curing the blind, and which will, at length, be fastened with huge nails to the cross.
Prayer.
O MOST pure and generous hands of my Infant Saviour! I adore, revere, and love you. O innocent hands! which have been so often raised to heaven in our favor, may I imitate your charity and compassion for the poor and afflicted, in constantly praying for the salvation of my neighbors, as well as for my own. O blessed hands! pierced with huge nails, may I rather die than ever again (by sin) fasten you to the cross. O most holy Infant! grant me continually to hold fast Your blessed hands, that I may securely walk through the slippery paths of this life, always moving according to Your holy will, and with submission to my spiritual guides. Amen.
(Prayer as first day, to Mary and Joseph.)
Fifth Day.
To the pure and benign eyes of the Infant Jesus.
THIS day adore and love the pure and benignant eyes of your Infant Saviour, those eyes which beam purity, love, and sweetness; those eyes which have wrought such wonders in souls; those eyes, in fine, which have shed over our miseries abundant tears. O may they impart to us the grace of true contrition for our sins, and compassion for the miseries of others.
Prayer.
O MOST pure and benignant eyes of our Infant Saviour! Eyes beaming love, tenderness, and compassion for us, wretched sinners! Eyes ever intent upon all our works and ways, watching over us with unceasing care, we honor and revere you. O grant me, dear Jesus, in honor of the purity and sanctity of Your holy eyes, carefully to guard mine, to look on and consider but You, and what may lead to Your love and service. "Turn away from me all vanities," take from me the spirit of curiosity, so opposed to the spirit of the Gospel, and grant that I may live under Your all-seeing eye with all possible respect, modesty, and love; continually remembering Your holy presence, and ever lamenting my
