in the upper room at Jerusalem, let us day one Our Father and one Hail Mary, to obtain, by the merits of Jesus ascended, the fruits of the Holy Ghost — long-suffering and mildness. Our Father, Hail Mary.
O blessed and happy Apostles of our Lord, who in the upper room did receive the Holy Spirit with such fulness that ye were sweetly inebriated with divine love; we congratulate you with the most humble and lively affections, and contemplate your graces with a holy envy. We beseech you, by that love which ye bear to the Holy Spirit, who thus filled you with his special benedictions, obtain for us efficacious aid rightly to practise that brotherly concord, that continual prayer, and that tender devotion to Mary, whereby we can obtain, even as you obtained it, the coming of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Come, O Holy Ghost, etc.
V. and R. Send forth, etc.
May the infusion of thy Holy Spirit, O Lord, purify our hearts, and by the inward sprinkling of his gracious dew make them fertile in all good works; through our Lord Jesus Christ. In the unity of the same. Amen.
May the blessing, etc.
FIFTH DAY. — FRUITS OF FAITH AND MODESTY.
LET us prostrate ourselves before the majesty of the Most Holy Trinity, and, uniting our dispositions with those of our Blessed Lady and the holy Apostles in the upper room at Jerusalem, let us say one Our Father and one Hail Mary, to obtain, by the merits of Jesus ascended, the fruits of the Holy Ghost — faith and modesty. Our Father, Hail Mary.
O Eternal Father, how shall we ever bless and
