170. Prayer to the Eucharistic Heart
Grant us the grace to be keenly alive to this supreme 168 Leo XIII, June 14, 1901. 169 Leo XIII, Br. December 12, r901; Pius X, Br. March 1, 1904. 179 Leo XIII, Br. June 2, 1902. THE SACRED HEART 147 love, with which, before thy Passion, Thou didst invite us to receive and feed upon thy sacred Body. Print deeply on our souls the firm determination to respond faithfully to this invitation. Give us devotion and reverence whereby we may honour .and receive worthily the gift of thy supreme love, and of thy Eucharistic Heart.
Grant that we may thus be able, with thy grace, to celebrate profitably the remembrance of thy Passion, to make repara- tion for our offences and our coldness, to nourish and increase our love for Thee, and to keep ever living within our hearts this seed of a blessed im- mortality. Amen
