veils, and thou, most especially, ever blessed Virgin Mary, in whose sacred womb he was conceived and borne for nine months-I most humbly beg the assistance of your prayers and intercession, that I may in such a manner receive him here in this place of banishment, as to be brought, one day, to behold him with you in our true country, and there to praise and bless him for ever and ever. Amen.

At the AGNUS DEI, join in with the prayers of the Priest:

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on me.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on me.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant me peace.

O Lord Jesus Christ, who saidst to thy apostles, I give you peace, I give you my peace, regard not my sins but the faith of thy church; and grant her that peace and unity which is agreeable to thy will, who livest and reignest, for ever and ever. Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who, according to the will of thy Father, hast, by thy death, through the co-operation of the Holy Ghost, given life to the world, deliver me, by this thy most sacred body and blood, from all my iniquities, and from all evils; and make me always adhere to thy commandments, and never

suffer me to be separated from thee: who livest and reignest with God the Father, &c. Amen.

Let not the participation of thy body, O Lord Jesus Christ, which I, though unworthy, presume to receive, turn to my judgment and condemnation; but, through thy mercy, may it be a safeguard and remedy both to soul and body; who, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

I will take the bread of heaven, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

Then, with the Priest, strike your breast with humility and devotion, and repeat three times

Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word and my soul shall be healed.

Repeat the Confiteor with the assistants; renew

your contrition and your prayer for pardon ; and with all the devotion of your nature join with the Priest in the prayer,

May the body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul to everlasting life.

It is impossible to prescribe a set form of prayer for the moment of your reception of this blessed Sacrament: your own heart will, by the grace of God, suggest proper thoughts. The following aspirations, learnt before-hand, will be found to assist and embody, in easy language, the kindred feelings of your soul.

ASPIRATIONS AFTER COMMUNION.

Preserve, my Jesus, oh preserve
My soul to everlasting life.

Oh, may this blest communion serve
To aid my soul in passion's strife;
Oh, may thy body and thy blood
Be to my soul a saving food,
To fill it still with life and grace,
And every sinful stain efface!

To bless thee be my sole employ,
My God, my Saviour, great and kind!
Inflame my heart with holy joy ;

Teach me, in praising thee, to find

Warm thoughts and feelings warm, whose glow
My gratitude may aptly show.

But no, my God! nor word, nor thought,
Could bless and praise thee as I ought.
Weak praise were mine. Do thou inspire
My soul with love and living fire.

Oh, may this cold and lowly breast
Be warm'd by thee, its God, its guest.
May it by thee be mov'd to love,

And taught thy saving grace to improve.

Take, then, my thoughts from all but thee.
To thee may ev'ry impulse tend.
What 'vails to tell my misery?

I have my God-my guest-my friend:

So be his praise my only theme!
All wants my Saviour will redeem :
My Saviour knows whate'er I need-
He gives himself. And shall I plead
For other boons? No! let me raise
My ev'ry thought in love and praise.
Dear Lord, no other prayer I form
Than for devotion pure and warm.
May warm devotion fill my soul;
May love for thee each thought controul;
May piety increase; and prayer
My ev'ry thought, word, action share :
The gift of love's my sole request→→
Thou, God of love! wilt grant the rest.

Dear Lord! may this communion prove
A never-failing bond of love.
Forgive my coldness, and supply
My every weak deficiency.

May thy best grace suffice for all,
And every wayward sense enthrall:
Such grace on every feeling pour
As ne'er may leave thy servant more:
Each hope, each impulse firmly bind
In grace to thee, my Saviour kind:
Such saving grace, dear Lord, be given
As leads the happy soul to heaven.
And thou, Eternal Godhead! see
The Son belov'd, once given for me;
Who, for my sake, bore life and death,
And cheers me still these veils beneath ;

See my Redeemer-now the guest
Of this poor, lowly, honoured breast;
See-see thy Jesus; Him I bring:
Accept-accept mine offering:
Accept the Sacrifice which pleads
For all thy grateful servant needs.

PRAYERS AFTER COMMUNION.

Behold, O Lord, I have thee now, who hast all things; I possess thee, who possessest all things, and who canst do all things; take off my heart then, O my God and my All, from all other things but thee; let my heart be fixed on thee alone; let me ever repose in thee, where alone my treasure is, the sovereign truth, and true happiness, and happy eternity.

Thou art the physician of my soul, who healest all my infirmities by thy sacred blood; and I am that sick man, whom thou camest from heaven to heal: Oh, heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

O true light, which enlightenest every man that cometh into the world, enlighten my eyes, that I may never sleep in death.

O king of heaven and earth, rich in mercy, behold I am poor and needy: thou knowest what I most stand in need of, and thou alone canst assist me and enrich me: Oh, help me, my God! and out of the treasures of thy bounty succour my needy soul.

O my Lord and God, behold, I am thy servant;