Page:The Catholic prayer book.djvu/221

 and pine  for  thee  in the  threshold  Of  thy  houses  may it desire  to  be  dissolved  and  to  be  with  thee. Grant that my  soul  may  hunger  for  thee,  thou  Bread,  of Angels,  thou  refreshment  of  holy  souls,  our  daily super-substantial Bread,  having  all  manner  of  sweetness  and  delights. May my  heart  ever  hunger  for thee and  feed  on  thee,  on  whom  angels  long  to  look; and may  my  inmost  soul  be  filled  with  the  sweetness of the  taste  of  thee. May it  ever  thirst  for  thee,  thou well of  life,  thou  fountain  of  wisdom  and  knowledge, thou source  of  everlasting  light,  thou  torrent  of pleasures,  thou  fatness  and  abundance  of  the  house of God; may  it  ever  yearn  towards  thee,  seek  thee, find thee,  tend  towards  thee,  attain  to  thee,  meditate ever on  thee,  speak  of  thee,  and  work  all  things  to the  praise  and  glory  of  thy  name,  with  humility  and discretion, with  love  and  delight,  with  ready  care  and glad affection,  with  perseverance  even  unto  the  end; and do  thou  be  alone  and  evermore  my  hope,  my whole  trust,  my  riches,  my  delight,  my  gladness  and my joy,  my  rest  and  my  calm  repose,  my  peace  and my sweet  content,  my  fragrance  and  my  sweetness,  my food  and  my  refreshment,  my  refuge  and  my  help, my wisdom,  my  portion,  my  own  possession  and  my treasure,  in  whom  my  mind  and  my  heart  are  fixed and rooted  firmly  and  immovably  for  evermore, Amen.

I humbly implore  thine  ineffable  mercy,  O my Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  this  Sacrament  of  thy  Body and Blood,  which  I unworthy  have  received,  may  be to  me  the  cleansing  of  all  my  sins,  the  strengthening of what  is  weak  within  me,  and  my  sure  defence against all  the  perils  of  the  world. May it  bestow on me  thy  forgiveness  and  establish  me  in  grace; may it  be  to  me  the  medicine  of  life,  the  abiding