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Y God! I am truly nothing, and I can do nothing. I do not know even what to say to thee; but listen to the heart of thy Divine Son; I offer to thee all that he said in his fervent prayers.

n addition to the Aspirations, which each day's Meditation will afford, the following may be used on various occasions.

O my God! I believe in thee, do thou strengthen my faith.

O Lord, increase my faith.

My Lord and my God!

I believe; - Lord, help my unbelief.

I adore thee, O Holy Trinity! and most humbly give thee thanks for having revealed to us this glorious, incomprehensible mystery.

Glory be to the adorable Persons of the Blessed Trinity, as great, now and for ever, as it was from the beginning.

Most adorable Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, one essence in three persons, I most humbly adore thee.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, &c.

I hope in thee, my sweet Jesus, because thou art a God full of goodness and mercy.

In thee, my Saviour, do I hope, let me never be confounded.

I will never despair, but I will trust with loving confidence in him who was wounded for my iniquities, and bruised for my sins.

Trusting in thy infinite mercy and goodness, my God! I hope to follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.

My God! all my hopes are in thee, do thou secure them.

My God! grant that I may love thee with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength, in time and in eternity.