and struck, and spit upon. For me didst Thou wear the sharp crown of piercing thorns. For me was Thy sacred Flesh mangled with the scourge. For me didst Thou go forth bearing the Cross until Thou didst sink under the load. For me didst Thou, even on this day of the week, hang in mortal agony upon the Cross, the nails rending Thy holy Hands and Feet. For me didst Thou pray, "Father, forgive them"; for I too have crucified Thee by my sins. For me didst Thou endure the terrible hiding of Thy Father's Face, and the awful death-struggle, and the parting asunder of soul and body. O infinite Love, kindle in my cold heart the flame of love to Thee! Touch my dry stony heart with the rod of Thy power that the stream of love may flow forth! And "by Thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by Thy Cross and Passion; by Thy precious Death and Burial; Good Lord, deliver" me. Amen.

Or else this,

O MERCIFUL JESU, who didst bear Thy Cross for me, help me to take up my cross daily and follow Thee. Amen.

O Thou, who wast lifted up for me, draw me unto Thee, that I may love Thee better for Thy exceeding love to me. Lord, I love Thee, help Thou my want of love. Amen.

O heavenly Father make me to bear in my body

the marks of the Lord Jesus by a pure and holy and self-denying life. Amen.

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world; have mercy upon me.

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world; grant me Thy peace. Amen.

SATURDAY MORNING.

It will suffice to add to your Morning Prayer one or both of the following Prayers :

O LORD, our God, the Bread of heaven, and the Life of the world, I have sinned against heaven and before Thee, and am not worthy to share in the heavenly Food of Thy most holy Feast. But do Thou, of Thy Divine goodness, grant me so to eat Thy Flesh and to drink Thy Blood that I may obtain remission of sins and eternal life; through Thine own perfect merits, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit art One God for ever and ever. Amen.

O LORD GOD, behold I am about to draw nigh to Thy Divine and heavenly Sacrament. Cast me not out, though I be defiled by a multitude of sins. I lift up my voice to Thee, not as being worthy to

approach Thee, but looking only to Thy great goodness. O God, be merciful to me a sinner! I have sinned against heaven and before Thee, and am not worthy to look upon Thy holy and spiritual Table where Thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ is, in a figure, set forth as a Sacrifice for me a sinner stained with every defilement. O God, help me to draw near with faith, that I may receive all the benefits of that holy Sacrifice; through the same Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

After your Morning Prayer say these three verses from the 24th Psalm, and try to think of them sometimes during the day :

"Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall rise up in His holy place?

"Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, and that hath not lift up his mind into vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.

"He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of His salvation

SATURDAY NIGHT

It is well to recall once again the remembrance of the sins you have already confessed, and to use to-night one of the Confessions given for Friday on

pages 17 and 18, not as doubting God's forgiveness, but to deepen in yourself the sense of sin.

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You then add to your Evening Prayer one or both of the following Prayers :

O LORD JESU CHRIST, who wast "crucified, dead, and buried," for us, teach us continually to crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts thereof, that we may die unto sin, and that all our corrupt affections may be buried in Thy grave. And, as Thou didst rise the third day from the dead, so grant that we also may rise evermore from the death of sin unto newness of life in Thee; that so we may to-morrow worthily draw nigh to Thy holy Sacrament, and rejoice in the presence of Thee our risen Lord, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit art One God for evermore. Amen.

O LORD, I desire and long for the Bread of God, which is the Flesh of Christ. I desire and long for the Wine of heaven, which is His precious Blood. Oh, give me a deeper longing for this heavenly Food, and satisfy my soul with Thy goodness; through the same my Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

PSALM 116. 11, 12, 14-16.

What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that He hath done unto me?

I will receive the cup of salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord.

Behold, O Lord, how that I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thine handmaid; Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.

I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all His people, in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

HYMN II.

JESU, Thou joy of loving hearts!

Thou Fount of life, Thou Light of men!
From the best bliss that earth imparts
We turn unfilled to Thee again.

Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood;
Thou savest those that on Thee call;
To them that seek Thee Thou art good;
To them that find Thee, all in all!

We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread,
And long to feast upon Thee still;
We drink of Thee, the Fountain-head,
And thirst our souls from Thee to fill.