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O Sacrament most Holy, O
Sacrament Divine! All praise
and all thanksgiving be every
moment Thine!
(300 days indul.)
To JESUS FORSAKEN
SWEET JESUS! For how many
ages hast Thou hung upon
Thy Cross and still men pass
Thee by and regard Thee not!
How often have I passed Thee
by, heedless of Thy great
Sorrow, Thy many Wounds,
Thy infinite Love!
How often have I stood
before Thee, not to comfort
and console Thee, but to add
to Thy Sorrows, to deepen Thy
Wounds and to spurn Thy
Love!
Thou hast stretched forth Thy Hands
to raise me up, and I have taken those
Hands and bent them back on the Cross.
Thou hast loved me with an infinite
Love, and I have taken advantage of
that Love to sin the more against Thee.
My ingratitude has pierced Thy Sacred
Heart, and Thy Heart responds only
with an outpouring of Thy Love in Thy
Precious Blood.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the
sins of the world, have mercy on me!
FAITH in the REAL PRESENCE
WE COME to Thee, dear Lord, like the
Apostles, saying: “INCREASE OUR
FAITH.” Give us a VIVID FAITH,
that Thou art really present in the
Blessed Sacrament, a STRONG and
ACTIVE FAITH that we may live by it.
Give us the FAITH of Thy beloved
disciple, John, to recognize Thee and
say: “It is the Lord.” “My God and
my All!”
Give us the FAITH of Peter
to fall on our knees and confess:
“Thou art the Christ,
the Son of the Living God.”
Give us the FAITH of Mary
Magdalen to fall at Thy Feet,
crying, “Rabboni, Master!”
Give us the FAITH of the
father of the sick boy, that
FAITH which Thou didst
reward with a miracle when
he cried out in tears, “I do
believe, Lord, help my unbelief!”
Give us the FAITH of all Thy
Saints to whom the Blessed
Sacrament was Heaven begun
on earth. In every Communion
and at every visit, increase
our FAITH, our LOVE, our
HUMILITY, our REVERENCE, and all
good things will come to us. Dearest
Lord, INCREASE OUR FAITH!
Why callest thou, Me?
Carved by an unknown sculptor,
into the walls of an old European
Cathedral, this appeal expresses
the grief of Christ.
Thou callest Me, MASTER,
yet heedest not Me,
Thou callest Me, LIGHT,
yet I shine not in thee.
Thou callest Me, WAY,
but dost follow Me not.
Thou callest Me, LIFE,
yet My Name is forgot.
Thou callest Me, TRUTH,
but playest a false role.
Thou callest Me, GUIDE,
yet despisest control.
Thou callest Me, LOVING,
withholding thy heart.