O Eucharistic Heart, sovereign Love of our Lord Jesus, Thou hast instituted the Blessed Sacrament in order to dwell here below with us and to give to our souls Thy Flesh as food and Thy Blood as heavenly drink. We confidently trust, O Lord Jesus, in the supreme Love which instituted the most holy Eucharist; it is just that we should adore, confess, and exalt this love, as the great storehouse of the life of Thy Church.

This love is an urgent invitation for us; Thou doth seem to say to us: "See how I love thee! giving thee My Flesh as food, and My blood as drink; I desire by this union to excite thy charity, I desire to unite thee to Myself, I desire to effect the transformation of thy souls into My crucified Self, I Who am the Bread of eternal life. Give Me then thy hearts, live in My life and thou shall\t live in God."

We recognize, O Lord, that this is the appeal of Thine Eucharistic Heart. We thank Thee for it and desire earnestly to respond to it. Grant us the grace to be keenly aware of this supreme love, with which, before Thy Passion, Thou didst invite us to receive and feed upon Thy Sacred Body.

Engrave deeply our souls the firm determination to respond faithfully to this invitation. Give us devotion and reverence whereby we may be able to honor and worthily receive the gift of Thy supreme love, and of Thine Eucharistic Heart. Grant that we may thus be able, with Thy grace, to celebrate profitably the remembrance of Thy Passion, to make reparation for our offenses and our coldness, to nourish and increase our love for Thee, and to keep ever living within our hearts this seed of a blessed immortality. Amen.

O Heart of Love, I put my trust in Thee. Though I fear all things from my weakness, I hope all things from Thy goodness!