The PRAYER,
O Blessed and Eternal Jesus, who gavest thy self a Sacrifice for our sins, thy Body for our spiritual food, thy 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to nourish our spirits, and to quench the flames of Hell and Lust, who didst so love us, who were thine enemies, that thou desiredst to reconcile us to thee, and becamest all one with us, that we may live the same life, think the same thoughts, love the same love, and be partakers of thy Resurrection and Immortality; open every window of my Soul, that I may be full of light, and may see the excellency of thy Love, the merits of thy Sacrifice, the bitterness of thy Passion, the glories and virtues of the mysterious Sacra∣ment. Lord, let me ever hunger and thirst after this instrument of Righteousness; let me have no gust or relish of the unsatisfying delights of things below, but let my Soul dwell in thee; let me for ever receive thee spiritually, and very frequently communicate with thee sacramen∣tally, and imitate thy Vertues pionsly and strictly, and dwell in the pleasures of thy house eter∣nally. Lord, thou hast prepared a table for me, against them that trouble me: let that holy Sacrament of the Eucharist be to me a defence and shield, a nourishment and medicine, life and health, a means of sanctification and spiritual growth; that I receiving the body of my dearest Lord may be one with his mystical body, and of the same spirit, united with in∣dissoluble bonds of a strong Faith, and a holy Hope, and a never-failing Charity, that from this veil I may pass into the visions of eternal clarity, from eating thy Body to beholding thy face in the glories of thy everlasting Kingdom, O Blessed and Eternal Jesus.