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 mouth, saying,  "Come to  Me,  all  you  that  labor and   are  burdened,  and I will refresh you" (Matt. xi. 28).

O Sacrament  most  holy! O Sacrament  divine!

All praise  and  all  thanksgiving be  every  moment thine.

h! see  upon  the  altar placed

The   victim    of  the greatest love!

Let all  the  earth  below adore,

And join  the  choirs  of heaven  above.

Sweet Sacrament,  we  thee adore;

Oh, make  us  love  thee more and  more!

weet is  Our  Lord  in thought,  sweet  in  the pages of  the  holy Gospels, sweet  in  the  shadowy symbol  or  the  devout picture, and  yet  more  in the  holy  crucifix;  but sweeter beyond  comparison in the  adorable  sacrament of His  love. Wherefore the Church sings  in  the  words of her  saint:

"O Jesus!  the  very  thought of  Thee

With sweetness  fills  my breast;

But sweeter  far  Thy  face to see

And in  Thy  presence rest."

Sacred banquet. in which  Christ is received;  the memory of  His  passion  is renewed;  the  mind  is  filled with grace;  and  a  pledge of future  glory  is  given  to us.

V. Thou  hast  given  them bread from  heaven.

R. Replenished  with  all sweetness and  delight.

God, Who  in  this  wonderful sacrament  hast left us  a  memorial  of Thy  passion;  grant  us,  we