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 to imitate  the  virtues  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Jesus; resolve to  become  more  like  to  Jesus. Offer Him  your heart and  ask  Him  to  make  it  like  to  His  own  most sacred Heart. Resolve to  struggle  valiantly  against your predominant  passion  and  your  evil  inclinations. Be generous  in  your  sacrifices  for  the  love  of  God, and He  will  be  generous  in  His  rewards  —  generous in accordance  with  His  infinite  goodness  and  power.

If you  love  God,  you  will  keep  His  commandments. That is  the  visible  proof  of  charity. Love can  not rest in  words  —  it  must  go  out  into  action. If you love God,  you  will  do  something  for  Him. Love is ingenious  at  finding  ways  in  which  to  show  itself. It manifests  itself  in  acts  of  praise,  in  acts  of  self-denial, in  acts  of  kindness  to  God's  other  creatures. Love without  works  is  dead.

Approach Our  Lord  with  confidence  and  ask  Him for whatever  temporal  and  spiritual  favors  you  desire, but above  all  things  pray  for  the  gift  of  final  perseverance. The love  and  the  grace  of  God  are  the  most precious gifts. Seek ye  first  the  kingdom  of  God and all  these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you  "  (Luke xii,  31).  In  your  sufferings  and  in  your  prayers resolve  to  say  with  Christ  in  the  Garden:  "  Not  my will  but  Thine  be  done."  Saints  and  spiritual  writers agree  that  in  holy  Mass  and  after  communion  our prayers  are  most  acceptable  and  most  likely  to  be granted.

JESUS, my  God  and  my  Saviour,  Thy word is  Truth. I firmly  believe  that  this is Thy  sacred  body  and  blood  which  I  have just received,  and  that  Thou  art  now  really