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The Book of Perpetual Adoration.

Can there be anything wanting to Him who is in possession of this Infinite Treasure? O afflicted souls, be comforted ! He who satisfies all hearts, who fulfils all desires, is yours ! Rejoice, ye poor, for ye are very rich, you can enjoy Immense Good ; while the great and rich ones of the world reject you, and turn you from their houses and their society, and will not listen to you, the Great King of Angels gives you an audience as often as you desire it. He is pleased to hear you, and He likes your conversation when it comes from the heart; He fills you with His graces, He caresses you with His most precious favours, and places you in the rank, and amongst the number of His dearest favourites. Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes. He has loaded the needy with His gifts, while He sends away the rich, who are full of this world's goods, but deprived of His favours.

SEVENTH MOTIVE.

JESUS IS VERY HUMBLE IN THE MOST HOLV SACRAMENT.

Discite a me quia mitis sum, et humilis corde. — Learn of me, because I am meek and humble of heart. — (Matt. xi. 29.)

O my soul ! we must here exclaim with the Prophet that the works of thy God, His designs and His thoughts, are impenetrable to all human understanding. We cannot contemplate them seriously without being overcome with love; for, when we