perfect health on those who approaches Him, "for virtue went out from Him and healed all." (Luke vi. 19.) Hence royal David exclaims, " The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?" (Ps. xxvi. 1.) How securely is he protected, whose saviour and "defender is God Himself!
II. This same God will visit you to-day in the Eucharist. O, what a happiness is this! Examine your soul accurately, and discover what are your spiritual infirmities, and in what attacks against you your enemy oftenest succeeds. If you do not find that your soul is dead in the sight of God, by mortal sin, perhaps you may find, that it is dying by the lingering consumption of tepidity. Have, therefore, recourse to the Lord, your Saviour, in order that He may say to you, " I am thy salvation." (Ps. xxxvi. 3.)
III. To prepare yourself for Christ's visit, you must imitate the humility of the ruler, " who came and adored Him, " and of the woman who " came behind Him and touched the hem of His garment." (Matt. ix. 18, 20.) You must place great confidence in your visitor; for, in consequence of this virtue, Christ said to the woman, "Thy faith hath made thee whole." Consistently with this spirit of confidence, the Prophet says: "Thy life shall be saved for thee, because thou hast put thy trust in Me, saith the Lord." (Jer. xxxix. 18.)
MONDAY.
The Sower.
I. "A sower went out to sow his seed." (Luke viii, 5.) Ponder the infinite mercy of God; He does not stand in need of any fruit, which we can yield Him, and yet He
