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 mirror, what I am to correct in myself, and what I am to practice. Thou hast been like me, subject to suffering, encompassed with infirmities, assaulted with temptations: but being rooted and founded in charity, thou hast spurned the rage and persecutions of the world, despised its allurements, and triumphed over its malignity. Obtain by thy prayers, that I may be endued with thy spirit, and become a follower of thee, as thou hast been of Christ. Draw me, that I may run after thee in the odor of thy ointments; that is, of thy virtues. On the day in which I was buried together with Christ by baptism unto death, thou wast given me for a witness and a guardian of my engagements. I beseech thee, therefore, that thou assist me in thy prayers for me to God, that I may hold fast the confession of my hope without wavering, and that laboring to make sure by good works my vocation and election, I may pursue towards the mark for the prize of the celestial vocation of God, in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Most holy Trinity ! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God in three persons ! I present myself before Thy sovereign Majesty, to pay