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 defects that consummate perfection wherewith thy Divinity caused thy Humanity to shine with such transcendent glory. Amen.

Most gentle Jesus, with the deepest love of my heart I kiss the loving wound of thy most sacred Side; beseeching thee that after having bestowed on thy holy Bride the Church sufficing expiation of all its sins, and perfect satisfaction for all its negligences and omissions, thou wouldst, according to the multitude of thy divine compassions, impart to it for the increase of its everlasting bliss the merits of all thy most holy life and conversation, wherein thou dost now shine forth with such effulgence in the presence of God the Father. Amen.

St. Gertrude was accustomed to say, under the guidance of the Holy Ghost, five Our Father's in honour of the Five Wounds of our Lord, and in satisfaction for all the sins of the Jive senses committed by the whole race of men. She added also three Our Father's in satisfaction for all the sins of the three principal faculties of the soul committed by all mankind, as well as in supply of all their omissions and defects. 

SWEETEST Jesus, I offer thee