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(RENEWAL OF THE VOW OF CHASTITY)
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HAIL JESUS, MARY AND ST ALOYSIUS

16 July 1830.

My most loveable Spouse Jesus, my whole being is
alive with sentiments of gratitude towards you, for honouring
me so highly to the point of choosing me as your Bride, most
unworthy though I am. I offer you my heart overflowing with
sweet sentiments of thankfulness and love. I wish I knew how
to love you and thank you as much as you deserve for a grace
so special and so exceptional. I count myself supremely

blessed and happy at having such a great privilege and I
would not change it for the greatest wealth of this world.
The only sorrow I have is that up to now I have not responded
well to my Vocation as a Bride of yours; but though I have not
done it in the past, by your grace I will do it, yes, I will do it in
future. You, my Spouse, are the Man of Sorrows, your life is a
constant lesson in suffering; the Cross which even before your
birth lay great and heavy on you, must also be embraced by
me.

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