pressed down and shaken together and running over" (Luke vi. 88).
We call particular attention to the numerous devotions for Mass, for Holy Communion, for the Forty Hours, of which the complete liturgy is given; then again to the many Little Offices and Pious Practices and Reflections for visits to the Blessed Sacrament, and above all to the variety of methods for keeping the Hour of Adoration.
The following associations, whose special aim is to cultivate devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, have received due attention with reference to their organization, conditions of membership, pious practices, and spiritual advantages:
1. The Peoples Eucharisiic League.
2. The League of the Sacred Heart — The Apostleship of Prayer.
3. The Tabernacle Society, or, The Association of Perpetual Adoration and of Work for Poor Churches.
4. The Confraternity of: the Blessed Sacrament.
5. The Arch-confraternity of Perpetual Adoration, under the Patronage of St. Benedict, for the Relief of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory.
6. The Archeonfraternity of Prayer and Penance in Honor of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. (Montmartre, Paris, France).
We direct the reader's particular attention to our article on the last-mentioned association, the Archconfraternity of Prayer and Penance. The special and distinctive practice of the members of this pious organization is one that commends itself to all who are devoted to the interests of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus. We refer to the Day of Reparation, or Day of Expiation, a day of prayer and penance, observed once a week, or once a fortnight, or at least once a month, in honor of the most sacred Heart of Jesus for the welfare: of the Church, for the-propagation of the Faith, and for the salvation of souls.
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