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Let me be like you in suffering, and so I ask from you the
grace to suffer gladly for your sake, and to overcome all
excessive seeking of my own comfort. May the adornments of
this unworthy bride of yours be Humility, Chastity, Charity,
Poverty, Obedience. My dear Spouse, do with me what
pleases you most. Let this singular grace be the first link in the
chain that will bind me to you through repeated acts of virtue,
of self-denial and pious deeds. I have no fear, since I am
Jesus’ bride. Yes, I am wholly yours. What have I done for
you, Lord, that you should choose me from among so many,
more worthy than myself, and raise me to the sublime rank of
a bride of yours? What shall I give you in return? I beg of you,
keep me steadfast in your noble Heart; grant that I may live
only through you and for you. My God, my joy is so great that I
am here at a loss for words. My silence will make manifest to
you the desire of my heart. O Dominus meus et Deus meus!
(My Lord and my God) Grant me holy perseverance, and that
will make me fully happy. Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! I love you, but
as I love you too little, I want to love you so much! I beg of you,
my supreme Good, grant that I may die to the world and to
myself that I may live for you alone.
O Mary, delight of Virgins, to you I commend my Purity.
Guard it and keep it pure of any stain. Dear St Aloysius, be a
faithful advocate to me; present my offering to Jesus and Mary
with your own prayer that they may be pleased with it,
In te Domine speravi, non confundar in aeternum.
(In you, Lord, I have hoped. Let me never be confounded.)
Hail, Jesus and Mary.
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