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 this prayer in union with that most perfect intention wherewith thou didst sanctify it in thy sacred Heart, and give it forth to us for our salvation; in satisfaction for all our sins committed, and for all the negligences and the defects arising from human frailty, ignorance, or ill-will, against thy irresistible omnipotence, thy unsearchable wisdom, and thy superabounding gratuitous goodness. Amen.

When she had made this offering our gracious Lord,as though propitiated by the ineffable complacency with which he looked on her, stretched forth his Hand, and gave her his loving benediction, signing her with the sign of the cross from the crown of her head to her feet. Let us strive, by imitating the saint, to gain a like blessing.

On another occasion, our Lord said to her: Recite thirty-three, and thus buy of me my holy conversation and life while for thirty three years I was working salvation in the midst of the earth. And I communicate this fruit of my work to my whole Church for its salvation and my glory. And when she had done this she saw in her spirit the whole Church adorned as a bride with all the fruit of the most holy life and conversation of Christ.

You may gather how pleasing it is to Christ to pray for his Church, from these following words which he said to St. Mechtilde: If any one, of pure love to God, prays for another person as though he were praying for himself, his prayer shall enlighten the heavenly Jerusalem like the morning sun