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Another Exercise fm Communwn 401
Bd of f obr anD Desire
H, THAT 1 could love Thee, Jesus, as if 1 had
0 knelt at Thy feet and felt the touch of Thy
hand on my brow, and heard Thy gentle voice that
uttered absolutions and gave encouragement to the
sick and the unfortunate. Oh, that I could love Thee,
as the poor of Galilee loved Thee, as Mary Magdalen
loved Thee, as St. Peter and St. John, the beloved
disciple, loved Thee, as she, who knew Thee best -
Thy blessed Mother - loved Thee, and, most of all,
0 Lord, as Thou hast loved me.
Let me at least love Thee with all my heart and soul
and mind and strength. And let my love be worthy of
the name-showing itself by confidence, by generosity,
by sacrifice - acknowledging cheerfully that all Thy
dispensations are best for me - counting no cost when
I work for Thee -giving up gladly what is dear to me
when Thou dost ask it, when it will help to serve Thee
better and to further the interests of Thy sacred Heart.
Dispose of me, 0 Lord, as Thou pleasest; for from
henceforth I am entirely Thine. I offer Thee all that
I am and all that I have. I shall labor and suffer for
Thy glory, for the salvation of others, and for my own
sanctification.
Come, my Jesus, crucified for love of me. Come,
dear Jesus, in the sacrament of Thy love, and be
Thou all mine, as I desire to be all Thine.
0 blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, who didst
obtain from thy divine Son a wonderful miracle at
the wedding-feast at Cana, behold my misery and the
need I have of thy assistance; obtain for me of Jesus a
prodigy of His almighty power, that my coldness and
tepidity may be changed into ardent charity.
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