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 TERNAL Father! I offer thee  to-day  all  the virtues, the  acts,  and  the  affections  of  the  Heart of Jesus. Accept them  on  my  behalf; and  through his merits,  which  are  all  mine,  since  he  has  given  them to me,  grant  me  those  graces  which  Jesus  asks  for me. For all  thy  mercies  shown  to  me  I offer  thee my thanks,  in  union  with  those  same  merits. Through them  also  I hope  to  satisfy  for  what  is  still due to  thy  justice  for  my  sins. Through them, finally, I hope  for  every  grace  at  thy  hand,  for  pardon, for  perseverance,  for  paradise,  and  above  all,  for the gift  of  thy  pure  love. I see clearly  that  in  all  I do, I only  put  obstacles  in  the  way  of  this,  but  to this  evil  apply  a remedy  also. I ask it  of  thee  in  the name of  Jesus  Christ,  who  has  promised  us  “that thou wilt  grant  all  we  ask  of  thee  in  his  name  ” (John xiv.),  and  therefore  thou  canst  not  refuse me. Lord! my only  desire  is  to  love  thee,  to  give myself entirely  to  thee,  and  no  longer  to  remain  so ungrateful  as  I have  been  hitherto. Look upon  me, and grant  my  prayer. From this  very  day  may  I be thoroughly  converted  to  thee,  never  to  fall  away from thy  love  again. My God,  I love  thee! Infinite Goodness, I love  thee! I love thee,  for  thou  art indeed my  love,  my  paradise,  my  good,  my  life, my all.

Short prayer  to  remember  and  repeat. — “ My Jesus! my all! it is  thy  will  to  have  me  thine,  and  my  will is to  have  thee  mine.”

HY hidest  thou  thy  face? ” ( Job xiv.)  Job  was filled with  alarm  when  he  saw  that  God  had hid his  face  from  him;  but  if  Jesus  Christ  in  the  Blessed