Resolution: I will strive to be recollected in God today, and frequently excite acts of faith and love.
Spiritual Bouquet: "My Lord and my God!"
Affections: O glorious Apostle, St. Thomas, who hast let so great a number of infidel nations to Christ, we pray thee guide us to the manger of our Emmanuel, Who will manifest Himself to His Church in a few days. In order to appear worthily in His holy presence, we stand in need of heavenly light, and a living faith. Obtain it for us, O holy Apostle, together with that ardent love which thou didst draw from the Heart of the Savior. We, too, wish to be of the number of those who, not seeing, still believe; we long to prostrate ourselves before the new-born Savior, and lovingly to cry out in all humility: "My Lord and my God!" Pray also, O glorious Apostle, for all missionaries, who are thy successors, that the Sun of Justice may anew enlighten the countries moistened and fructified with thy blood. Therefore, we pray today, with the universal Church: "O repent, Brightness of Eternal Light, King of Glory, come and enlighten those that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death."
Translated from the German of a Religious of the Congregation of St. Charles Borromeo, by a Sister of Notre Dame, Cleveland, Ohio.
