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 I also  may  be  able  to  say:  "Who  shall  separate  me from  the  love  of  Christ?" (Rom. viii.  35.)  What good shall  there  ever  be  in  the  world  that  shall separate me  from  my  Jesus? And Thou,  my Saviour,  if  Thou  art  all  mine,  know  that  I  am  all Thine. Dispose of  me,  and  of  all  that  belongs  to me,  as  shall  best  please  Thee. And how  can  I  refuse anything to  a  God  Who  has  not  refused  me  His Blood and  His  Life? Mary, my  Mother,  do  Thou guard me  with  thy  protection. I will  no  longer  be my  own. I will  be  all  my  Saviour's.  Do  thou  help me to  be  faithful;  I  trust  in  thee.

From the very  first  moment  of  His  existence  Jesus  beheld  every single fault  of  every  one  of  us,  and  each  sin  afflicted  Him  immeasurably.

Y beloved  Jesus,  I  who  have  offended  Thee am not  worthy  of  Thy  favors,  but  through the merit  of  that  pain  which  Thou  didst suffer, and  which  Thou  didst  offer  up  to  God  at  the sight of  my  sins,  and  to  satisfy  divine  justice  for m them,  give  me  a  share  in  that  light  by  which  Thou didst see  their  malice,  and  in  that  hatred  with  which Thou didst  then  abominate  them. Can it  then  be true,  my  amiable  Saviour,  that  ever  since  Thou  wast an Infant,  and  in  every  moment  of  Thy  life,  I  have been a  murderer  of  Thy  Sacred  Heart,  and  a  murderer more  cruel  than  all  those  who  crucified  Thee? And I  have  renewed  and  increased  this  suffering every time  I  have  repeated  my  offences  against Thee? O Lord! Thou hast  indeed  died  to  save  me; but Thy  death  will  not  save  me,  if  I  do  not  on  my part  detest  every  evil,  and  have  true  sorrow  for  the sins I  have  committed  against  Thee. But even  this sorrow must  be  given  me  by  Thee. Thou givest  it to  him  that  asks  it  of  Thee. I ask  it  of  Thee  through the merits  of  all  the  sufferings  Thou  didst  endure  on