deem and sanctify me, unite the abyss of thy; merits to the abyss of my misery. I declare before thy throne, and before the whole court of heaven, that I freely choose, to die here upon my knees, rather than to live any longer, to rob thee of due honor, by one mortal sin. My heart was Created for thee, and I love thee more than myself. Every respiration coming from me, especially the last, when I breathe out my soul, shall be an irrevocable protestation of my pure and sincere love of thy divine Majesty. Sweet Saviour of perishing mankind! who openest thy hand, and fillest every creature with benediction, give me now, such a blessing as thou didst bestow on thy beloved disciples, when ascending in triumph from Mount Olivet, that I may live and die in this happy disposition. Amen.
When this exercise is performed in public, it is terminated by the. benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and after the prayer, Deus qui nobis sub sacramento, the following is added.
O LORD Jesus Christ, who at the sixth hour, to redeem the world, wert nailed to the cross, and didst pour forth thy precious blood for the remission of our sins; we humbly pray, that after our death we may joyfully enter the gates of Paradise. Amen.
THE ADMISSION PRAYER.
JESUS, my God and my Saviour, sacrificed on the altar of the cross for the redemption of mankind, I, N. N., though most unworthy, yet confiding in thy infinite mercy, and moved by-an earnest desire and tender devotion towards . thy adorable sufferings and life-giving death, do dedicate myself as a perpetual offering to thy divine Majesty, in the pious associations of thy painful agony, and of thy blessed Mother grieving under the cross. I most humbly beseech thee, by thy bitter passion, and the dolorous separation of thy divine soul from thy sacred body, that I
