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 all my  requests,  that  He  may  receive  them  more  propitiously. May you  be  my  school,  wherein  I  may  learn  that celestial science so different from worldly wisdom—those  pure principles which lead to the interior life. In fine,  may  you,  O Sacred  Heart! be my  treasury,  and  may  I  find  abundant riches  in  your  poverty,  love,  suffering,  and  fidelity. Amen.

HIS day  adore,  love,  and  reverence  the  sacred  mouth of  your  Infant  Saviour,  which  now  keeps  a  profound silence;  but  which  will  soon  be  opened  to  announce  the truths  of  life  and  salvation,  to  speak  in  your  behalf  to  the Eternal  Father,  and  which  at  the  close  of  life  will  pronounce your  final  sentence.

SACRED mouth  of  my  Infant  Saviour,  I  sincerely adore you. O blessed  infantine  lips! I love  and venerate you. O sweet  Jesus! how loudly  does  Your  silence speak to  my  heart. Ah! attract me  to  love  and  practice this holy  virtue,  as  far  as  my  state  permits,  and  let  all  my words  be  stamped  with  the  seal  of  charity. O adorable, Incarnate Word  of  the  Father! Eternal Wisdom  silent  in the  womb  of  Your  Virgin  Mother,  endow  me  with  that  spirit of sweetness,  patience,  and  mildness,  of  which  You  are  the Model. Teach me  how  to  speak,  and  how  to  be  silent. May this  tongue,  on  which  You  so  often  repose  in  the  Adorable Sacrament,  rather  cleave  to  my  jaws  than  ever  pronounce an  unbecoming  word;  and  may  charity,  humility, modesty, sweetness,  prudence,  and  simplicity  accompany  all my words  and  expressions. Amen.

HIS day  kiss  in  spirit  those  pure  and  liberal  hands, now  so  weak,  cold,  and  trembling,  which  will  be  one day  instruments  of  so  many  great  works,  healing  the  sick,