factor; but chiefly thou, O immaculate and most pure Virgin! preserved from all spot and blemish, enriched with the fulness of grace, exalted above the nine choirs of angels, and next in dignity to the throne of God, extol, praise, and glorify this munificent dispenser of all good gifts.
May thy name, O most bountiful God! be ever blessed; mayst thou be ever praised, and may thy bounty be ever glorified.
Sweet Jesus! receive these my thanks. May they be acceptable in thy sight from my hands, and those of thy servants of this Association, whom I particularly recommend to thee. Amen.
ACT OF LOVE.
MOST amiable Heart of Jesus, hypostatically united to the Eternal Word! ever present in the Holy Eucharist, receive my homage, and the tribute of love which I here pay, prostrate at the throne of thy charity.
Be thou ever, O sacred Heart! obeyed and loved by all creatures, even as man is always cherished and loved by thee. Thou hast settled thy affections upon him, and with him thou hast ever desired to dwell. O that I could love thee as thou deservest, and as thou art loved by the angels and saints in heaven; at least with a love, if not corresponding to thy favours, equal however in some measure to the greatness of the obligation I lie under. Ye Cherubim and Seraphim! ye thrice happy citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem! and principally thou, O most pure Virgin Mother! supply by thy love whatever is wanting in mine. May thy goodness, O Jesus ! be ever praised, magnified, and exalted: mayst thou ever reign as King, Lord, and Sovereign over all
