XXXII Of the threefold draught of the Blood of Jesus
XXXII
Of the threefold draught of the Blood of Jesus
The draught of the Blood of Jesus is threefold, as is plain from what has been said: (1) sacramental; (2) by way of natural concomitance; (3) spiritual.
Sacramentally the Precious Blood is received by the priest in the holy chalice under the species of wine; concomitantly it is received by all Christian people under the species of bread in the Sacred Host, from the very Body of our Lord; spiritually it is received by all the saved in loving meditation on the Passion of the Word. Taken in the first way it forgives daily sins; taken in the second way it floods the faithful soul with the delight of its own sweetness; taken in the third way it waters the faithful soul and makes it fruitful.
(1) The Blood of Jesus is received sacramentally only by priests from the chalice of the Altar. That draught taken rightly forgives our venial sins; and this for three reasons. There are three evils in venial sin: 1, a kind of stain on the conscience; 2, a kind of punishment of sadness; 3, a kind of distress because we have displeased God. Against these three evils, the Blood of Jesus, truly and properly, has power, because it is, 1, pure; 2, gentle; 3, precious. Because it is pure it washes the soul; because it is gentle it heals the soul; because it is precious it appeases God. It washes the conscience by taking away the stain on the soul. It heals the punishment of sadness by filling the hearts of the faithful with comfort. It appeases the offended justice of God by ever making intercession for us.
1. Our Lord washes His robes in wine, that is to say, He washes our souls in His own Blood. He comes from the depth of His tribulation with dyed raiment, because in all His sorrow He loved us and washed us with Blood, making us white and clean.
2. When the Scripture says that wine gladdens the heart, we take the mystical meaning of the words, and learn how the loving heart and the faithful soul are gladdened by the Blood of Jesus. The blood of the grape is the Blood of the Lamb which we all receive from the Altar. This draught gladdens the hearts of the good, for, giving the comfort of spiritual gladness, it heals the sadness which comes from guilt.
3. The Blood of the true Abel is always pleading with God for pardon and mercy. We rose up against Him and slew Him in the field amid His flocks and herds; and He forgave His murderers and died for them, and ever liveth to make intercession for them at the throne of God.
N. Now remember that three kinds of persons are terribly rebuked in Holy Scripture as sinning grievously against the Blood of our Saviour: a, the unclean in body; b, the hardened in heart; c, the wicked stewards. The first dare to drink the Blood of Christ unworthily, for they are in mortal sin; the second refuse to be converted by the Blood of Christ; the third make gain of the Blood of Christ, and turn that gain to their own bad ends.
a. St. Paul says in effect that sinners like these try to drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils at the same time. The cup of devils is luxury and filth, both of the flesh and of the world. Their wine is the gall of dragons, as the prophet says. They who make themselves drunk with the filthiness of this muddy drink, and then pour upon it the most Precious Blood of God, defile Him so far as they can, and, being guilty of a fearful sin, deserve a fearful punishment. They who do this do commit three sins, according to St. Paul: (a) they tread the Son of God under foot; (b) they count the Blood of the testament and unholy thing; (c) they insult, and so blaspheme, the Holy Ghost.
b. There are some so hardened in sin, so obstinate in malice, that their hearts are harder than rock, nay, harder than flinty adamant. Though this cannot be broken by any other thing, yet it may be cleft by the blood of a goat. Far harder are these souls, which will not be softened and will not be turned from evil by the power of our Lord’s Blood. Truly they are harder than rock, however hard it may be; for at the voice of Jesus on the Cross and the shedding of His Blood, the earth trembled and the rocks were rent. But these souls neither listen to the voice of the preacher when he speaks of the terrors of God, nor will they be softened and turned from sin by the justifying Blood of Him who died for them.
c. The prophet denounces woe on those who build their houses in injustice and paint them with vermilion, that is, with the redness of the Precious Blood. He who builds up a house with wicked gains, or adorns it superfluously with the Blood of Christ, that is, with goods of the Church which have been bought with our Lord’s Blood, sins mortally. But far more fearful is his sin who builds up a spiritual house, that is, a bad family unjustly, or adorns it with the Blood of Christ; for then there are bad women, sons, and daughters, as parts of the house. They are as windows by which the devil and his thieves enter; and as beams, which are the devil’s traps. Woe is denounced against these, that is, a heavy rebuke, and threats of the punishment of hell.
(2) The next draught of this Blood is by way of natural concomitance, being received under the species of bread from the very Body of our Saviour. For under the species of bread, when consecrated, there is the Body of Christ by transubstantiation, and with it is His Blood by annexion. So under the species of wine, when consecrated, there is the Blood of Christ by transubstantiation, and with it is His Body by annexion. Hence as the priest receives the Blood of Jesus sacramentally from the chalice, so the faithful receive it concomitantly from His very Body, when they receive the Sacred Host. Our Lord says that where the body is there will the eagles be gathered; and Job, speaking of the young of the eagle, says that they suck up blood, and that where the body is there shall she be immediately. The young of the eagle are the faithful who obey the Church. They drink the Blood of Jesus, not from the chalice, but from His very Body itself. This draught delights the faithful soul with its own sweetness. (It is the same to that soul in every way as if it were drunk from the chalice. The only difference is in the manner of giving; and this, as we have seen, is done, for one reason out of others, to guard the true doctrine of transubstantiation.) Unspeakably sweet is this Blood of Jesus. It is like honey from the rock. We have already seen how we drink in the Holy Ghost from the Body of our Lord; and in like manner from His Body we drink His Blood. The incorruptible Body of Jesus is the rock. The honey signifies the sweetness of His Blood. This the faithful drink from His Body. From those fountains of salvation, His Five Wounds, they drink it with joy. The deliciousness of this drink does three things in the soul; it gives the soul: 1, a contempt for all vices; 2, graciousness of words; 3, a longing for God.
1. If your souls are steeped in the sweetness of the Blood of the Spouse they will utterly despise and loathe every attractiveness of the pleasures of sin. The fig-tree in the parable said, Can I leave my sweetness and be set over the other trees? This tree represents the loving soul, which tastes the goodness of God. That soul says, ‘I utterly despise all the glory of the world and all the delights of the world for the beauty and the sweetness of my God.’
2. When Jesus says that the lips of His spouse are as a dropping honeycomb He means that she abounds in profitable and pleasant words, because her heart is full of the sweetness of the Spirit. For He tells us in another place that a good man from the good treasure of his heart brings forth good words, the mouth speaking out of the abundance of the heart. A bowl filled with gall gives forth bitterness, whereas if it be filled with honey it gives forth sweetness.
3. St. Gregory says, ‘In bodily things appetite gives delight, and when we enjoy them their pleasure palls. But the more that the goodness of the Spirit is drunk the more we thirst for it. Drop by drop from a full fountain that sweetness flows gently into the clean of heart, and they taste what it is; so that the more they drink of its fulness the more they desire it.’ The comparison that comes to the mind of David, when he wishes to set forth the longing of his soul for God, is a hart panting for the brooks of water. (The more that we know what God is in His ‘uncreated beauty, ever ancient and ever new;’ the more that we understand what creatures are at their best, and still more what they are at their worst; and the more that we see ourselves in the light of the Spirit, the greater will be our thirst for God, and our longing for Him who inhabiteth eternity and yet dwelleth in a contrite soul.)
(3) The third draught of the Blood of Jesus is spiritual. In this way it is drunk by all the saved in devout meditation on the Passion. As the ancient fathers drank water from the clefts of the rock, and believed that in those streams was typified the Blood of the Passion, and tasted it by spiritual faith; so by devout meditation good Christians ever drink the Blood of their Saviour from His holy Wounds. This draught waters the whole soul as if it were a garden of God; and fills it with the fulness of all good fruits. God waters His garden of plants; and faithful souls, watered with the Blood of Christ, are fruitful in good works. The fruit of these works is threefold: 1, upright lives; 2, great devotion; 3, joyful godliness. By the first a man gladdens himself; by the second he gladdens God; by the third he gladdens his neighbour.
1. We are children of the light; and St. Paul tells us that the fruits of the light are justice, truth, and all goodness. We have not even to speak of the things which the children of darkness do in secret. By a good life a man gladdens himself, planting his trees and eating of their fruits. Again, St. Paul tells us what joy it is to us that we dwell here in the simplicity and sincerity of God.
2. In the garden sealed the plants are a Paradise of pomegranates. These plants are fruits of devotion. Hence follow aromatical spices, signifying by their fragrance and virtue that devotion of the faithful which is pleasing to God. This devotion consists of holy desire, many kinds of virtues, mourning, and prayers. With these fruits the faithful soul gladdens God, and the Beloved comes into His garden and eats of the fruits of His apple-trees. Papias says, ‘Incense is a fragrant mixture for burning in the worship of God.’ This is the incense which God commanded Moses to make. St. Gregory says, ‘We make incense of aromatical spices when on the Altar of the heart we burn a great number of virtues.’ Our Lord’s delight is to be with us; because He rejoices to rest in our devotion and in our love.
3. By the fruit of godliness our neighbour is refreshed. The olive gives oil for light, for healing, and for refreshment. Thus it signifies those works of brotherly love which we do for our neighbour. When the Samaritan saw the wounded traveller, stripped of all he had, and half dead, being moved with pity, he drew near to him and bound up his wounds. Seeing his need, he gave him all the help that he could, pouring in oil and wine, as food and drink, and so took care of him. Godliness has not only promise of this life, but also of the life to come. To that life of ceaseless blessedness may He bring us who is blessed for ever and ever.
The Voice of the Holy Ghost
About the threefold draught; My Blood is drink indeed. St. John 6:56.
Thou hast visited the earth and hast plentifully watered it; Thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water: … fill up plentifully the streams thereof; multiply its fruits; it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers. Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of Thy goodness; and Thy fields shall be filled with plenty. The beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat; and the hills shall be girded about with joy. Ps. 64:10–13.
(1) The sacramental draught of our Lord’s Blood; Taking the chalice He gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for this is My Blood of the new testament. St. Matt. 26:27, 28.
1. It cleanses; How much more shall the Blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered Himself unspotted to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Heb. 9:14.
He shall wash His robe in wine and His garment in the blood of the grape. Gen. 49:11.
2. It heals; Their heart shall rejoice as through wine; and their children shall see and shall rejoice; and their heart shall be joyful in the Lord. Zach. 10:7.
My chalice which inebriateth, how goodly it is. Ps. 22:5.
3. It appeases God; You have come … to Jesus the Mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of Blood which speaketh better than that of Abel. Heb. 12:22, 24.
Who is He that shall condemn? Christ Jesus that died; yea, that is risen again, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Rom. 8:34.
For that He continueth for ever He hath an everlasting priesthood, whereby He is also able to save for ever them that come to God by Him, always living to make intercession for us. Heb. 7:25.
N. Three great sins; a. Unclean hearts; I would not that you should be made partakers with devils. You cannot drink the chalice of the Lord and the chalice of devils. You cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord and of the table of devils. 1 Cor. 10:20, 21.
Their vines are of the vineyard of Sodom and of the outskirts of Gomorrha; their grapes are grapes of gall, and their clusters are most bitter. Their wine is the gall of dragons and the venom of asps, which cannot be cured. Deut. 32:32, 33.
Now therefore cursed shalt thou be on the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand. Gen. 4:11.
A man making void the law of Moses dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses: how much more do you think he deserveth worse punishments who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the Blood of the testament unclean by which he was sanctified, and hath offered an affront to the Spirit of grace? Heb. 10:28, 29.
b. Hardened hearts; O Lord, Thine eyes are upon truth: Thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: Thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and have refused to return. Jerem. 5:3.
c. Wicked stewards; Woe to him that buildeth up his house by injustice, and his chambers not in judgment; that will oppress his friend without cause, and will not pay him his wages: who saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers; who openeth to himself windows and maketh roofs of cedar, and painteth them with vermilion. Jerem. 22:13, 14.
(2) Receiving the Blood of Jesus with His Body; She (the eagle) abideth among the rocks.… From thence she looketh for the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones shall suck up blood, and wheresoever the body shall be she is immediately there. Job 39:28–30.
They answering say to Him, Where, Lord? And He said to them, Wheresoever the body shall be, thither also will the eagles be gathered together. St. Luke 17:36, 37.
A cluster of cyprus my Love is to me. Cantic. 1:13.
He filled them with honey out of the rock. Ps. 80:17.
1. Contempt of sins; A soul that is full shall tread on the honeycomb. Prov. 27:7.
The trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou and reign over us. And it answered them, Can I leave my sweetness and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees? Judges 9:10, 11.
2. The grace of good words; Thy lips, My spouse, are as a dropping honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue. Cantic. 4:11.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things. St. Matt. 12:34, 35.
3. Longing for God; They that eat Me shall yet hunger; and they that drink Me shall yet thirst. Ecclus. 24:29.
It shall spring up and rejoice in its showers. Ps. 64:11.
As the hart panteth after the fountains of water, so my soul longeth after Thee, O God. My soul is athirst for the strong living God: when shall I come and appear before the face of God? Ps. 41:2, 3.
(3) The spiritual draught of the Blood of Jesus; I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers … all drank the same spiritual drink: and they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. 1 Cor. 10:1, 4.
I will water My garden of plants; and I will water abundantly the fruits of My meadow. Ecclus. 24:42.
We also … cease not to pray for you … that you may walk worthy of God in all things pleasing, being fruitful in every good work. Col. 1:9, 10.
In that day there shall be singing to the vineyard of pure wine. I am the Lord that keep it; I will suddenly give it drink; lest any hurt come to it, I keep it night and day. Is. 27:2, 3.
1. Good lives; As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour, and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches. I am the mother of fair love and of fear and of knowledge and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, and in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits. Ecclus. 24:23–26.
The fruit of the light is in all justice and goodness and truth; proving what is well pleasing to God: and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them; for the things that are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light, for all that maketh manifest is light. Wherefore He says, Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall enlighten thee. See, brethren, how you walk watchfully; not as unwise, but as wise; redeeming the time because the days are evil. Wherefore become not unwise, but understanding what is the will of God. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury, but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father. Eph. 5:9–20.
By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and every evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be cut down and shall be cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them. St. Matt. 7:16–20.
He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof. Prov. 27:18.
Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings. Is. 3:10.
A secure mind is like a continual feast. Prov. 15:15.
Our glory is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world. 2 Cor. 1:12.
2. Holy devotion; He struck the rock in the wilderness, and gave them to drink as out of the great deep.… They ate and were satisfied exceedingly; and He gave them their desire. Ps. 77:15, 29.
The smell of thy garments is as the smell of frankincense.… My sister, My Spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed and a fountain sealed. Thy plants are a Paradise of pomegranates with the fruits of the orchard: cyprus with spikenard; spikenard and saffron; sweet cane and cinnamon, with all the trees of Libanus; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief perfumes: the fountain of gardens, the well of living waters which run with a strong stream from Libanus. Arise, O north wind, and come, O south wind; blow through My garden, and let the aromatical spices thereof flow forth. Cantic. 4:11–16.
Let my Beloved come into His garden and eat the fruit of His apple-trees. I am come into My garden, O my sister, My Spouse; I have gathered My myrrh, with My aromatical spices. I have eaten the honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with My milk; eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, O dearly beloved.
I sleep, but my heart is watching; it is the voice of my Beloved knocking: Open to Me, My sister, My love, My dove, My undefiled; for My head is full of dew and My locks of the drops of the nights.… I adjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my Beloved, that you tell Him that I languish with love. Cantic. 5:1, 2, 8.
I will take hold of Thee and bring Thee into my mother’s house: there Thou shalt teach me, and I will give Thee a cup of spiced wine, and new wine of my pomegranates.… Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights, leaning on her Beloved?.… Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the friends hearken; make me hear Thy voice. Cantic. 8:2, 5, 13.
The Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee spices, stacte and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour and the clearest frankincense. All shall be of one weight. And thou shalt make incense compounded by the work of the perfumer, well mixed together, and pure, and most worthy of sanctification. And when thou hast beaten all into very small powder, thou shalt set of it before the tabernacle of the testimony, in the place where I will appear to thee. Most holy shall this incense be to you. You shall not make such a composition for your own uses, because it is holy to the Lord. Ex. 30:34–37.
My delights were to be with the children of men. Now, therefore, ye children, hear Me: Blessed are they that keep My ways. Prov. 8:31, 32.
3. Love of our neighbour; I, as a fruitful olive-tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever. Ps. 51:10.
There is a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the just. Prov. 21:20.
Exercise thyself unto godliness; for bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. 1 St. Tim. 4:7, 8.
Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who also stripped him, and having wounded him went away, leaving him half dead. And it chanced that a certain priest went down the same way; and seeing him passed by. In like manner also a Levite, when he was near the place and saw him, passed by. But a certain Samaritan, being on his journey, came near him; and seeing him was moved with compassion. And going up to him bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and setting him on his own beast brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two pence and gave to the host, and said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt spend over and above, I at my return will repay thee. Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell among the robbers? But he said, He that showed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, Go, and do thou in like manner. St. Luke 10:30–37.
Prayer
O my Beloved, I come into Thy garden to eat of the fruit of Thy apple-trees. Even the leaves are for my healing. Thou, my Jesus, art the fruit of life, bringing to my soul the deliciousness of the Spirit. Jesus, be to me all in all: and let the world with all that is in it be to me nothing. O my Beloved, I come into my mother’s house to drink the new wine of Thy Father and the water ever flowing from the rock. Thy Body and Blood, O Incarnate Word, are the food for which I long with all the longing of my soul. Let me dwell here, under Thy shadow, O Thou whom my soul loveth, that Thy fruit may be very sweet to my taste. I taste Thy sweetness and know what Thou art, by the Holy Spirit whom Thou hast given me. Thou ever lovest Thy Eternal Spirit with an infinite love, for He is God as Thou art God: and He ever proceeds from Thy Father and from Thee, as an uncreated Bond of love. Thou ever lovest that Blessed Spirit, the sanctifier, with all the love of Thy Soul; for no soul, my Jesus, has been sanctified and filled by Him as Thy Soul has been sanctified, and as it is filled now with His light and love. The love of God is shed abroad in Thy Heart by the Holy Ghost who is given to Thee. Thou didst send Him to us and give Him to us. The Father sent Him to us in Thy name. In Thy Soul, Incarnate Word, more than in all souls, He pours forth the love of God with an overflowing stream. That love is like the deeps of the great sea. Thou art God over all, blessed for evermore, dwelling in the inaccessible light, the Only-begotten Son of the Father; and Thou art man, the Son of Mary, made of the dust as we are made of the dust. Thou art our Elder Brother and our God. As we are of flesh and blood, Thou in Thy love didst assume our nature to a personal union with Thyself. O Jesus, Word of God, only Son of the Father, second Person of the adorable Trinity, Thou wast made flesh and dwelt among us. Thou dwellest with us now in this sweetness of the corn and wine of Heaven. Thou art ever in the Tabernacle with Thy Body and Blood and Soul and Godhead. O my Brother, Thou didst die for me. For me Thou didst give Thyself in uttermost anguish on the Cross. Now Thou livest for me in the gladness of Thy Heart, in this mystery of the harvest and vintage of grace. Thou art coming to me in Holy Communion. Give me some little drops from the sea of the love of God, which is ever in Thy Soul. It is unfathomable and boundless. It is now flowing round His footstool with ceaseless tide, ever bathing His feet with ripples of sweetness, ever lying unruffled in His light. Give me, crowned Jesus, all the love and light and sweetness of grace that I can hold in my soul. Now in my hunger I come to Thee at Thy Table for Thy Holy Body; and in my thirst I come to Thee, the spiritual Rock, for Thy Precious Blood.
Thanksgiving
O Holy Ghost, Lord of life, Giver of life, Love of the Father and the Son, Thou ever spreadest a table for me in the desert. Thou ever leadest me to Him who is the Master of the house in which the heavenly banquet is always spread. Thou dost lead me to the abundance of wheat; and He is the Lord of the harvest. Thou dost lead me to the abundance of wine; and He is the Gleaner of the vintage. Thy light is ever falling on the vineyards of the Blood of Jesus, and on the cornfields of His Heart. In the white glory of His Godhead and in the ruddiness of His Passion He comes to me in the Sacred Host. Then I feed on Him, the Bread of God. Then I drink His Blood, the Blood of the Victim of eternity, the Lamb for ever slain. I call to mind, O Spirit of truth, the words that Thou hast spoken about Him. I feel the preciousness of those words and the greatness of their comfort. Now indeed I have a Tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge and a covert from the whirlwind and rain. Now a Man is to me a hiding-place from the storm and a covert from the tempest. The Man Christ Jesus is to me rivers of water in a dry place, and the shadow of a great rock in a desert land. I eat the Bread of Life with thankfulness of heart; and I drink of the brook in the way and lift up my head. For this I bless Thee and praise Thee, as I bless and praise Jesus and His Father. I thank Thee, Eternal Spirit, whose servant I am, for all Thy gifts, and I implore Thee, O Spirit of kindness, to fill me with the spirit of thankfulness and adoration and praise. It seems to me sometimes in the shadow of the Tabernacle as if even here in Kedar there were no more death nor sorrow nor crying nor any more pain: as if even here, amid all weakness and darkness, Thy strength and light were revealed and seen; and as if even in this old world of sin all things were made new. For here the Lamb in the midst of the throne feeds me. Here my loving Jesus, signed with wounds and wearing His many crowns, leads me to the fountains of living water. Here God with His own Fatherly hands wipes away tears from my eyes. O Blessed Spirit, O gracious Comforter, O Paraclete of God, give me day by day a deeper spirit of adoration, and a brighter spirit of love when I receive Jesus at the Altar. By Thee I will ever fly to His Wounds. By Thee I will be ever bathed in His Blood. By Thee I will be ever hidden in His Heart. O Heart of Jesus; O Pearl of great price. O Spirit of the Father and the Son, fill my heart with gladness for all that I have. By Thee I will sing joyfully to God all the days of my life. By Thee I will serve Him with gladness. By Thee I will always come into the presence of Jesus in the Tabernacle, and rejoice before Him with exceedingly great joy. By Thee I will go through the doors of His house with praise; and enter His courts with a hymn of melody in my heart. By Thee I will give glory to Him in the Tabernacle, and praise His name as He dwells on the Altar. His truth is the changeless word of God: and He, the Lord of all, is very sweet, and His mercy endureth for ever, yea, for ever and ever.
Glory be to Jesus in the Sacrament of His Heart.
Glory be to Jesus in the Sacrament of His Blood.
Glory be to Jesus in the Sacrament of His Five Wounds.
Glory be to the Holy Ghost, who overshadowed the Mother of God.
Glory be to the Holy Ghost, by whom the Word was made flesh.
Glory be to the Holy Ghost, by whom Jesus offered Himself without spot to God.
Glory be to the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete, whom the Word Incarnate sent.
Glory be to the Holy Ghost, whom the Father sent in the name of Jesus.
Glory be to the Holy Ghost, who loved us and came to us at Pentecost.
Glory be to the Holy Ghost, by whom we say, ‘Jesus.’
Glory be to the Eternal Father, who loved us and gave us His Son and His Spirit.
Glory be to the Eternal Father, who comes to us and dwells in us.
Glory be to the Eternal Father, to whom we have access, by Jesus, in One Spirit.