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 hearts! thy delight  is  to  remain  for  ever  with  the  children of  men:  for  this  reason,  O  amiable  Redeemer! thou hast  instituted  a  peculiar  sacrament  of  love,  in which  we  might  find  the  treasure  and  source  of  all heavenly blessings,  through  which  we  might  enter into the  sanctuary  of  thy  inflamed  Heart,  and  there meet with  secure  repose  in  life,  and  sweet  comfort  in death. With these  most  bountiful  dispositions,  thou hast vouchsafed  to  reside  in  this  very  house,  in  which I dwell,  to  repose  on  our  altars,  to  be  our  constant sacrifice, in  order  to  avert  the  anger  of  thy  eternal Father, excited  by  our  repeated  sins:  hither  thou  continually  invitest  us  to  come,  and  partake  of  this  heavenly food,  which  none  but  an  infinite  love  could  have prepared. What is  there  thou  couldst  have  done  to gain  the  heart  of  thy  people,  and  hast  not  done? But how insensible,  O  bountiful  Redeemer,  have  we  been of those  great  blessings  and  favors! We have  showed irreverence, disrespect,  and  even  contempt  before  thy divine Majesty,  in  whose  presence  the  Saints  and Angels bend  with  awe,  and  the  heavens  themselves tremble. Whilst offered  on  our  altars,  the  same  offences, the  same  indignity  and  ingratitude  are  committed by  those  very  people,  who  have  often  been  fed at thy  sacred  table,  nourished  with  thy  own  substance, and on  whom  thou  hast  placed  the  love  of  thy  Heart.

O amiable  Heart  of  my  dearest  Saviour,  who  can express thy  affliction  at  the  sight  of  such  ingratitude! But how  long,  sweet  Jesus,  will  thy  adorable  Heart be thus  despised  and  contemned  by  wicked  man! How long wilt  thou  permit  thyself  to  be  betrayed  into  the hands of  thy  mortal  enemies! How long  wilt  thou suffer their  scorn  and  contempt  of  thy  Majesty,  in  the adorable sacrament  of  the  altar! Sorely afflicted  at the  thought  of  these  injustices  and  sacrileges,  I  cast myself, with  all  humility,  at  the  throne  of  thy  mercy: graciously hear,  sweet  Jesus,  the  worst  of  thy servants, who,  in  behalf  of  the  Community  and  of  the