CHAPTER IV.
That many gifts are bestowed upon them that communicate devoutly.
The voice of the disciple.
*MY Lord God, prevent thy servant with the blessings of thy sweetness, that I may approach worthily and devoutly to thy glorious sacrament.
*Stir up my heart unto thee, and deliver me from a heavy numbness of mind.
*Visit me with thy salvation, that I may taste in spirit thy sweetness, which plentifully lieth hid in this sacrament as in a fountain.
Enlighten also my eyes to behold so great a mystery, and strengthen me to believe it with steady faith.
For it is thy work, and not man’s power; thy sacred institution, not man’s invention.
For no man is of himself able to comprehend these things, which surpass the understanding even of angels.