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Adveniat regnum tuum. Reign, reign, my Jesus, over my whole soul, and never suffer it again to rebel against thee. I love thee,

O infinite goodness, and I beseech thee: Net permittas me separari a te. Grant that I may rather die than be ever again deprived of thy friendship. In te Domine, separavi, non confundar in aeternum.

O Mary, O powerful

advocate of those who confide in thy intercession, in thee do I hope for eternal life. I say to thee, with St. Bonaventure, full of joy, In te Domine, speravi, non confundar in

æternum.

THANKSGIVING III.

TUESDAY.

My Jesus, and my God, grant me ever to know the infinite good which thou art in thyself, and the immense love which thou hast shown me, in having been pleased to suffer through the whole course of thy life, and to die for the love of me, and moreover to give thyself so frequently to me in the holy communion. St. John Chrysostom writes, homil. 51: Semetipsum nobis immiscuit, ut unum quid simus; ardenter enim anamtium hoc est. In a word, my Saviour, thou hast debased thyself, through the ardour of thy love for me, so far as to become my food, that I may become one with thee.

'Come, then, come, O God of my soul, and make me entirely thine. Come and expel from within me all earthly affections, that I may love thee alone, think only of thee, speak only of thee, seek and desire only thee. And what shall I love, if I love not thee, who art infinite goodness, and who hast so loved me as to die for me? Ah, my Jesus, how couldst thou, from amongst so many of thy faithful servants, have chosen me to be one of thy Priests? I have so often turned my back upon thee, and dost thou deign every morning to come into my hands. and descend into my breast? Woe to me, if, after so many favours bestowed upon me, I should forfeit thy grace. Lord, I now love thee with my whole soul, and I am grieved from the bottom of my heart for having ever disregarded thee: I will never more offend thee, but love thee with all my powers. Assist me, and do not forsake me. Vulnera tua, merita mea. S. Bern. Thy wounds, thy blood, thy death, and my hope. Grant me holy perseverance; grant that in all temptations I may have recourse to thee; increase thy sacred love within me, and do with me what thou pleasest. Mary, my Queen, obtain for me grace to recommend myself always to thee: he who ever flies to thee is never overcome by the enemy.

THANKSGIVING IV.

WEDNESDAY.

WHAT greater proofs, O Word incarnate, couldst thou give of thy immense love for us miserable and guilty worms! What more remains for thee to devise in order to oblige us to love thee! Woe to him who is devoid of thy love! and woe to me, who hitherto have not only not loved thee, but abused thy patience by the many offences which I have committed against thee! How many times, O God of my soul, have I forfeited thy grace for a wretched gratification, and thus declared that I would not serve thee! O God of my soul, I am sorry for it with my whole heart. I hope for pardon from thee through the merits of thy death, and I hope to persevere in loving thee. For this end, during how many years hast thou given thyself to me! I will no longer resist; and what? shall I wait until thou in justice consignest me to hell? I love thee, O infinite goodness; I love thee, my God, worthy of infinite love; I love thee, and desire ever to repeat in this world and in the next: I love thee, I love thee, I love thee.

In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum; redemisti me, Domine, Deus veritatis. My Jesus, do not forsake me. Thou descendest

from heaven every day to unite me with thyself, and feed me with thine own body. O grant that I may never once again be separated from thee. Jesus, my love and my hope, I now desire nothing but to be thine, and wholly thine, without the least reserve. My Redeemer, enable me to become so. bone Jesu exaudi me. O Mary, my mother, if thou prayest for me, I shall assuredly obtain grace. O Maria, exaudi me.

THANKSGIVING V.

THURSDAY.

An nescitis quoniam non estis vestri? Empti enim estis pretio magno. Thus does the apostle admonish us. And so it is, my Jesus; yet, often forgetful of thee, have I for something worse than nothing, exchanged thy friendship and thy love. All this is true; but it is also true that I am one of those sinners who have been purchased with thy blood. Te ergo quæsumus, tuis famulis subveni, quos pretioso sanguine redemisti. I love thee, my Jesus, above every good, and because I love thee, I am sorry with my whole heart for having offended thee.

Alas! how many years have I lost, during which I might have served thee and become a saint! Instead of which, I have spent them

in displeasing thee, and in ruining my soul. But thy goodness affords me hopes that for the future I shall recompense for the years past, by redoubling the love which I owe thee. My Jesus, thou hast given thyself to me upon the cross and in the most Holy Sacrament. Miserable creature as I am, what shall I give thee? I give thee all my earthly gratifications; I give thee my body, my soul, my liberty, my will. If thou seest that I shall ever again withdraw my will to offend thee, I beseech thee, let me now die, while I am, as I hope, in thy grace. Eternal Father, thou grantest all graces which are asked for in the name of Jesus Christ. the name, then, of Jesus Christ, I beseech thee, grant me holy perseverance, grant me thy holy love. O Mary, thou art the mother of perseverance; thou hearest those who pray to thee; to thee do I fly, and from thee do I hope for this holy perseverance.

In

THANKSGIVING VI.

FRIDAY.

Christus dilexit nos et tradidit semetipsum pro nobis. Ephes. v. 2. Has then Jesus Christ, the Son of God, so loved us as to die in torments upon a cross for us? Who could

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