ness be to Thee from en censer of Thy Divine my heart and my soul, from my spirit and my flesh, from all my members, and all my senses, and from all the creatures of Thy Hand. To Thee, from Whom are all things, by Whom are all things, in Whom are all things, to Thee alone be Honour and Glory for ever and ever. Amen. OBLATION. ACCEPT, O HOLY TRINITY, the desires which my lips have uttered, and the glowing love of my heart, which Heart, wherein burns evermore to Thy Honour and Glory, the sweetest frankincense of eternal Love; earnestly desiring and beseeching Thee, that, vile and unworthy as it is, it may be enkindled by the Breath of Thy SPIRIT, and consume away in Thy Worship and praise; and that the deep sighs I breathe towards Thee, from this valley of tears, because my hope is so long deferred, may be to Thee an endless praise and glory. Amen. ΤΟ THE MOST HOLY Thou hast inspired, to AN ACT OF ADORATION set forth and praise Thy Magnificence. TRINITY. them to Thee in union with the ineffable Praise, which the whole Hierarchy of Heaven offer to Thee, in manner and degree far above our comprehension. And so far as in me lies, I cast my heart as a most worthless grain of incense, into the gold I MOST humbly adore Thee, O uncreated FATHER, and Thee, O Only-begotten Son, and Thee, O HOLY GHOST, the Paraclete, One Almighty, Everlasting, and Unchangeable GOD, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. I acknowledge in Thee a True and Ineffable Trinity of Persons, a true and indivisible Unity of Substance. I glorify Thee, O everserene effulgent TRINITY, One only Deity, my most compassionate LORD, my sweetest Hope, my dearest Light, my most desired Repose, my Joy, my Life, and all my Good. To Thy most merciful Goodness I commend my soul and body; to Thy Most Sacred Majesty I wholly devote myself, and to Thy Divine Will I resign and yield myself eternally; All honour and glory be to Thee for ever and ever. Amen. ACT OF REJOICING IN MOST glorious GOD, I, the least of Thy servants, rejoice with my whole heart that Thou art, and abidest unchangeably, such and so great a GOD as Thou art in Thy Godhead and Essence, and shalt be evermore. I rejoice in Thine Infinite Power and Majesty. I rejoice and give Thee thanks for Thy great Glory, and Thine inexpressible excellency. I rejoice and exult with my whole heart that all things are subject to Thy sway, and that there is none that can resist Thy Will. I desire and long that all creatures in Heaven and in earth may acknowledge Thee and love Thee, rejoice in Thine infinite Glory and Blessedness; and I place them all before Thee in spirit, and subject them to Thee, and praise Thee, in their name. And since this is far short of showing forth Thy praise, I beseech Thee that Thou wouldest vouchsafe to supply by Thine own grace in me, my lack of service, and that of all creatures, in loving Thee, and rejoicing in Thee. And I offer to Thee this fervour and fragrance of love, and adoration, together with all the glory and praise, which the blessed spirits and souls of the just render Thee with one consent, in thanksgiving for all the Glory and Blessedness which Thou dost enjoy for evermore. Amen. ACT OF THANKSGIVING. BLESSED be Thy goodness, O my GOD, and blessed be Thy compassion, O Thou One and true Godhead, Thou One and Holy TRINITY,Thou One and Supreme GOD, for all the benefits and loving-kindnesses, with which Thy profuse and loving compassion has surrounded me, undeserving as I am. For all these I adore Thee, I praise and bless Thee, O my most tender LORD and GOD, in union with that supernal praise with which Thou, O glorious TRINITY, art Thine own sufficient Praise, which pours down from Thee upon the Blessed Humanity of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, upon His glorious Mother, and upon all holy Angels and Saints; and from them flows back again into its source in the Abysses of Thy Divinity. I give Thee thanks for the love with which Thou hast created and redeemed me, sanctified me, called me, preserved me, and endowed me with all manner of good things. And since praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, I beseech Thee, O sweetest JESU, by that prevailing love wherewith Thou sittest at the Right Hand of the FATHER, to pay for me to my GOD eternal, infinite, unfaltering, unceasing praises, such as Thou alone canst pay, and as Thou knowest to be befitting His most dread Glory, and the honour of His Majesty, for all the good which has ever flowed forth upon me, from the inexhaustible most kind and gentle Abyss of His GODHEAD. JESUS, and I confess, Break forth, therefore, and will confess to my O beloved JESUS, into latest breath, that Thou such thanksgivings as hast most wisely and Thou alone canst utter. well provided for me, in O my LORD, Great and body and in soul, in all Wonderful exceedingly, things prosperous or adpraise the GODHEAD in verse; and I acknowThyself, in me and for ledge, that no wisdom me, with all the might of Thy Divinity, and with all the love of Thy Humanity, in the name and on behalf of all the universe Thy Hands have made. Amen. could thus embrace all my whole life, but Thy uncreated Wisdom alone, O my most tender GOD, which reacheth from end to end mightily, and ordereth all things sweetly. I give Thee thanks, O ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF good and quickening THE BENEFITS OF GOD. I GIVE Thee thanks, O holy FATHER, with all my strength, through Him Who sitteth at Thy Right Hand, for all the gifts I have ever received from Thy munificent bounty; and I acknowledge that no power could have bestowed them on me but Thine, Who art All-powerful, and upholdest all creation. I give Thee thanks, SPIRIT, the Comforter, through Him Who was by Thy co-operation made flesh in the Virgin's Womb, that Thou dost in all things so sweetly anticipate me, unworthy as I am, with the blessings of Thy gratuitous Bounty; and I acknowledge that goodness could thus diffuse itself but Thy ineffable Goodness, in which all good things are contained, from which they no proceed, and together that crown for which with which they are received. And as Thou hast hitherto and always provided for me, so I confidently hope and rely that Thou wilt provide for me to the end, through Thy Divine Goodness, to which I most devoutly commend myself. Amen. ACT OF PRAISE. LIFT up thine eyes, O my soul; behold and see the Power of thy King, the Grace of thy GOD, the Love of thy SAVIOUR, now that thou art near to Him. Take now thy rest, taste and see how fair and how comely is the Spouse thou hast chosen of a thousand. Behold how immense the Glory, for which thou hast despised the world, how complete the good for which thou hast chosen to wait, what are the delights of that country towards which thou art sighing, how fair the splendour of thou wouldest toil. Behold the Infinite grandeur of thy GOD, Whom thou wouldest love, for Whom thou dost constantly long. O GOD of my life, what shall I render unto Thee for all the benefits wherewith Thou hast overwhelmed me? O JESUS, my GOD, Thou in me, and I in Thee; this is the thank-offering I set before Thy Glory. I have nothing else beside. My one offering is what I am in Thee, my life in Thee. O let all Thy wonderful works, and all Thy Gifts to my soul bless Thee, glorify Thee, and praise Thee. O GOD of my heart, let my inmost soul, my whole being ever bless Thee; for Thou art the GOD of my Salvation and my Refuge. Amen. ACT OF JOY. MY King, and my GOD, my Love, and |