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to make satisfaction for so many injuries which thou hast received from thy enemies in this Sacrament; and thirdly, by this visit I wish to adore thee in all those places throughout the world, where thou art least honoured and most neglected in this divine Sacrament. My Jesus, I love thee with my whole heart! I am sorry for having offended thy infinite goodness so often in time past. I am resolved, by the help of thy grace, to offend thee no more for the future; and at this present moment, all miserable as I am, I consecrate myself entirely to thee. I give and abandon to thee my whole will, all my affections, my desires, and all that 1 have. Hereafter do with me. and with mine, whatever thou wilt. My only desire and petition is, that I may have thy holy love, the grace of final perseverance, and may be able to fulfil in all things thy holy will. I recommend to thee the souls in purgatory, especially those who have been most devout to thee in this Holy Sacrament, and to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I recommend to thee, moreover, all poor sinners. Finally, my dear Redeemer, I unite all my desires to the desires of thy own heart so full of love; and thus united, I offer them to thy eternal Father, and beseech him in thy name to receive them, and for thy love's sake to grant them,

FOR SUNDAY.

BEHOLD the source of every good, Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, who says to us: “ If any man thirst, let him come to me.” ( John vii. 87.)

Oh! how many graces have the saints always drawn at this fountain of the most Holy Sacrament, where Jesus dispenses to us all the merits of his Passion, as the Prophet foretold: "You shall draw waters