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Rh what gracious condescension shineth forth herein! how great thanks and praises are due unto thee for these benefits!

O how great and profitable was Thy counsel, when Thou didst ordain it! how sweet and pleasant the banquet when Thou gavest Thyself to be our food!

O how admirable is this Thy working, O Lord, how mighty is Thy power, how unspeakable Thy truth!

For Thou didst speak the word and all things were made; and this was done which Thou Thyself commandedst.

5. A thing much to be admired, worthy of all faith, and surpassing man's understanding, that Thou my Lord God, true God and man, shouldst offer Thyself wholly to me in a little bread and wine, and therein become my inexhaustible support.

Thou Who art the Lord of the universe, and standest in need of none, art pleased to dwell in us by means of this Thy sacrament.

Do Thou preserve my heart and body undefiled, that with a cheerful and pure conscience I may be frequently able to receive to my everlasting health, those mysteries which Thou didst specially ordain and institute for Thine own honour, and for a never-ceasing memorial of Thyself.

6. Rejoice, O my soul, and give thanks unto God, for so noble a gift, and so precious a consolation, left unto thee in this vale of tears.

For as often as thou callest to mind this mystery, and receivest the body of Christ, so often dost thou go over the work of thy redemption, and art made partaker of all the merits of Christ.