ACT OF CONSECRATION AND THE BENEDICTION

As it is, to say the least, very dinicult in most parishes to keep the Blessed Sacrament exposed during the night, the following régulations shall be observeduntil further orders for the Expositon and the déposition each day. On the flrst day the Exposition

shall be made, as directed aboyé. The evening of the first and second day, in every parish, at whatever time most convenient between six and eight o'clock, after singing the Miserere as a réparation for the outrages offered to Our Lord, the priest will recite aloud the A et of Consécration to the Sacred Heart of Jésus, as contained in the Appendix to the Kitual (18Ï4). Immediately afterwards shail follow the Bénédiction of the Blessed Sacrament in the usual manner, and then the Blessed Sacrament will be replaced in the tabernacle.

The morning of the second and third day, the Exposition shall take place not later than six o'clock in summer and seven in winter. The priest exposing the Blessed Sacrament will sing or recite aloud the O Sa/ufaris Hostia.