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 bind and  unite  me  entirely  to  thy  heart. I resolve this day,  with  the  assistance  of  thy  grace,  to  do  all in my  power  to  please  thee,  and  for  thy  sake  to trample  under  foot  all  human  respect,  every  inclination or  repugnance,  all  pleasures  and  comforts, which may  be  in  any  way  hindrances  to  the  perfect accomplishment of  thy  will. Grant, O Lord,  that  I may  keep  this  resolution,  so  that  henceforth  all  my actions,  and  all  my  feelings  and  affections,  may  be  in all  things  conformable  to  thy  will. O love of  God, banish from  my  heart  all  other  love! O Mary, my hope,  thou  art  all-powerful  with  God; obtain  for  me the  grace  to  be  until  death  the  faithful  servant  of Jesus  and  of  his  pure  love. Amen! Amen! Behold my hope  and  my  desire,  for  time  and  for  eternity.

Short prayer  to  remember  and  repeat. — “ Who  shall separate me  from  the  charity  of  Christ?”

HOW beautiful a sight  it  was  to  behold  our  dear Redeemer that  day  when,  “weary  with  his journey,” but  full  of  sweetness  and  love,  he  was  seated by the  fountain,  waiting  for  the  Samaritan  woman,  to convert  and  save  her! “Jesus therefore  sat  thus  on  the well.” {John  iv. 6.) Does  it  not  seem  that  the same  thing  is  repeated  every  day,  when,  descending from  heaven  upon  our  altars,  he  remains  there  as  if by  the  side  of  so  many  fountains  of  grace,  waiting for  souls,  and  inviting  them  to  keep  him  company for  a little  while  at  least,  that  he  may  draw  them  in this  way  to  his  perfect  love? From  each  altar  where Jesus  dwells  in  the  Blessed  Sacrament  he  seems  to