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to the Love of the Holy Sacrament.

infinite love of my Sovereign, and I am glad to say it before all men, in accusing myself of my enormous ingratitude, that I must have a heart harder than a rock to be able to live on, instead of dying with love, at beholding in His presence, the inconceivable love of Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

Weep, you who read these words, shed tears at my insensibility and at the icy coldness of my miserable heart, sigh deeply to see the God of love so little loved!

But, my Lord, what dost Thou? Dost Thou forget, O infinite greatness, Who Thou art, giving Thyself up to my care, leaving the charge of Thy adorable Body and the tabernacle in which Thou dwellest, to a frail creature? O my heart, it is time that thou shouldst once for all be sensible to the love of thy God !

O faithful souls, how sad are the days of our pilgrimage! How painful is it to see so few souls entirely captivated to the reign of the love of Jesus ! These reflections have urged me to give you a few motives, accompanied with practices, to inflame you and help you to love my King and yours, in the Most Holy Sacrament. The motives are most powerful if you consider them well, and the practices very holy, though written in a simple, poor style, and the language not very carefully chosen.