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 is  the  grace  which  is  given  to  us  of  receiving  our  Lord  Himself  into our hearts  in  Holy  Communion! Then, indeed,  we  ought  to  think  and say: “Whence  is  this  that  my  Lord  and  my  God  should  come  to  me!”

Cherish a filial  love  and  veneration  for  the most Blessed  Mary,  Virgin  and  Mother  of  God. Say devoutly  in her  honour  such  prayers  as  the  Litany  of  Loreto  &amp;c,  and  frequent all devotions  practised  in  her  honour.

HE time  of  her  delivery  being  come,  Elizabeth  brought forth a son,  according  to  the  promise  of  the  Angel. All her neighbours  and  her  kinsfolk  rejoiced  with  her. Eight days after his  birth  the  child  was  circumcised. The relatives  and  friends thought the  child  should  be  called  Zachary  like  his  father. But Elizabeth answered:  “Not  so,  he  shall  be  called  John.”  Upon this they  reminded  her  that  there  was  no  one  in  the  family  who bore that  name.

Then they  made  signs  to  his  father,  how  he  would  have him called. But he,  being  still  dumb,  made  signs,  and  demanding a tablet wrote  on  it:  “John  is  his  name.”  At  the  same  moment