brance, I am heartily sorry, purpose amendment for the future, and most humbly ask pardon of God, and penance and absolution of you, my ghostly father.

Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John Baptist, the holy apostles Peter and Paul, all the saints, and you, father, to pray to the Lord our God for me.

Then give attentive ear to the instructions and advice of your confessor, and humbly accept of the penance enjoined by him.

Whilst the Priest gives you absolution, bow down your head, with great humility call upon God for mercy, and repeat once again the Act of Contrition.

THANKSGIVING AND SATISFACTION. Having received from God the great blessing of the pardon of your sins, be careful, at once, to thank him for his goodness.

A Prayer after Confession.

What thanks are not due to thee, O my Jesus, for thy great goodness to me? When I was faithless to thy goodness and loving-kindness thou hast had patience with me; and even when I offended thee thy grace waited for me. It is to thy infinite grace and goodness that I am indebted for this sacra

ment, in which thou hast reconciled me to thyself. To thee, and to thy precious blood, I desire to offer all the love of my heart, just cleansed from sin. Humbled before thee I cried out like David, have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy; and thou hast heard my prayer, O my God, thou hast forgiven me my sins, thou hast restored unto me the joy of thy salvation. Join with me, O my dear Mother Mary, and you my Angel Guardian, and holy Patron, in thanking our dear Jesus for his goodness, and mercy to me.

I desire once again, O my Jesus, to express the grief and contrition of my heart, for having offended thee. Whilst thanking thee for having released me from my sins, I renew the hatred and detestation of them, with which thou hast inspired me. Reject not, I beseech thee, the sacrifice of a contrite and humble heart. It is to thee that I have returned, sinful and sorrowing; it is through thy mercy that I have received the pardon of my sins. Blessed and praised for evermore be thy infinite goodness and mercy. Amen.

A Prayer for Perseverance.

As thou hast given me, O my God, the grace once again to return to thee, I am resolved from henceforth to live wholly for thee. I belong to thee, O my God, keep me as the pupil of thine eye, protect me under the shadow of thy wing. I will fly from sin, I will avoid the occasions, and abstain even from the appearances of sin. From henceforth my whole life shall be devoted to thee, I will seek in all things to do thy most holy will. Assist me, O my God, to keep these holy resolutions; guide my feet in the way of thy commandments; permit not that iniquity should have any dominion over me. Let me not receive thy grace in vain, but do thou, O my God, complete the work thou hast wrought in me, and bestow on me that sorrow which leads to true repentance. Grant me the grace of perseverance, that I may faithfully serve thee all the days of my life. Amen.

SATISFACTION is an integral part of the Sacrament of Penance, we must therefore be most careful to perform the penance given us by our confessor. best to do so before leaving the Church.

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THE SACRAMENT OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST.

In approaching the Holy Eucharist, we must prepare ourselves; I., if necessary, by a good confession; II., by fasting from all food from the previous midnight; III., by devout prayer both on the eve before and on the day of our Communion.

DEVOTIONS FOR COMMUNION.
Direct your Intention.

Lord Jesus, King of everlasting glory, behold I desire to come to thee this day, and to receive thy body and blood in this heavenly sacrament, for thy honour and glory, and the good of my soul. I desire to receive thee, because it is thy desire, and thou hast so ordained: blessed be thy name for ever. I desire to come to thee like Magdalene, that I may be delivered from all my evils, and embrace thee, my only good. I desire to come to thee, that I may be happily united to thee, that I may henceforth abide in thee, and thou in me; and that nothing in life or death may ever separate me from thee.

Commemorate the Passion of Christ.
I desire, in these holy mysteries, to

commemorate, as thou hast commanded, all thy sufferings: thy agony and bloody sweat; thy being betrayed and apprehended; all the reproaches and calumnies, all the scoffs and affronts, all the blows and buffets, thou hast endured for me; thy being scourged, crowned with thorns, and loaded with a heavy cross for my sins, and for those of the whole world; thy crucifixion and death, together with thy glorious resurrection and triumphant ascension. I adore

thee, and give thee thanks for all that thou hast done and suffered for us; and for giving us, in the most Blessed Sacrament, this pledge of our redemption, this victim of our ransom, this body and blood which was offered for us.

Make an Act of Faith.

I most firmly believe, O Jesus, that in this holy sacrament thou art present verily and indeed; that here is thy body and blood, thy soul and thy divinity. I believe that thou, my Saviour, true God and true Man, art really here, with all thy treasures; that here thou communicatest thyself to us, makest us partakers of the fruit of thy passion, and givest us a pledge of eternal life. I