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MY God! I love  Thee  above  all  things,  with  my whole  heart  and  soul,  because  Thou  art  infinitely amiable, and  deserving  of  all  love. I love,  also,  my neighbor  as  myself,  for  the  love  of  Thee. I forgive  all who have  injured  me,  and  ask  pardon  of  all  whom  I have  injured.

THANK Thee,  O  my  God,  for  all  Thy  benefits. How can I  thank  Thee  worthily  for  Thy  inestimable graces? Thou hast  thought  of  me  and  loved  me  from all eternity;  Thou  hast  formed  me  out  of  nothing;  Thou hast delivered  up  Thy  beloved  Son  to  the  ignominious death of  the  cross  for  my  redemption;  Thou  hast  made me a  member  of  Thy  holy  Church;  Thou  hast  even called me  to  the  religious  life;  Thou  hast  preserved me from  falling  into  the  abyss  of  eternal  misery,  when my sins  had  provoked  Thee  to  punish  me;  Thou  hast graciously continued  to  spare  me,  even  though  I  have not ceased  to  offend  Thee. What return,  O  my  God, can I  make  for  Thy  innumerable  blessings  and  particularly for  the  favors  of  this  day? O all  ye  saints  and angels, unite  with  me  in  praising  the  God  of  mercies, Who is  so  bountiful  to  so  unworthy  a  creature.

MY God,  sovereign  Judge  of  men,  Who  desirest  not the death  of  a  sinner,  but  that  he  should  be  converted and  saved,  enlighten  my  mind,  that  I  may  know the sins  which  I  have  this  day  committed  in  thought, word, and  deed,  and  give  me  the  grace  of  true  contrition.