My Prayer Book_LASANCE - the Catholic Kingdom!

428 Holy Communion
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"Behold, God is my Saviour: I will deal confidently"
(Is. xii).
"The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my
Saviour" (2 Kings xxii).
"He loved me and delivered Himself for me"
(Gal. ii).
"It is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my
hope in the Lord God. I will hear what the Lord God
will speak in me."
Here pause a while, and commune with your God,
your Lord and Redeemer. Tell Him how grateful you are
for this holy communion and for all His graces and blessings.
Tell Hlm again how sorry you are on account of
your sins; how much you love Him now, and what you
intend to do to prove your love. You -ant to imitate the
virtues of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, resolve to become
more llke to Jesus. Offer Him your heart and ask Him to
make it llke to HIS own most sacred Heart. Resolve to
struggle valiantly against your predominant passion, and
your evil inclinations. Be generous in your sacrifices
for the love of God, and He will be generous in His rewards
-generous in accordance with His infinlte goodness and
power.
If you love God, you will keep His commandments.
That is the visible proof of charity. Love can not rest m
words - it must go out into action. If you love God, you
will do something for Him. Love is ingenious at finding
wavs in which to show itself. It manifests itself in acts of
in acts of self-denial, in acts of kindness to God's
other creatures. Love without works is dead.
Approach Our Lord with confidence and ask Him for
whatever temporal and spiritual favor you desire, but
above all things pray for the gift of final perseverance.
The love and the grace of God are the most precious gifts.
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things shall
be added unto you " (Lube xii. 31). In your sufferings and
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