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rant me,  most  kind Jesus, Thy  grace, that it  may  abide  with  me, labor with  me,  and  persevere with  me  to  the  end.

Grant me  ever  to  desire and  to  will  that which is  the  more  acceptable to  Thee,  and pleases Thee  more  dearly.

May Thy  will  be  mine, and my  will  ever  follow Thine, and  be  in  closest accord with  it.

May it  be  my  one  care to will  and  to  be  unwilling with  Thee,  and  may I be  unable  to  will  or not  will  anything  but what Thou  wiliest  or wiliest  not.

200 days, once  a  day. — Leo XIII, Feb. 27, 1886.

et nothing  disturb thee,

Nothing affright  thee;

All things  are  passing.

God never  changeth;

Patient endurance

Attaineth to  all  things;

Who God  possesseth,

In nothing  is  wanting;

Alone God  sufficeth.

— (Longfellow's translation.)

When crosses  would  afflict thee.

Oh! let thy  watchword be,

Thy holy  Mother's  lesson, "Let nothing  trouble  thee:"

If  darkness   round  thee gathers,

And fills  thy  soul  with fear,

"Let nothing  e'er  affright thee," 

She whispers  in  thy  ear.

In every  joy  or  sorrow

Which, meets  thee  day by  day,

She bids  thee  to  remember "That  all  things  pass away."