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 of his heart; be thou the God of mine, and the sole master of it for ever."

After having communicated, imagine that the Son of God pours down the torrent of his graces into your soul, to raise it to life; and say within yourself. It is not I that live, it is Jesus Christ who liveth in me. Make an entire sacrifice of yourself to him, as an atonement for having so long and so obstinately refused him your heart; and should you still feel any reluctance in giving it quite up, beseech him, that, by a total change and conversion thereof, he would add one miracle more to the many he has already wrought. At parting, leave your heart as a pledge at the foot of the Cross, unite it to the heart of the God of love, who resides on the altar as on the throne of his mercies, to receive our tribute of adoration, and to distribute his grace.