Acts of Devotion and Prayers for Visits to the Blessed Sacrament
For the Hour of Adoration, for the First Friday of the Month, and for the Forty Hours' Exposition
IN my moments before the tabernacle I will try to obey the pious counsels contained Latin distich.
"Crede, dole, spera, grates age, dilige, adora,
Vulnera pande animae, donaque sancta pete."
"Believe, and grieve, and hope; thank, love, adore,
Show your soul's wounds, and holy gifts implore."
Believing all that Thou, my God, hast in any way revealed to us — grieving for all my sins, offenses, and negligences — hoping in Thee, O Lord, Who wilt never let me be confounded— thanking Thee for this supreme gift, and for all the gifts of Thy goodness — loving Thee, above all in this sacrament of Thy love — adoring Thee in this deepest mystery of Thy condescension: I lay before Thee all the wounds and wants of my poor soul, and ask for all that I need and desire. But I need only Thyself, O Lord; I desire none but Thee — Thy grace, and the grace to use well Thy graces, the possession of Thee by grace in this life, and the possession of Thee forever in the eternal kingdom of Thy glory. Thus, day by day, especially during my moments before the tabernacle, I will
"Believe, and grieve, and hope; thank, love, adore, Show my soul's wounds, and holy gifts implore."
-Fr. Matthew Russell, S.J.
The Venerable Peter Julian Epmard
PERE Eymard is sometimes called the Apostle of the Holy Eucharist, because he was in recent times the foremost propagator of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. He is the founder of the society of priests known as The Fathers of
