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The Holy Ghost To the Holy Ghost in Connection with the
Blessed Sacrament
I
O Holy Ghost, help me to receive Jesus with
love and reverence. Thou art my Teacher and
my Sanctifier, and by Thee I live. Thou givest
light and strength to my soul. Jesus, hidden in
the Blessed Sacrament, is my Saviour and my
God: I long to be with Him, that He may abide
more in me and I in Him. He is the Bread of life,
true Bread of God: I long to feed with adoration
on that living Bread. Be with me, 0 Blessed
Spirit, as I draw near to the altar, and give me always more
faithfulness to Jesus and more love for Him. II
Cleanse my heart, 0 Holy Spirit, by this
Heavenly Food. Strengthen my faith, that I
may see Jesus in this Sacrament of His Body and
Blood. There is in me a law by which I am in
danger of falling under captivity to sin. I have
often to go on my heavenward way through darkness and many temptations, but Thou art my light
and my strength. In Thee I trust. By Thy grace
I can do all things that Jesus wishes me to do.
With utter trust I rest upon Thee, and believe
the testimony which Thou givest. Set up more
and more Thy kingdom in my soul, that I may
keep my body under, and bring it to subjection,
lest I should be a castaway from Jesus and from
Thee.
III
0 Holy Ghost, let my life hidden with Jesus
in God. Give me grace to live for God only, and
to use creatures in Him and for His sake. Let
the beauty of God blind me to the beauty of the
world, and let the light of God blind me to the
light of earth. Thou, 0 my God, art brighter
than all things and sweeter: take away from my
soul all the dross, and purify it, giving it light
and strength.
IV
0 Holy Ghost, give me a great hunger for the
Bread of life. Do Thou, by that Bread which is
Jesus, satisfy my soul, and strengthen it, and
make it full of life. I am needy with a great need;
but this Bread of heaven is the life of the poor;
let it be my life. I am very poor and needy;
but Thou, my own Lord, dost always care for me.
Without Thee, Blessed Spirit, I can not say,
Jesus: without Thee, Helper of the needy, I can
not feed on Him Who is the Bread from heaven.
V
0 eternal Spirit, hide me more and more with
God, and let there be in me more and more of the
mind of Jesus. Touch the lips of my soul and
give me a taste for this Bread of God, that I may
know the graciousness of my Jesus, and the sweetness of His Blood. The love of God is shed
abroad in my heart, for Thou, 0 Holy Ghost, art
given me. Oh, lift me up, dear Spirit, from the
dust.
Aspiration
All for Thee, most Sacred Heart of Jesus!
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