mouth, saying, "Come to Me, all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you" (Matt. xi. 28).
O Sacrament most holy! O Sacrament divine!
All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.
Oh! see upon the altar placed
The victim of the greatest love!
Let all the earth below adore,
And join the choirs of heaven above.
Sweet Sacrament, we thee adore;
Oh, make us love thee more and more!
Sweet is Our Lord in thought, sweet in the pages of the holy Gospels, sweet in the shadowy symbol or the devout picture, and yet more in the holy crucifix; but sweeter beyond comparison in the adorable sacrament of His love. Wherefore the Church sings in the words of her saint:
"O Jesus! the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see
And in Thy presence rest."
O Sacrum Conbibium
Ant.O Sacred banquet. in which Christ is received; the memory of His passion is renewed; the mind is filled with grace; and a pledge of future glory is given to us.
V. Thou hast given them bread from heaven.
R. Replenished with all sweetness and delight.
Prayer
O God, Who in this wonderful sacrament hast left us a memorial of Thy passion; grant us, we
