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 to redress  our  evils,  the  real  victim of love  in  the  Holy  Eucharist,  and propitiatory sacrifice  for  sin  on  the altar of  the  cross! seeing that  the generality of  Christians  make  no other  return  for  these  Thy  mercies, than contempt  of  Thy  favors,  forgetfulness  of  their  own  obligation, and ingratitude  to  the  best  of  benefactors, is  it  not  just  that  we  Thy servants, penetrated  with  the  deepest sense  of  the  like  indignities, should enter  upon  a  due  and  satisfactory reparation  of  honor  to  Thy most sacred  Majesty? Prostrate therefore, in  body,  and  humbled in mind  before  heaven  and  earth, we solemnly  declare  our  utter  detestation and  abhorrence  of  such conduct. Inexpressible, we  know, was the  bitterness  which  the  multitude of  our  sins  brought  on  Thy tender heart;  insufferable  the weight of  our  iniquities,  which pressed Thy  face  to  the  earth  in