A method of hearing Mass
AS
A PROPITIATORY SACRIFICE FOR SIN,
WHICH HAT BE USED IN PREPARATION FOR CONFESSION.
CONSIDERATION.
WHEN the priest is at the steps of the altar, reciting the Conhteor, imagine yourself summoned before the tribunal of God, all covered with the wounds of sin. Excite within yourself the sentiments of the humble publican, acknowledging yourself a sinner, incapable of repairing the injury you have done to God, or satisfying for your sins; then raise your hopes at the sight of Jesus Christ offering himself to satisfy his Eternal Father for you.
At the Confiteor.
AFFECTIONS.
MY most dear Saviour! thou art my only hope; thy presence shields me against the assaults of fear and despair, and I place all my trust and confidence in thy sacred merits. How great are my obligations to thee, my dear Redeemer, for vouchsafing thyself to become my surety, and to cancel all my debts? If malice could have equalled so great a goodness, mine had done it, since instead of spending my life in loving and serving so good a God, I have employed it in offending thee. How often have I abused thy goodness, slighted thy friendship, contemned thy love, and offered to creatures the affections of my heart, which should have belonged to thee alone, thus preferring my own will to thine.
Behold here a fit subject for thy pardon, and an
