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50 life’s pilgrimage, till I shall one day happily arrive at thy heavenly kingdom, where, with thy blessed angels and saints, I shall more clearly contemplate thee, more perfectly enjoy thee, and more worthily celebrate thy inﬁnite goodness and mercy with uninterrupted canticles of eternal praise, admiration, and gratitude. Amen.    BY ST. LEONARD, OF PORT MAURICE.

H! my God, I adore thee. I acknowledge thee for my Lord and Master of my soul. I protest that all I am and have are thy gifts. And because thy majesty merits inﬁnite honour and homage, I, who am a poor, miserable creature, utterly incapable of paying the great debt which I owe to thee, offer to thee the humiliations and homage which Jesus pays to thee on the altar. What Jesus does, I also intend to do. I humble and prostrate myself with him before thy majesty. I adore thee with the same adoration which Jesus offers to thee. I am ﬁlled with joy and delight in reﬂecting that Jesus gives thee, for me, inﬁnite honour and homage.

Repeat many internal acts of this kind. You need not adhere to the words: it is better to use the language which your own devotion will dictate. Oh, how fully will you pay your first debt by assisting at the first part of the Mass in this manner, 