and wash off our sins, and those of the world. Pardon, divine Jesus, all the injuries, reproaches, and outrages done thee, through the course of thy holy life and bitter passion; pardon all the impieties, irreverences, and sacrileges which have been committed against thee in the sacrament of the eucharist, from its first institution. Graciously receive the small tribute of our sincere repentance, as an agreeable offering in thy sight, and in requital for the benefits we daily receive from the altar on which thou art a living and continual sacrifice, and in union with that bloody holocaust thou didst present to thy eternal Father on Mount Calvary from the cross.
Sweet Jesus, give thy blessings to the ardent desire we now entertain, and the holy resolution we have taken of ever loving and adoring thee, after a proper manner, in the holy eucharist, thy sacrament of love; thus to repair, by a true conversion of heart, and a becoming zeal for thy glory, our past negligence and infidelity. But thou, O adorable Heart, who knowest the clay of which we are formed, be thou our Mediator with thy heavenly Father, whom we have so grievously offended. Strengthen our weakness; confirm our resolution; and with thy charity, humility, meekness, and patience, cover the multitude of our iniquities. Be thou our support, our refuge, and our strength, that nothing henceforward, in life or death, may separate us from thee. Amen.
THE PRAYER OF ST. GERTRUDE TO THE HEART OF JESUS.
HAIL, O sacred Heart of Jesus, living and quickening source of eternal life, infinite treasury of the divinity, burning furnace of divine love! thou art my refuge and my sanctuary. O my amiable Saviour, consume my heart with that burning fire with
