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16 July 1826
FIRST PROCESSION DAY
OF THE HOLY JUBILEE
My dear Jesus, you are infinitely merciful and boundless
in your love; this very day you have granted me an experience
of it by letting me start to take part in the Holy Jubilee. My
Lord, utterly poor as I am, yet all the same still your own Bride,
I want to do my very best to love you with all my strength,
however limited it may be. I will love you by avoiding all sin,
defects and imperfections. I will love you by practising virtue,
especially humility, purity, obedience and by keeping in your
presence. I will love you by doing all I can for the salvation of
my neighbour. In a word, I will love you by shunning all that
displeases you, and by doing what I know will be pleasing to
you.
Most loveable Spouse, through your most sacred merits
and those of my most gentle Mummy Mary, grant to me and to
everyone the grace of fully participating in the fruit of the Holy
Jubilee. I place my trust in you, and find my repose in your
most gentle Heart, as I commend to you everybody, especially
my Confessor, my relatives, sinners, and those particularly
dear to me.
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