praise thee sufficiently, or thank thy goodness as we ought! A thousand times blessed be thine infinite charity, thine infinite providence, and thine infinite mercy, which moved thee to repair our miseries, and to give unto us a gift wherein is contained all the good that proceedeth from thee! Thou hast given us thy Son, who proceedeth from thee as thy Word. Thou hast given us also the Holy Ghost, who proceedeth from thy will, as thine uncreated love. What can we seek for more! and what shall we give unto thee for so great a gift! O Lord, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, of thy clemency, to take for thine own all our understanding, all our will, all ourselves, and that little all for all eternity. Amen.
Come, O Holy Ghost, etc.
V. and R. Send forth, etc.
We beseech thee, O Lord, that the Paraclete, who proceedeth from thee, may enlighten our minds, and, according to the promise of thy Son, may lead us into all truth; through our Lord Jesus Christ. In the unity of the same. Amen.
May the blessing, etc.
SIXTH DAY. — FRUITS OF CONTINENCE AND CHASTITY.
LET us prostrate ourselves before the majesty of the most Holy Trinity, and, uniting our dispositions with those of our Blessed Lady and the holy Apostles in the upper room at Jerusalem, let us say one Our Father and one Hail Mary, to obtain, by the merits of Jesus ascended, the fruits of the Holy Ghost — continence and chastity. Our Father, Hail Mary.
Most holy, most divine spirit, if there be any souls in the world more needful of thine aid than others, it is surely ours, blinded by our passions, chilled with
