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 You listen  to  me  with  the  greatest  kindness  when  I  relate my troubles  to  You,  and  You  have  always  balm  to  pour  on my  wounds. I find  You  everywhere. You never  go  away! If I  have  to  change  my  dwelling,  I  find  You  there  wherever I go. You are  never  weary  of  listening  to  me. You are never tired  of  doing  me  good. I am  certain  of  being  beloved by  You  if  I  love  You;  my  goods  are  nothing  to  You, and by  bestowing  Yours  on  me  You  never  grow  poor;  however miserable  I  may  be,  no  one  more  noble  or  holier  can come between  You  and  me  and  deprive  me  of  Your  friendship;  and  Death,  which  tears  us  away  from  all  other friends, will  unite  me  forever  to  You. All the  humiliations attached  to  old  age,  or  to  the  loss  of  honor,  will  never detach You  from  me;  on  the  contrary,  I  shall  never  enjoy You more  fully,  and  You  will  never  be  closer  to  me  than when everything  seems  to  conspire  against  me,  to  overwhelm me,  and  to  cast  me  down.

You bear  with  all  my  faults  with  extreme  patience,  and even my  want  of  fidelity  and  my  ingratitude  do  not  wound You to  such  a  degree  as  to  make  You  unwilling  to  receive me back  when  I  return  to  You,  or  to  come  to  me  when  I call  on  You. O Jesus! grant that  I  may  die  praising  You, that I  may  die  for  the  love  of  You. Amen.

JESUS, sweet  Jesus,  O  Jesus  divine. My life  and  my  death  unto  Thee  I  resign: Every action  of  mine  shall  Thy  patronage  claim; For whatever I do  shall  be  done  in  Thy  Name.

If I  walk,  sweetest  Jesus  my  footsteps  shall  guide; If I  sit,  dearest  Jesus  shall  be  by  my  side; And the  greatest  of  joys  I  shall  deem  it  to  be. In the  night-time  to  watch,  O  my  Jesus,  with  Thee.

When, with  sleep  overcome,  my  eyelids  shall  close. Still breathing  Thy  love  will  I  take  my  repose; And when  using  my  pen  it  shall  be  my  delight The adorable  Name  of  my  Jesus  to  write.