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 baptism wherewith  I  am to  be  baptized:  and  how am  I  straitened  until  it be  accomplished?"  (Luke xii.  49,  50).

May they  emulate  the self-sacrificing zeal  of  that great apostle,  who  wrote  to the  colossians  from  his prison in  Rome: "I,  Paul, .  .  .  now  rejoice  in  my sufferings  for  you,  and  fill up  those  things  that  are wanting  of  the  sufferings of  Christ,  in  my  flesh,  for His  body — which  is  the Church"  (Col.  i.  1,  24) May their  watchword  be "Omnia pro  Te,  Cor Jesu!" and again,  "Sacred  Heart of  Jesus,  Thy  kingdom come!"

May Our  Lady  of  the Blessed Sacrament  deign to take  this  work  under the mantle  of  her  protection, in  order  that  our feeble effort  may  serve to magnify  the  hidden God of  our  altars.

"ehold the  bread  of angels,  sent

For  pilgrims   in  their banishment,

The  bread   for  God's true  children  meant."

"Come then,  Good  Shepherd, bread  divine,

Still show  to  us  Thy mercy sign;

Oh, feed  us  still — still keep us  Thine:

So may  we  see  Thy glories shine

In    fields     of  immortality."

"O Thou,  the  wisest, mightiest,  best,

Our present  food,  our future rest,

Come, make us  each  Thy chosen guest,

Coheirs  of  Thine,  and comrades blest,

With saints  whose dwelling is  with Thee."

— Annus Sanctus.

As we  began,  so  we conclude  this  Introduction with  an  indulgenced ejaculation which  we commend  for  daily  use to all  fervent  adorers of the  Eucharistic Heart of  Jesus: May the  Heart  of  Jesus  in  the Most  Blessed  Sacrament