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N order to receive a great increase of grace by Communicating, you must have very holy dispositions; and as we cannot of ourselves have holy dispositions, the following prayer should be said with great devotion;—"Cleanse, O Lord, we beseech Thee, our consciences, by Thy visitation, that Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at His Coming with all His Saints, may find in us a mansion fitted for His Presence, Who with Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, One God, world without end. Amen."

But that we may not be wanting on our part to co-operate with the Divine help, your preparation should consist in considering first for what purpose Christ instituted the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Then, finding that it was for the sake of reminding us of the love which He displayed for us in the Mysteries of the Cross, consider next, why it is He wishes us to remember it. The end being that we should love and obey Him, our best preparation will be a desire and burning wish to obey and love Him, grieving for the past, when we have not loved but offended Him. And with this desire and