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N my moments  before the tabernacle  I  will try to  obey  the  pious counsels contained Latin distich.

"Crede, dole,  spera,  grates  age,  dilige,  adora,

Vulnera   pande  animae,  donaque  sancta  pete."

"Believe, and  grieve,  and hope;  thank,  love,  adore,

Show your  soul's  wounds, and holy  gifts  implore."

elieving all  that Thou, my  God,  hast in any  way  revealed to us — grieving  for  all  my sins,  offenses,  and  negligences — hoping  in  Thee,  O Lord,  Who  wilt  never  let me be  confounded— thanking Thee  for  this  supreme gift, and  for  all  the  gifts  of Thy  goodness — loving Thee, above  all  in  this sacrament of  Thy  love — adoring Thee  in  this  deepest mystery  of  Thy  condescension: I  lay  before  Thee all the  wounds  and  wants of my  poor  soul,  and  ask for all  that  I  need  and desire. But I  need  only Thyself, O  Lord;  I  desire none but  Thee — Thy  grace, and the  grace  to  use  well Thy graces,  the  possession of Thee  by  grace  in  this  life, and the  possession  of  Thee forever in  the  eternal  kingdom of  Thy  glory. Thus, day by  day,  especially  during my  moments  before  the tabernacle, I  will

"Believe, and  grieve,  and hope;  thank,  love,  adore, Show  my  soul's  wounds, and  holy  gifts  implore."

-Fr. Matthew Russell,  S.J.

ERE Eymard  is  sometimes  called  the  Apostle of  the  Holy Eucharist, because  he  was in recent  times  the  foremost propagator  of  devotion to  the  Blessed  Sacrament. He is  the  founder of the  society  of  priests known as  The  Fathers  of