for the many blessings He has heaped upon me! O my dearest Lord, I am covered with confusion. Why am I so cold and indifferent? It grieves me to think of this, my ingratitude; but it is too true. O Heart of my Jesus, have mercy on me. I will receive all injuries as my due, and from this time forward, I desire to suffer all things for thee, and in union with thee. Why am I not all on fire with thy love? O Heart of my Jesus, teach me to profit by this great privilege that I enjoy in having thy holy Heart always present on our altars. This is the seat of thy mercy, where thou receivest thy poor children, to comfort them in this vale of misery. Here thou desirest to receive their homage. O Heart of my Jesus, give me grace to love thee with a pure love. I desire to serve thee faithfully from henceforward; to pay thee all the homage and gratitude I am able.
PRAYER.
MOST loving and most beloved Jesus, I pray and beseech thee by thy own heart, crown thou thy gifts so sweetly bestowed upon me: grant that, united with thee by the bond of love, I may never be separated from thee: give me this perfect gift, that I may love thee perseveringly, with the purity of the virgins, with the fidelity of the confessors, with the fervour of the martyrs, with the zeal of the apostles, with the love of my angel guardian, that I may thus atone for the insults offered to thy Sacred Heart, and may live of love for thee, until I be admitted into the eternal Kingdom of thy love Amen.
