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 give me  whatever  thou  pleas est: not  my  will  but thine be  done: it  is  a greater  happiness  to  fulfil  thy will than  to  enjoy  ten  thousand  lives. How happy should I be,  it  the  destruction  of  my  body  could repair the  injuries  I have  offered  to  thy  divine  Majesty! My eyes,  alas! have seen  vanities; my  ears  have  been open to  detractions,  to  profane  and  unprofitable  discourses; my  tongue  has  many  ways  offended  both  in speaking  and  tasting; my  hands  have  contributed  to many  follies; my  feet  have  often  gone  astray  in  the paths of  vanity  and  sin. By this  holy  Unction,  and by the  prayers  of  thy  Church,  pardon  me,  O Jesus, all the  sins  which  I have  committed  by  my  senses. Let those  avenues,  through  which  sin  has  made  its way into  my  soul,  be  now  shut  to  the  world. Let my eyes  be  open  to  thee  alone. Let my  ears  be attentive  to  thy  commandments. Let my  tongue  be solely  employed  in  soliciting  mercy. Let my  prayers ascend like  incense  in  thy  sight. Let my  hands  be lifted  up  to  heaven  for  pardon. Let my  feet  walk  in thy  ways; and  let  my  heart  be  the  living  temple  of the  Holy  Ghost. Into thy  hands,  O dear  Jesus,  1 commend my  spirit. In thee  I will  live,  in  thee  I will die, in  thee  I will  abide,  and  in  thee  I hope  to  possess eternal rest  for  ever  and  ever. Amen.

MY God,  thou  hast  created,  redeemed,  and sanctified me; thou  hast  preserved  me  in  many dangers, both  of  soul  and  body. Thou hast  nourished me with  the  adorable  sacrament  of  thy  body  and blood, and  granted  me  to  receive  the  rites  of  thy Church, preferably  to  so  many  others  who  were carried off  by  a sudden  death  without  having  been favoured with  those  succours  which  thou  hast be-