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Hymn of St. Thomas of Aquin, in honour of the
Most Blessed Sacrament.

ADORO te devote, latens Deitas,
Quæ sub his figuris vere latitas,
Tibi se cor meum totum subjicit,
Quia te contemplans totum deficit.

Visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur;
Sed auditui solo tuto creditur.
Credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius:
Nil hoc verbo veritatis verius.

In cruce latebat sola Deitas:
At hic simul latet et humanitas.
Ambo tamen credens atque confitens,
Peto quod petivit latro pœnitens.

Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor,
Deum tamen meum te confiteor.
Fac me tibi semper magis credere,
In te spem habere, te diligere.

O memoriale mortis Domini.
Panis vivus vitam præstans homini,
Præsta meæ menti de te vivere,
Et te illi semper dulce sapere.

Beáti qui hábitant in domo tua, Dómine: *in sæcula sæculórum laudábunt te.

Beátus vir cujus est auxílium abs te:* ascensiónes in corde suo dispósuit, in valle lacrymárum, in loco quem pósuit.

Etenim benedictiónem dabit legislátor, ibunt de virtute in virtútem : * vidébitur Deus déorum in Sion.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, in the vale of tears, in the place that he hath fixed.

For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

O Lord God of hosts hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.

Behold, O God, our protector and look upon the face of thine Anointed.

For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand.

I have chosen rather to be an abject in the house of my God: than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord

Deus :

grátiam et will give grace and. glory.

glóriam dabit Dómi

Prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

TAKE, O Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my whole will, whatever I have and possess: Thou hast given me all these things, to thee, O Lord, I restore them; all are thine; dispose of them entirely according to thy will.

Give me thy love and thy grace, for this is enough for me. Amen.

FINIS.

Contents.

Explanatory Notice

Table of Feasts and Fasts

Moveable Feasts

Eight Plenary Indulgences granted to the

Faithful in England

Lay Baptism

Instructions and Devotions on Rising

Morning Prayers