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 of Thee  forever  in  the  eternal  kingdom  of Thy  glory. Thus, day  by  day. especially during my  moments  before  the  tabernacle. I will

Believe, and  grieve,  and  hope;  thank,  love, adore.

Show my  soul's  wounds,  and  holy  gifts  implore.

— Father  Russell,  SJ.

ere Eymard is  sometimes  called  the  Apostle  of  the Holy Eucharist,  because  he  was  in  recent  times  the foremost propagator  of  devotion  to  the  Blessed  Sacrament. He is  the  founder  of  the  Society  of  Priests  known  as  The Fathers of  the  Blessed  Sacrament,  who  have  in  their  houses perpetual exposition  and  adoration  of  the  Blessed  Sacrament. Affiliated to  this  society  are:  The  Priests'  Eiicharistic  League  and  The  People's  Eucharistic  League. Pere Eymard  systematized  the  devotion  to  the  Holy Eucharist, and  made  popular  the  '"Hour  of  Adoration."" to  the  practice  of  which  indulgences  are  attached.  r)ne of  the  methods  for  keeping  the  Hour  of  Adoration,  recommended and  explained  by  Pere  Eymard.  in  his  beautiful work  "La  Presence  Reele  is  that  which  corresponds  to  the four  ends  of  sacrifice.  The  Hour  of  Adoration  is  divided into  four  parts.  During  each  quarter  of  an  hour  we  are to  honor  Our  Lord  by  one  of  the  four  ends  of  sacrifice,  i.e., by  Adoration.  Thanksgiving.  Reparation.  and  Suppolication. Pere  Eymard  was  born  at  La  Mure  dlsere.  France,  on February  4.  1811.  and  died  in  the  odor  of  sanctity,  worn out  with  his  zealous  labors,  in  1868.

T. PASCHAL  BAYLON. whom Pope  Leo  XIII  proclaimed in 1897  the  patron  of  Eueharistic  Congresses,  was  born on Easter,  or  Paschal  Sunday,  in  1540,  at  Torre  Hermosa,  a