mountain of thy glory, to draw near to thy most holy sacrament, and to receive my Legislator, the Lord of heaven and earth? I should certainly not dare to approach, O Lord, did not*thy majesty command, and kindly, and with a gentle voice, invite me to draw near. Since, therefore, thou sayest, Come ye all to me, behold I come to refresh my soul. Thou hast said, Suffer little children to come unto me; here then am I, who, through the merits of thy death, have become like to a little child in humility and innocence.
ACT OF HUMILITY.
TRULY, O Lord, when I reflect upon my nothingness I am wholly confounded. I am neither an Angel nor an Archangel, but a creature formed of clay and of the slime of the earth, and these blessed spirits tremble and veil their faces before thee. I am not like John the Baptist sanctified in his mother’s womb, but one conceived and born in sin. yet he considered himself unworthy even to loose the latchet of thy shoe — what therefore, should I feel? Behold, O Lord, with sincere humility, I am prostrate at the feet of thy majesty, knowing and acknowledging my unworthiness, and confessing that though I should prepare for a thousand years, I should still be infinitely unworthy to approach this divine sacrament. For thou here present art the Lord, I am thy servant; thou art the Creator, I the work of thy hand; thou the All-Holy, I a sinner. Since therefore, thou invitest me, and dost threaten me with death if I eat not of thy flesh; I come to thee, and even because I am miserable and poor, I hasten all the more ’ to the fountain of every good. As the hart pants after the fountains of waters, so does my soul long
