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 for the  many  blessings  He  has  heaped  upon  me! O my dearest  Lord,  I am  covered  with  confusion. Why am  I so  cold  and  indifferent? It grieves  me to  think  of  this,  my  ingratitude; but  it  is  too  true. O Heart of  my  Jesus,  have  mercy  on  me. I will receive all  injuries  as  my  due,  and  from  this  time forward, I desire  to  suffer  all  things  for  thee,  and in union  with  thee. Why am  I not  all  on  fire  with thy love? O Heart of  my  Jesus,  teach  me  to profit  by  this  great  privilege  that  I enjoy  in  having thy holy  Heart  always  present  on  our  altars. This is the  seat  of  thy  mercy,  where  thou  receivest  thy poor children,  to  comfort  them  in  this  vale  of misery. Here thou  desirest  to  receive  their  homage. O Heart of  my  Jesus,  give  me  grace  to  love  thee with a pure  love. I desire to  serve  thee  faithfully from henceforward; to  pay  thee  all  the  homage  and gratitude I am  able.

OST loving  and  most  beloved  Jesus,  I pray  and beseech thee  by  thy  own  heart,  crown  thou thy gifts  so  sweetly  bestowed  upon  me: grant  that, united with  thee  by  the  bond  of  love,  I may  never be separated  from  thee: give  me  this  perfect  gift, that I may  love  thee  perseveringly,  with  the  purity of the  virgins,  with  the  fidelity  of  the  confessors, with the  fervour  of  the  martyrs,  with  the  zeal  of  the apostles, with  the  love  of  my  angel  guardian,  that I may thus  atone  for  the  insults  offered  to  thy Sacred Heart,  and  may  live  of  love  for  thee,  until  I be  admitted  into  the  eternal  Kingdom  of  thy  love Amen.