past and present infidelities with greater love and regret. Amen
(Prayer as first day, to Mary and Joseph.)
Sixth Day.
To the sacred feet of our Infant Jesus.
THIS day adore those sacred feet, bound for your love in swathing bands, to teach you to love holy obedience, submission to the divine law, and to all the duties of your state.
Prayer.
O MOST holy feet of my Infant Saviour! I adore, love, and venerate you with my whole heart, and embrace you in spirit: especially those parts destined to be pierced on the cross by your executioners. O give me grace to walk faithfully and constantly in the paths of your counsels and commandments, continually exhorting me to greater sanctity and perfection. May I, with your grace, steadily advance in your sacred footsteps, in true contempt of all worldly vanities, in hatred and aversion for worldly maxims, in a faithful discharge of my duties to you, my neighbor, and myself; in a patient endurance of the faults of others, and in profound humility of heart and conduct. Thus shall I be ever in security, for they who follow you walk not in darkness.
(Prayer as first day, to Mary and Joseph.)
Seventh Day.
To the precious blood of the Infant Jesus.
THIS day adore the precious blood of our Infant Saviour, flowing through His sacred veins, and one day to be poured out on Calvary, for the remission of our sins.
Prayer.
O MOST pure and precious blood of my Infant Saviour! drawn by the Holy Ghost from the virginal veins of your immaculate Mother. O saving blood! shed for our redemption on Calvary, and daily offered on our altars in the adorable sacrifice, our nourishment and strength in the Holy Eucharist, I adore, love, and venerate you, and humbly
