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This day, after thou bast signed thyself with the sign of the cross, thou shalt meditate upon the washing of the disciples (eet, and institution of the blessed sacrament.

Consider, O my soul, at this supper, sweet Jesus himself to be present, contemplate that inestimable example of humility, which he there proposed unto thee for imitation; when rising from the table where he sat with his disciples, he would be pleased to wash their feet O sweet Jesus, what is it that thou dost? O sweet Jesus, why doth thy mighty Majesty thus diminish itself? O my soul, what wouldst thou have thought to see God kneeling at the feet of men, and prostrate before Judas? O barbarous and cruel man, could not so great humility mollify thy heart? Was not so great bounty and sweetness able to penetrate thy entrails, and to reclaim thee from thy intended mischief? can it be that thou determinest to sell this meek lamb for so small a price? nay, if it be so, how couldst thou yet endure to behold so rare an example? I wonder it did not wound thy guilty soul with compunction for