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 my adorable Saviour! wilt thou deign now to accept it? It is truly humbled and contrite. I will for the future rather forget my right hand and my own heart, than forget thee. I will invite all creatures to unite their thanks with mine and to repair with me our past ingratitudes; and I will not omit to beseech thee, that, through the merits of thy adorable heart, we may, after having loved and served thee in this life, sing eternally thy mercies in heaven. Amen. Consider, thirdly, that the sacred heart of Jesus is the most perfect of all hearts, and the only one which ought to serve as a model to all others; our hearts cannot have any claim to eternal happiness, but in as much as they have conformity and resemblance with the heart of Jesus. O! that we would but seriously reflect on this truth; that we would but consider what a happiness it is for us to have any likeness to Jesus Christ; how humble should we be, how patient, how ready to forgive injuries, and to love our enemies, of which Jesus has given us so great an example! Happy they, who, by a sincere devotion