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 of her glorious Assumption, in which after her death she was united to her dear Son. After this, adoring in spirit Jesus Christ on the altar, and casting himself, as it were, into his most sacred heart, he reposed, saying with the author of the Imitation of Christ: ''In this peace will I rest; in thee, my Jesus! and in thy sacred heart will I repose.''

O most amiable Mother of God! life passes away, and death approaches, when the hour comes, be unto me, I beseech thee, a tender mother, and dispose the heart of thy blessed Son favourably in my regard. Ave Maria.

To thee, O sacred heart of Jesus! to thee I devote and offer up my life, thoughts, words, actions, pains, and sufferings. May the least part of my