What therefore shall I, unworthy sinner, dust and ashes, be able to comprehend of so high and sacred a mystery?
2. O Lord, in the simplicity of my heart, at thy commandment I come unto thee, with hope and reverence, and believe thou art present in this sacrament.
Thy will is, that I receive thee, and that by love I unite myself unto thee.
*Wherefore I implore thy mercy, and crave thy special grace, that I may wholly melt and overflow with love unto thee, and hereafter never seek any comfort out of thee.
For this sacrament is the remedy of all spiritual weakness: hereby my vices are cured, my passions bridled, temptations overcome, grace infused, virtue begun increased, faith confirmed, hope strengthened, and love inflamed.
3. For thou dost bestow many benefits in the sacrament upon thy beloved ones that communicate devoutly. O my God the protector of my soul, the repairer of human frailty, and the giver of inward comfort.
Thou impartest unto them much comfort against sundry tribulations.
For who is there, that approaching humbly unto the fountain of sweetness, doth not carry away from thence at least some little sweetness?
Or who, standing by a great fire, receiveth not some heat thereby?
Thou art a fountain always full and overflowing, a fire ever burning and never decaying.