of Thee forever in the eternal kingdom of Thy glory. Thus, day by day. especially during my moments before the tabernacle. I will
Believe, and grieve, and hope; thank, love, adore.
Show my soul's wounds, and holy gifts implore.
— Father Russell, SJ.
The Venerable Peter Julian Eymard
Pere Eymard is sometimes called the Apostle of the Holy Eucharist, because he was in recent times the foremost propagator of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. He is the founder of the Society of Priests known as The Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament, who have in their houses perpetual exposition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Affiliated to this society are: The Priests' Eiicharistic League and The People's Eucharistic League. Pere Eymard systematized the devotion to the Holy Eucharist, and made popular the '"Hour of Adoration."" to the practice of which indulgences are attached. r)ne of the methods for keeping the Hour of Adoration, recommended and explained by Pere Eymard. in his beautiful work "La Presence Reele is that which corresponds to the four ends of sacrifice. The Hour of Adoration is divided into four parts. During each quarter of an hour we are to honor Our Lord by one of the four ends of sacrifice, i.e., by Adoration. Thanksgiving. Reparation. and Suppolication. Pere Eymard was born at La Mure dlsere. France, on February 4. 1811. and died in the odor of sanctity, worn out with his zealous labors, in 1868.
St. Paschal Baylon, Patron Saint of Eucharistic Works
ST. PASCHAL BAYLON. whom Pope Leo XIII proclaimed
in 1897 the patron of Eueharistic Congresses, was born
on Easter, or Paschal Sunday, in 1540, at Torre Hermosa, a
