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 Cost what  it  may,  to Jesus'  Heart

Those "others"  must be  brought.

With all  we  love,  and  life itself,

Oh! what a  joy  to part!

To satisfy  the  burning thirst

Of Jesus'  sacred  Heart.

— Ibid.

The spirit  of  the  Morning Offering  of  the  Apostleship  of  Prayer  is  such  that when in  our  daily  round of duties  —  of  prayers, works, and sufferings - we conduct  ourselves  in accordance  with  it,  we not  only  sanctify  ourselves but  also  become true victims  in  union with Jesus  for  all  the interests that  are  most dear to  His  sacred  Heart and for  which  He  pleads unceasingly upon  our altars. Our blessed  Saviour is  ever  seeking  for souls who  are  willing  to exercise  the  apostleship of suffering — souls  imbued with  the  spirit  of unreserved  oblation — such as is  expressed  in  the sublime "Suscipe"  of  St. Ignatius  Loyola:

"Take, O  Lord,  and  receive all  my  liberty,  my memory,  my  understanding, and  my  whole  will. Thou  hast  given  me  all that  I  am,  and  all  that  I possess.  I  surrender  it  all to  Thee,  that  Thou  mayest  dispose  of  it  according to  Thy  will.  Give me  only  Thy  love  and Thy  grace;  with  these I  will  be  rich  enough,  and will  have  no  more  to desire."

As we  read  in  that beautiful book,  The  Lover of Souls:

"Finding souls  thus  generous to  enter  into  His life  of  sacrifice,  whether on  the  highways  of  the world  or  in  the  enclosed gardens  of  religious  communities, our  divine  Saviour imposes  a  cross  upon them  and  invites  them to  drink  of  the  chalice of  sufferings.  Some  of them  He  ordains  to  suffer for  infidels,  others  for heretics  and  schismatics, others  again  for  sinners in  general,  or  for souls in  purgatory, for the conversion  of  a  certain country,  for  this or that parish,  family,  or  individual.  Finally,  Our  Lord