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 past and  present  infidelities  with  greater  love  and  regret. Amen

HIS day  adore  those  sacred  feet,  bound  for  your  love in swathing  bands,  to  teach  you  to  love  holy  obedience, submission to  the  divine  law,  and  to  all  the  duties  of  your state.

MOST holy  feet  of  my  Infant  Saviour! I adore,  love, and venerate  you  with  my  whole  heart,  and  embrace you in  spirit:  especially  those  parts  destined  to  be  pierced on the  cross  by  your  executioners. O give  me  grace  to walk  faithfully  and  constantly  in  the  paths  of  your  counsels and commandments,  continually  exhorting  me  to  greater sanctity and  perfection. May I,  with  your  grace,  steadily advance in  your  sacred  footsteps,  in  true  contempt  of  all worldly vanities,  in  hatred  and  aversion  for  worldly  maxims, in a  faithful  discharge  of  my  duties  to  you,  my  neighbor, and myself;  in  a  patient  endurance  of  the  faults  of  others, and in  profound  humility  of  heart  and  conduct. Thus shall I be  ever  in  security,  for  they  who  follow  you  walk  not  in darkness.

HIS day  adore  the  precious  blood  of  our  Infant  Saviour, flowing through  His  sacred  veins,  and  one  day  to  be poured  out  on  Calvary,  for  the  remission  of  our  sins.

MOST pure  and  precious  blood  of  my  Infant  Saviour! drawn by  the  Holy  Ghost  from  the  virginal  veins  of your  immaculate  Mother. O saving  blood! shed for  our redemption on  Calvary,  and  daily  offered  on  our  altars  in the  adorable  sacrifice,  our  nourishment  and  strength  in  the Holy Eucharist,  I  adore,  love,  and  venerate  you,  and  humbly