it with all virtues, and make it a fit abode for Thee. Drive sin and the devil far from this dwelling, which Thou art here pleased to choose for Thyself, and make me one according to Thy own heart; that this heavenly visit, which Thou designest for my salvation, may not, by my unworthiness, be perverted to my own damnation. Never let me be guilty of Thy body and blood by an unworthy communion. For the sake of this same precious blood, which Thou hast shed for me; deliver me, O Jesus, from so great an evil.
PRAYER OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS.
O Almighty and Everlasting God, behold I draw near to the Sacrament of Thine only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I draw near, as a sick man to the physician of life, as one defiled to the Fountain of mercy, as one blind to the Light of the eternal splendour, as one poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth. Wherefore, I implore the fulness of Thine infinite bounty, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to heal all my sickness, to wash away my defilement, to give light to my blindness, to
