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My Jesus, beside Thy Body in the tomb I too would lie dead; and if I live, let me live but to Thee, so that one day I may taste heaven's bliss with Thee, fruit of Thy Passion and Thy bitter death. Amen.

O God, who by the Precious Blood of Thy only begotten Son didst sanctify the standard of the Cross; grant, we beseech Thee, that we who rejoice in the glory of the same Holy Cross, may feel everywhere the gladness of Thy sovereign protection. Through the same Christ our Lord.