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y Lord and my God!

These words  are  to  be  said  with  faith,  piety,  and love, while  looking  upon  the  Blessed  Sacrament, either during  the  Elevation  in  the  Mass,  or  when  exposed on  the  altar.

Indulgence of  7  years  and  7  quarantines. — Pius  X, May  18,  1907.

HE prayer  for  forty  hours  together  before  the Blessed Sacrament,  in  memory  of  the  forty  hours during which  the  sacred  body  of  Jesus  was  in  the sepulcher, began  in  Milan,  about  the  year  1534. Thence it  spread  into  other  cities  of  Italy,  and  was introduced into  Rome,  for  the  first  Sunday  in  every month, by  the  Archconfraternity  of  the  Most  Holy Trinity of  the  Pilgrims  (founded  by  St.  Philip  Neri, in  the  year  1548),  and,  for  the  third  Sunday  in  the month, by  the  Archconfraternity  of  Our  Lady  of Prayer,  called  La  Morte,  in  the  year  1551.

This prayer  of  the  Forty  Hours  was  established forever by  Pope  Clement  VIII,  for  the  whole  course  of the  year,  in  regular  continuous  succession,  from  one church to  another,  commencing  on  the  first  Sunday in Advent. This Pope  was  moved  to  establish  this devotion by  the  public  troubles  of  holy  Church,  in order  that,  day  and  night,  the  faithful  might  appease their Lord  by  prayer,  before  the  Blessed  Sacrament