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for our good. Thou knowest how to conceal the dazzling splendor of Thy glory, and condescend to our weak capacity, that so Thou mayest communicate Thyself to us the more freely. This Thou didst not only at the time of Thy adorable incarnation, when Thou madest Thyself like to us, the more forcibly to attract our love to Thee, but also when Thou didst institute this mystery, wherein Thou gavest Thyself to us for the food and nourishment of our souls, the more closely to unite us to Thyself, and make us aspire