O Sacrament Most Holy--O Sacrament Divine

O Divine Jesus, lonely tonight in so many Tabernacles,

without visitor or worshipper, I offer Thee my poor heart.

May its every beat be an act of love for Thee.

Thou art always watching beneath the Sacramental Veils.

In Thy Love Thou dost never sleep and

Thou art never weary of Thy vigil for sinners.

O lonely Jesus, may the flame of my heart burn

and beam always in company with Thee.

O Sacrament most Holy. O Sacrament Divine.

All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine.

Amen.
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I like this prayer a lot--it is as bleak as the Flint Hills in Kansas. But it is worth mentioning that today, this afternoon, and tonight, there are a great many people who are making the effort to adore the Blessed Sacrament as part of their parish's perpetual adoration--or adoration on some smaller scale. My house has an hour each week as part of our parish's perpetual adoration. I hope yours does too, wherever your parish might be.

Every time I leave adoration, I think to myself: Someday, Lord, we will meet face to face, as You meet all people at their judgment. And whatever You might have to tell me then, You will not call me a stranger, a word I would not want to hear from Your mouth. I will not be a stranger, since I have come weekly here to meet You.