My Life In Prayer Complete Prayer Book Acts to be made at a Visit to the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Acts to be made at a Visit to the Most Blessed Sacrament.
(By St Alphonsus.)

"My Lord, Jesus Christ, Who for the love which Thou bearest to men, remainest day and night in this Sacrament, full of compassion and of love, awaiting, calling, and welcoming all who come to visit Thee; I believe that Thou art present in the Sacrament of the Altar. I adore Thee from the abyss of my nothingness, and I thank Thee for all the graces which Thou hast bestowed upon me Thyself in this Sacrament, having given me Thy most holy Mother Mary as my advocate, and for having called me to visit Thee in this church. I now salute Thy most loving Heart; pnd this for three ends: 1. In thanksgiving for this great gift; 2. To make amends to Thee for ail the outrages which Thou receivest in this Sacrament from all Thine enemies; 3.1 intend by this visit to adore Thee in all the places on earth in which Thou art present in this Sacrament, and in which Thou art the least revered and the most abandoned. My Jesus, I love Thee with my whole heart; I grieve for having hitherto so many times offended Thy infinite goodness. I purpose by Thy grace never more to offend Thee for the time to come; and now, miserable and unworthy though I be, I consecrate myself to Thee without reserve; I give Thee and renounce my entire will, my affections, my desires, and all that I possess. From hence­forward do Thou dispose of me and all that I have as thou pleasest. All that I ask of Thee and desire is Thy holy love, final perseverance, and the perfect accomplishment of Thy will. I recommend to Thee the souls in Purgatory, but especially those who had the greatest devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament, and to the most Blessed Virgin Mary.

"I also recommend to Thee all poor sinners. In fine, my dear Saviour, I unite all my affections with the affections of Thy most loving Heart, and I offer them, thus united, to Thy Eternal Father, and beseech Him in Thy Name to vouchsafe, for Thy love, to accept and grant them." *Indulgence of five years if recited before the Blessed Sacrament (No. 153) Spiritual Communion. "My Jesus, I believe that Thou art present in the most Holy Sacrament. I love Thee above all things, and I desire to receive Thee sacramen-tally, come at least spiritually into my heart, I embrace Thee, as if Thou wert already there, and unite myself wholly to Thee; never permit me to be separated from Thee.' 3 years. Any form. (No. 135.) .