God, was a figure of the eucharistic bread. Wish therefore for the happy moment, in which you are to receive this Divine and heavenly food.
III. In order that you may be well disposed to obtain the cure of your spiritual palsy, you must imitate the faith of the sick man. Approach therefore with confidence; throw yourself into the arms of the saints, especially of the Blessed Virgin, in order that they may conduct and present you to our Lord. Say with the Psalmist, "In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped; Thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow, because Thou art my strength and my refuge." (Ps. xxx. 3, and Ps. xvii. 35.)
MONDAY
Cure of the Man Born Blind. — I.
I. " Jesus passing by, saw a man that was blind from his birth." (John ix. 1.) He beheld him with the eyes of mercy, and immediately began to think of a remedy. Entreat Him to look on you with the same affection. "See my abjection and my labor, and 'forgive me all my sins." (Ps. xxiv. 18.) We are all born blind, for we are. all born in sin, and involved in the darkness of ignorance, in consequence of the transgression of our first parents. Those characters, are in a special manner blind from their birth, who boast of their noble birth and their parentage; "virtue," writes a profane poet, " is the only true nobility." Examine your conscience on this subject.
II. " His disciples asked Him, Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? Jesus answered; neither has this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God be made manifest in
