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 kiss you;  His  arms  are  extended  to  embrace  you; His Heart  is  open  to  receive  you. O superabundance of  love! Jesus, the  Son  of  God  dies that man  may  live  and  be  delivered  from  everlasting death.

most amiable  Jesus! Who will  grant  me  that I may  die  for  love  of  Thee? I will  at  least endeavor to  die  to  the  world. How must  I  regard the world  and  its  vanities,  when  I  behold  Thee hanging on  the  cross,  covered  with  wounds? O Jesus, receive  me  into  Thy  wounded  Heart;  I belong  entirely  to  Thee;  for  Thee  alone  do  I  desire to  live  and  to  die.

Our Father,  etc. Hail Mary,  etc.

esus did  not  descend  from  the  cross,  but  remained  on  it  till  after  His  death. And when taken down  from  it,  He,  in  death  as  in  life,  rested on the  bosom  of  His  Mother. Persevere in  your resolutions of  reform,  and  do  not  part  from  the cross; he  that  persevereth  to  the  end  shall  be saved. Consider, moreover,  how  pure  the  heart should be  that  receives  the  body  and  blood  of Christ  in  the  adorable  Sacrament  of  the  Altar.