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"HIS FAITH AND LOVE. 237at his Mass. He seemed touched by a ray of the Divineglory. His heart, mind, soul, and senses were absorbedin God. In the midst of the crowd, and under the influence of the multitude of eyes which were fixed upon him,he enjoyed as undisturbed communion with our Lord asif he had been in the solitude of his poor chamber. Hebathed His sacred feet with an abundant effusion of holytears, which usually flowed during the whole time of thecelebration of the Divine Mysteries. M. Vianneys Masswas neither too quick nor too slow. He made his owndevotion give wayto the service of his neighbour. Theonly time, as we are told by one of the pilgrims who usedto serve his Mass, at which he was longer than otherpriests, was that just before Communion. He then seemedto hold a mysterious colloquy with our Lord. He lookedlovingly at the Sacred Host. His lips moved ; then hestopped, as if listening and ; again his lips moved, as if inreply at ; last, by a visible effort, as if cutting short a conversation with a beloved friend, he consumed the SacredSpecies.When the Blessed Sacrament was exposed, he gazedupon it with such an ecstatic smile, that a brother priest,who once caught the expression of his countenance whenthus in adoration, instinctively turned towards the tabernacle, as if expecting to see something. He saw nothing ;but the expression of M. Vianney s face had struck him soforcibly, that he said "I believe the time will come:when the Cure of Ars will live upon the Holy Eucharistalone.""The Cure of Ars," says M. Monnin,the gift of prayer in a supereminent degree. His soul wasmore closely united to God than to his body. In the"had receivedmidst of his most overwhelming labours, he never relaxed