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Rh inflamed wish to love Him, we must prepare ourselves until the time of Communion.

When the time for communicating has arrived, rekindle your faith in the Presence of the Lamb of God beneath the elements of bread and wine; make an act of profound adoration, beseech Him to remove from your heart all hidden sin, and every stain, and receive Him with the hope that He will give you His Love.

When you have received and brought Him into your heart, ask Him again and again for His Love, and for every other gift you need in order to please Him. After that, offer Him to your Heavenly Father, as a sacrifice of praise for the boundless love which He has shown to us in this and in all other blessings of Redemption, and that you may gain His Love, and in behalf of the living and the dead.

ONFESSION, to be made as it ought to be, has need of many things. The first of these is an exact examination of conscience on the commandments of God, and the duties of our state. And having found out your sins,