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 and that  Thou  wilt  cause  my  weakness  to  triumph  over  my most  powerful  enemies. I hope  that  Thou  wilt  never cease to  love  me,  and  that  I  shall  love  Thee  unceasingly, ''"In Thee, O  Lord,  have  I  hoped;  let  me  never  he  confounded." — Rev. Claude De  La  Colombiere,  S.J.

GOOD and  merciful  Saviour,  it  is  the  desire  of  my heart  to  return  Thee  love  for  love. My greatest sorrow is  that  Thou  art  not  loved  by  men,  and,  in  particular, that  my  own  heart  is  so  cold,  so  selfish,  so  ungrateful. Deeply sensible  of  my  own  weakness  and  poverty,  I trust  that  Thy  own  grace  will  enable  me  to  offer  Thee  an act  of  pure  love. And I  wish  to  offer  Thee  this  act  of  love in reparation  for  the  coldness  and  neglect  that  are  shown  to Thee  by  Thy  creatures  in  the  sacrament  of  Thy  love. O Jesus, my  sovereign  Good,  I  love  Thee,  not  for  the  sake  of the  reward  which  Thou  hast  promised  to  those  who  love Thee, but  purely  for  Thyself. I love  Thee  above  all  things that can  be  loved,  above  all  pleasures,  and  in  fine  above myself and  all  that  is  not  Thee,  protesting  in  the  presence  of heaven  and  earth,  that  I  will  live  and  die  purely  and  simply in Thy  holy  love,  and  that  if  to  love  Thee  thus  I  must endure persecution  and  suffering,  I  am  perfectly  satisfied, and I  will  ever  say  with  St.  Paul:  "  Nothing  shall  separate me  from  the  love  of  Christ." O Jesus,  supreme  Master  of all  hearts,  I  love  Thee,  I  adore  Thee,  I  praise  Thee,  I  thank Thee, because  I  am  now  all  Thine  own. Rule over  me, and transform  my  soul  into  the  likeness  of  Thyself,  so  that it may  bless  and  glorify  Thee  forever  in  the  abode  of  the saints. — ''According  to  Blessed  Margaret  Mary.

, N.  N.,  give  and  consecrate  to  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Our Lord Jesus  Christ  my  person  and  my  life,  my  actions, penances, and  sufferings,  not  wishing  to  make  use  of  any