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 your love,  who  proceedeth  from  you,  ye  have  given us yourselves. We thank  thee,  O Holy  Ghost,  who art at  once  the  gift  and  the  giver  of  all  gifts,  and  we most  earnestly  beseech  thee  to  give  us  thyself. No other gift  but  thine  own  self  can  satisfy  our  souls, and having  thee  alone,  we  shall  have  all  things. But what can  we  give  thee  in  exchange  for  so  great benefits? O blessed Spirit,  vouchsafe  of  thy  mercy to accept  for  all  eternity  all  our  thoughts,  all  our affections, and  all  ourselves. Amen.

Come, O Holy  Ghost,  &amp;c.

V. and  R.  Send  forth,  etc.

Grant, we  beseech  thee,  O Lord,  that  we  may  burn with that  fire  of  the  Holy  Ghost  which  our  Lord Jesus Christ  sent  upon  the  earth,  and  which  he desired  to  be  vehemently  enkindled;  through  our Lord Jesus  Christ. In the  unity  of  the  same. Amen.

May the  blessing,  etc.

ET us  prostrate  ourselves  before  the  majesty  of  the most Holy  Trinity,  and,  uniting  our  dispositions with those  of  our  Blessed  Lady  and  the  holy  Apostles in the  upper  room  at  Jerusalem,  let  us  say  one  Our Father and  one  Hail  Mary,  in  honour  of  the  transfiguration and  ascension  of  our  most  dear  Lord  and Saviour Jesus  Christ,  and  of  the  ineffable  love  of  the Holy Ghost  in  all  his  manifestations  to  his  creatures. Our Father,  Hail  Mary.

Most holy  Virgin  and  exalted  Mother  of  God,  who wast above  all  other  creatures  disposed  to  receive the Holy  Ghost,  and  who  didst  receive  him  with