THE BOOK
OF
PERPETUAL ADORATION
THE BOOK
OF
PERPETUAL ADORATION;
OR
THE LOVE OF JESUS
IN
THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT.
BY
H. M. BOUDON,
DOCTOR IN THEOLOGY, AND ARCHDEACON OF EVREUX.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
EDITED BY THE
REV. J. REDMAN, D.D.
LONDON:
R. WASHBOURNE, 18, PATERNOSTER ROW
1873.
CONTENTS.
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| PREFACE…………………………………………………………….. | vii |
| DEDICATION OF THE BOOK TO THE BLESSED | |
| VIRGIN………………..………………..………………………. | xi |
| GENERAL CONVOCATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL | |
| TO THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE BLES- | |
| SED SACRAMENT………………..………………..…………. | xiii |
| FIRST TREATISE. | |
| MOTIVES OF THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE MOST | |
| HOLY SACRAMENT. | |
| 1. Jesus is in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar…………….. | 1 |
| 2. Jesus is in the Most Holy Sacrament in all His | |
| greatness………………..………………..……………………… | 4 |
| 3. Jesus is in the Most Holy Sacrament for ever………………….. | 5 |
| 4. Jesus is unceasingly in the Most Holy Sacrament……………. | 8 |
| 5. Jesus is in the Most Holy Sacrament in all countries………… | 10 |
| 6. Jesus is in the Most Holy Sacrament for every one…………... | 13 |
| 7. Jesus is very humble in the Most Holy Sacrament……………. | 15 |
| 8. Jesus is very poor in the Most Holy Sacrament……………….. | 19 |
| 9. Jesus is very obedient in the Most Holy Sacrament………….. | 21 |
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| 10. Jesus leaves all in the Most Holy Sacrament………………….. | 22 |
| 11. Jesus does all things in the Most Holy Sacrament…………… | 27 |
| 12. Jesus suffers in the Most Holy Sacrament…………………….. | 31 |
| 13. Jesus is an example of perfect mortification in the | |
| Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar………………..…………... | 37 |
| 14. Jesus is the memorial of His painful Passion in | |
| the Most Holy Sacrament………………..…………………….. | 39 |
| 15. Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament is Host and Victim………. | 43 |
| 16. Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament is the delight | |
| of the Most Holy Virgin and the Saints………………………. | 49 |
| 17. Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament is the object of | |
| the love and veneration of Angels……………………………. | 53 |
| 18. Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament is consumed | |
| with love………………..………………..……………………… | 57 |
| SECOND TREATISE. | |
| PRACTICES FOR THE ADORATION AND THE LOVE OF THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. | |
| 1. To set apart a time for the adoration of the Most | |
| Holy Sacrament and to do all that is possible | |
| to establish this devotion everywhere……………………….. | 60 |
| 2. To accompany the Most Holy Sacrament when | |
| it is carried to the sick………………..………………………… | 66 |
| 3. To communicate often, but worthily……………………………. | 69 |
| 4. To communicate spiritually when we cannot com- | |
| municate sacramentally………………..………………………. | 76 |
| 5. To be silent and respectful in the Presence of the | |
| Most Holy Sacrament, and prevent as much | |
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| as lies in one's power, all irreverence in the Church……………………………………………………………. | 79 |
| 6. To have a care for exterior things which concern | |
| the Most Holy Sacrament, such as churches, | |
| ornaments, tabernacles, chalices, ciboriums, | |
| and other things…………………………………………………. | 84 |
| 7. To prepare children with great care for their first |