or in private, shall practise the pious exercise of keeping seven Sundays in honor of S. Camillus, saying some devout prayer in honor of this

saint:

AN INDULGENCE OF SEVEN YEARS AND SEVEN QUARANTINES, every Sunday.

A PLENARY INDULGENCE, on the seventh Sunday, to all those who, having said these prayers, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, shall visit a church or public oratory, and pray there, for some time, for the intention of hi Holiness.