all my requests, that He may receive them more propitiously. May you be my school, wherein I may learn that celestial science so different from worldly wisdom—those pure principles which lead to the interior life. In fine, may you, O Sacred Heart! be my treasury, and may I find abundant riches in your poverty, love, suffering, and fidelity. Amen.
(Prayer as first day, to Mary and Joseph.)
Third Day.
To the sacred mouth of the Infant Jesus.
THIS day adore, love, and reverence the sacred mouth of your Infant Saviour, which now keeps a profound silence; but which will soon be opened to announce the truths of life and salvation, to speak in your behalf to the Eternal Father, and which at the close of life will pronounce your final sentence.
Prayer.
O SACRED mouth of my Infant Saviour, I sincerely adore you. O blessed infantine lips! I love and venerate you. O sweet Jesus! how loudly does Your silence speak to my heart. Ah! attract me to love and practice this holy virtue, as far as my state permits, and let all my words be stamped with the seal of charity. O adorable, Incarnate Word of the Father! Eternal Wisdom silent in the womb of Your Virgin Mother, endow me with that spirit of sweetness, patience, and mildness, of which You are the Model. Teach me how to speak, and how to be silent. May this tongue, on which You so often repose in the Adorable Sacrament, rather cleave to my jaws than ever pronounce an unbecoming word; and may charity, humility, modesty, sweetness, prudence, and simplicity accompany all my words and expressions. Amen.
(Prayer as first day, to Mary and Joseph.)close italic
Fourth Day.
To the sacred hands of the Infant Jesus.
THIS day kiss in spirit those pure and liberal hands, now so weak, cold, and trembling, which will be one day instruments of so many great works, healing the sick,
