my homage in union with the transports of admiration and love with which they incessantly proclaim that thou art holy, holy, holy, and that the Lamb that was slain is worthy to receive power, and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and benediction, for ever and ever. ( Apoc . v. 12.)
FROM THE CANON TO THE ELEVATION.
AH, my God ! why do I not sigh for thy coming on this altar, with as much ardour as did the ancient patriarchs and prophets; with as much pure desire as thy blessed Mother, the first and most perfect adorer of thy sacred humanity. I offer thee my heart, soul, mind, strength, desires and affections, in union with the admirable dispositions of thy saints; but particularly in union with the love and devotion of that incomparable Virgin, in whose pure soul, prepared by thy divine spirit, and adorned with the treasures of thy grace, thou didst delight to dwell. 1 offer thee, to atone for my coldness and tepidity, her sacred heart, with all the love with which it ever was, and for all eternity will be animated. I offer thee her heavenly contemplations, her purity, profound humility, and sufferings, at the foot of the cross; beseeching thee, through her intercession, to pardon the iniquities of her unworthy servant.
And, thou, O most sacred Virgin, obtain for me a share in the holy dispositions that adorned thy soul from the moment of thy immaculate conception; since I am also destined for the residence and sanctuary of a God. O assured refuge of sinners, I address thee with the most lively confidence, beseeching thee to obtain that I may be worthily united with him who was born of thee — with him who is the desire and expectation of all nations.
