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Another Exercise for Communion
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Viaticum. May that Viaticum 'conduct my soul, pure
from sin, safe to the feet of my Jesus, Who has just now
come to me as my Saviour, but then must be my Judge.
0 esus, my Saviour, be to me indeed a Saviour then
an d now and forever."
2. Retire frequently into your heart, In order to renew
an act of adoration of Jesus, or of thanksgiving for the
loving visit He made you in the morning, and rekindle the
fire of divine charity by some holy aspiration. We would
not so quickly lose the fervor of devotion and the love of
God, if we took greater pains about this; and Jesus Christ
would not have to lament the coldness of men toward
Him, if they only thought oftener of His benefits and His
love, especially in the Most Holy Sacrament, and thanked
Him becomingly.
3. Frequently renew the offering of your heart to our
dear Lord. By giving Himself to you, He desires to gain
vou to His love: He earnestly asks you to give Him your
heart in exchange for the infinite gift ~e-has bestdwed
upon you. Will you be so ungrateful as to deny Him your
heart, and to give it to the world and the devil on the very
day on which He has come to take possession of it? Ah l
no; this must not be; you have consecrated your heart to
Jesus in your communion; you must ratify and confirm
this offerin and if the world, with its enticements, vanities,
and false p8:avs, wishes to enter into your heart, say that
you have given it forever to Jesus. If the devil with his
suggestions, and the flesh with its temptations, assail your
heart, answer generously and courageously that you have
given it to Jesus, to be His and His alone and forever. Oh,
if all Christians were but to do this after their communion,
they would preserve the grace of God, and not relapse into
sin.
4. Remember that your tongue has received Jesus, that
it has touched His sacred body when you went to communion.
Only recall this thought to mind when you feel
tempted to speak impatiently, or so as to o5end or injure
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