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 perfect health  on  those  who  approaches  Him,  "for  virtue went  out  from  Him  and  healed  all." (Luke vi.  19.) Hence royal  David  exclaims, "  The  Lord  is  my  light  and my  salvation,  whom  shall  I  fear?" (Ps. xxvi.  1.)  How securely is  he  protected,  whose  saviour  and  "defender  is God  Himself!

II. This same  God  will  visit  you  to-day  in  the  Eucharist. O, what  a  happiness  is  this! Examine your  soul accurately, and  discover  what  are  your  spiritual  infirmities, and  in  what  attacks  against  you  your  enemy  oftenest  succeeds. If you  do  not  find  that  your  soul  is  dead in the  sight  of  God,  by  mortal  sin,  perhaps  you  may  find, that it  is  dying  by  the  lingering  consumption  of  tepidity. Have, therefore,  recourse  to  the  Lord,  your  Saviour,  in order  that  He  may  say  to  you,  "  I  am  thy  salvation." (Ps. xxxvi.  3.)

III. To prepare  yourself  for  Christ's  visit,  you  must imitate the  humility  of  the  ruler,  "  who  came  and  adored Him,  "  and  of  the  woman  who  "  came  behind  Him  and touched  the  hem  of  His  garment." (Matt. ix.  18,  20.) You must  place  great  confidence  in  your  visitor;  for,  in consequence  of  this  virtue,  Christ  said  to  the  woman, "Thy faith  hath  made  thee  whole." Consistently with this spirit  of  confidence,  the  Prophet  says:  "Thy  life shall  be  saved  for  thee,  because  thou  hast  put  thy  trust in  Me,  saith  the  Lord." (Jer. xxxix.  18.)

I. "A  sower  went  out  to  sow  his  seed." (Luke viii,  5.) Ponder the  infinite  mercy  of  God;  He  does  not  stand  in need  of  any  fruit,  which  we  can  yield  Him,  and  yet  He