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 of the month,  shall  visit  with  devotion  the  Blessed Sacrament;  7  years  and  7  quarantines  on  all  the other  Thursdays  of  the  year;  100  days  on  any  other day  of  the  year,  to  those who  say  them  with  a  contrite heart  before  the  Blessed  Sacrament. — Pius  VI, Oct. 17, 1796.

OST adorable  Saviour,  in  Thy  wondrous love for  us  Thou  dost  remain  in  the blessed Sacrament  of  the  Altar,  in  order  to  be the  perpetual  sacrifice  of  the  New  Law,  the propitiatory victim  for  our  sins,  the  life-giving  manna  of  our  souls,  our  powerful mediator, our  good  master,  and  our  best friend. But, alas! with what  ingratitude  on  our part has  Thine  infinite  goodness  been  repaid. Prostrate before  Thy  veiled  majesty,  at  the foot of  the  altar,  where  Thou  art  as  truly  and really present  as  in  heaven,  we  come  to  make reparation and  offer  atonement  for  all  the  injuries inflicted  on  Thee  in  the  sacrament  of Thy  love.

O divine  Jesus,  O  meek  and  humble  Jesus, accept our  feeble  efforts  to  compassionate Thy suffering  Heart,  and  to  make  a  fitting reparation to  Thy  outraged  majesty  for  all blasphemies, profanations,  and  sacrileges  ever committed;  for  our  own  want  of  devotion