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reading of
such books to consecrate themselves entirely
to God !
2. THE VISIT TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT AND TO THE BLESSED
VIRGIN.
After the spiritual reading he shall pay a visit to the
Blessed Sacrament. Many of the faithful are very exact
in performing this exercise every day, and never omit
doing so, no matter how they may be inconvenienced
thereby; but it is rare, and even very rare, to find secu
lar priests who do so. It must be confessed that Jesus
Christ is unfortunate in his priests
! All this comes
from the little love that priests have for him. He that
tenderly loves a friend, seeks to see him as often as he
can, especially when his visits are most agreeable to this
friend.
Fathers"
By this visit I do not mean only a few "
said in passing and with distraction before the altar.
It consists in occupying one s self during some time in
Christ in the Blessed
making pious affections to Jesus
Sacrament, and in asking of him graces, especially the
grace of final perseverance and of his holy love. Alas !
who should entertain himself oftener and longer than
a priest who every day makes Jesus come down from
heaven to the earth, takes him in his hands, partakes of
his adorable flesh, and moreover for his own benefit shuts
him up in the tabernacle where he may find him present
every time that he wishes ?
After the visit to the Blessed Sacrament he should not
omit to make, in the same church, his visit to the Mother
of God, before some image that inspires him with the
greatest devotion. 1
1
We all know the Visits to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed
Virgin which are found in Volume VI. This precious also published separately. ED.
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