themselves incur thy displeasure!
Into thy hands I commit myself and all that I have, especially the end for which I live, that thou mayest dispose of me, in time and in eternity, as a thing entirely thy own, as thou pleasest and determinest to be for thy greater glory.
Lastly, I offer thee however and whatever I best can, but chiefly the life, passion, and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, in thanksgiving for all the blessings of body and soul which I have hitherto, or shall hereafter receive from thee; especially the charity with which thou hast loved me from all eternity, and for obtaining the gift of perseverance, that I may be inseparably united to thee.
This very act, in all its parts, with all that they implicitly contain, I wish confirmed whenever I make any of the signs which I have already or may hereafter resolve upon; nay, every time that any creatures are, or can be produced by thee; whenever I draw my breath, and lastly, as often as it can possibly or imaginably be repeated or multiplied, and this purely for love of thee, and for all conceivable ends that are holy and good.
What I have said, O Lord, I wish said, done, accepted, and confirmed, with the utmost permissible fruit, affection, and effect.
The exercise of this act once in the day in its longer form is sufficient, particularly in the morning, and before or after Mass; but it should be very often repeated at the set signals, as this may be effected without difficulty by the mere mental direction to it of a single thought, and also by saying. O Jesus! or, O my God and my all!
A VERY USEFUL PRAYER
For recommending in the morning our actions and all things to God, and uniting them to the merits of Christ.
From the German prayers of F. Peter Canisius, of the Society of Jesus.
With my whole heart I praise thee and thank thee, O Lord my God, for creating me to thy own image when I was nothing, that I might be capable of enjoying the eternal and supreme good, that is, thyself. And when I was a lost child of wrath, under sentence of the eternal curse, thou redeemedst me notwithstanding by the force of thy immeasurable love, by thy most holy life and passion, thy death and precious blood.
Since, then, it is from thy hand alone that I receive all the good that I possess, I cheerfully offer it in return, and also my whole self, to the
