FOR TUESDAY.
“IN that day,” says the Prophet, “ there shall be 1 a fountain open to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for the cleansing of the sinner.” (Zach. xiii. 1.) Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is this fountain foretold by the Prophet, which is open to all, and where, as often as we like, we can wash away from our souls all those spots with which they are contaminated by daily sin. What better remedy can we find for any fault into which we have fallen, than to have immediate recourse to the Blessed Sacrament? Yes, my Jesus, so will I always do: for well I know that the water of this salutary fountain, at the same time that it washes my soul, will give me the light and strength to fall no more: and while it inflames me with thy love, will teach me to suffer adversity with joy. This is the reason, 1 know it well, why thou dost wait for my visits here, and why thou repayest the visits of those that love thee with such abundant graces. Be it so, then, () my Jesus! wash away all the faults which I have committed this day, and which I am now sorry for, because they have displeased thee. Give me the strength not to fall again, and give me also an ardent desire to love thee more than I do. O! why can I not be near thee always, like thy faithful servant Mary Diaz, who lived in the time of St. Teresa, and who obtained of the Bishop of Avila the permission to dwell in the gallery of a church? There she remained almost always in presence of the Blessed Sacrament, which she called her neighbour, never going out from there except for confession or communion. The venerable brother Francis of the Infant Jesus, barefooted Carmelite, whenever he passed before a church where the Holy Sacrament
