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44 AT THE DOMINE, NON SUM DIGNUS, SAY THRICE:

ORD, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my soul shall be healed.

 

MY divine Saviour! I fervently adore thee in this sacred and venerable sacrament; I love thee with all the affections of my heart, and I hope with conﬁdence in that inﬁnite goodness which induces thee to remain among us. O that I could this moment enjoy the happiness of really communicating! O that I could this day receive that precious body which was once sacriﬁced for my love, and that adorable blood which ﬂowed from thy sacred veins to wash away the sins of the world! But, alas! I am most unworthy of so great a favour. I do not deserve to receive thee, O God of all sanctity! Yet I ardently desire to do so, and I humbly conjure thee to accept this desire, and to give thyself to me by the inﬂuence of thy all-powerful grace. Come, O my God! my only Good! come to me, for I now offer thee my whole heart, most ardently desiring that it should belong to thee for whose love it was created,