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 Thee for  it,  and  I  should  wish  to  offer  Thee  in thanksgiving  all  that  love  which  is  Thy  due  for  conferring on  us  such  an  inestimable  benefit. By His merits our  sins  are  pardoned,  Thy  justice  having been satisfied  for  the  punishment  we  had  deserved; by these  merits  Thou  dost  receive  us  miserable  sinners into  Thy  grace,  while  we  deserve  nothing  but hatred and  chastisement:  Thou  dost,  by  these  merits, receive  men  to  reign  in  paradise. Finally, Thou hast bound  Thyself,  in  consideration  of  these  same merits, to  grant  all  gifts  and  graces  to  those  who  ask for them  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ. I thank  Thee also, O  Infinite  Goodness,  that,  in  order  to  strengthen our confidence,  besides  giving  us  Jesus  Christ  as  Our Redeemer, Thou  hast  also  given  us  Thy  beloved daughter Mary  as  our  advocate;  so  that,  with  that heart full  of  mercy  which  Thou  hast  given  her,  she may never  cease,  by  her  intercession,  succoring  any sinner who  may  have  recourse  to  her;  and  this  intercession is  so  powerful  with  Thee  that  Thou  canst not deny  her  any  grace  which  she  asks  of  Thee.

Hence it  is  Thy  will  that  we  should  have  a  great confidence in  the  merits  of  Jesus,  and  in  the  intercession of  Mary. But this  confidence  is  Thy  gift, and it  is  a  great  gift  which  Thou  dost  grant  to  those only who  ask  Thee  for  it. This confidence,  then,  in the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  in  the  patronage  of Mary,  I  beg  of  Thee,  through  the  merits  of  Jesus  and Mary.

To Thee,  also,  my  dear  Redeemer,  do  I  turn;  it was  to  obtain  for  me  this  confidence  in  Thy  merits that Thou  didst  sacrifice  Thy  life  on  the  cross  for me, who  was  only  worthy  of  punishment. Accomplish, then, the  end  for  which  Thou  didst  die;  enable me to  hope  for  all  things,  through  confidence  in  Thy Passion.