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THE Calice which thou (O sweetest Sa∣viour Jesus) didst drink, hath made thee infinitely amiable; it was the work of my redemption. Certainly nothing does more pleasingly invite, or more profitably require, or more vehemently affect me than this love: for
by how much lower thou didst for me descend in the declinations of humility, by so much art thou dearer to me in the exaltations of thy charity and thy glory. * Learn, O my soul, how thou oughtest to love Christ, who hath given us his flesh for meat, his blood for drink, the water of his side for our la∣vatory, and his own life for the price of our redemption. He is stark and dead cold who is not set on fire by the burning and shining flames of such a charity.
Blessed Saviour Jesus, the author and fi∣nisher of our faith, the fountain of life and salvation; by thee let us have accesse to thy Heavenly Father, that by thee he may accept us, who by thee is revealed to us. Let thy innocence and purity procure pardon for our uncleannesse and disobedience; let thy humility extinguish our pride and vanity; thy meeknesse extinguish our anger, and thy charity cover the multitude of our sins.
O blessed Advocate and Mediator, inter∣cede for us with thy Father and ours, with thy God and ours; and grant that by the grace which thou hast found, by the preroga∣tive
which thou hast deserved, by the mercy which thou hast purchased for us, that as thou wert partaker of our sufferings and in∣firmities, so we by thy death and resurrecti∣on, and by thy infinite gracious intercession, may be made partakers of thy holinesse and thy glory.
Let the brightnesse of the divine grace for ever shine upon thy servants, that we being purified from all errour and infidelity, from weak fancies and curious inquiries, may per∣ceive and adore the wisdom and the love of God in the truth and mysteriousnesse of this Divine Sacrament: And be pleased to light∣en in our spirits such a burning love, and such a shining devotion, that we may truly receive thee, and be united unto thee; that we may feed on thee the celestial Manna, and may with an eye of faith see thee under the cloud and in the vail; and at last may see thee in the brightest effusions of thy glory. Amen.