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 displeasure. Grant that  I  may  rather  die  than  offend Thee any  more.

3. Lord,  who  is  like  to  Thee? And what  good  things, O God! can be  comparable  to  Thee,  O  infinite  goodness? But how  could  I  have  turned  my  back  upon  Thee,  to  give myself to  those  vile  things  which  sin  held  out  to  me? O Jesus, Thy  precious  blood  is  my  hope. Thou hast  promised  to  hear  him  who  prays  to  Thee. I ask  Thee  not for the  goods  of  this  world:  I  ask  Thee  for  the  pardon of those  sins  which  I  have  committed  against  Thee,  and for which  I  am  sorry  above  every  other  evil. I ask  Thee for perseverance  in  Thy  grace  until  the  end  of  my  life.

I ask  Thee  for  the  gift  of  Thy  holy  love;  my  soul   is  enamoured  of  Thy  goodness;  hear  me,  O  Lord! Only grant that I  may  love  Thee  both  here  and  hereafter,  and  to  all things else  do  with  me  as  Thou  pleasest. My Lord,  and my only  good,  suffer  me  not  to  be  any  more  separated from Thee! Mary, Mother  of  God,  do  thou  also  listen  to me,  and  obtain  for  me  that  I  may  ever  belong  to  God, and that  God  may  be  my  inheritance  forever.

1. Who  in  this  world  has  so   much  patience  with  his equals  as  God  with  us  his  creatures,  in  bearing  with  us, and waiting  for  our  repentance,  after  the  many  offences we have  committed  against  him?

Ah! my God,  had  I  thus  offended  my  brother  or  my father,  long  ago  would  he  have  driven  me  from  his face! O Father  of  mercies,  cast  me  not  away  from  Thy face, but have  pity  on  me.

2. Thou  hast  mercy,  says  the  wise  man,  upon  all,  because Thou canst  do  all  things,  and  overlookest  the  sins  of  men  for  the