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Thee, and so mightily transform me by Thy Grace, that I may no more offend Thee. I am not worthy to ask this, but I ask it in His Name Who said, "Ask, and ye shall receive," and who has merited all grace and salvation for me, JESUS CHRIST.

Or,

O MERCIFUL FATHER, of Thy Grace it is alone that I have been kept from any sin, of Thy Mercy that I have been shielded from any temptation. Glory and thanks to Thee, O Lord, for my victory, which Thou hast given me. Forgive, Most Compassionate LORD, all in which I have failed this day, and give me perseverance unto the end, for Thy tender Mercies' sake.

At Morning Prayers.

O MY GOD, from Whom are all things, in Whom, wherever I am, I live and move and am, make all

things, by their likeness or unlikeness to Thee, speak to me of Thee; keep me amid all things by Thee; gather me out of all things unto Thee; teach me to do all things to please Thee; enable me to do all things in Thee, through Thee, to Thee; that so at the end of this day, I may be nearer unto Thee, and less unlike Thee: through JESUS CHRIST.

In Thee, through Thee, to Thee my LORD and my GOD.

JESU, All-merciful, Who all Thy life long didst bear such contradictions of sinners against Thyself, Who camest to Thine own and Thine own received Thee not, Whose sacred Face was covered with spitting, and Whose sacred Ears were filled with mockeries, reproaches, blasphemies, for love of us; Who didst so long bear with me, while I half heard and half obeyed, and so in truth did disobey and slight Thee, though I knew it not;

Take from me, I beseech Thee, all

feeling of displeasure, if others seem to slight me or not to love me. Teach me so to think of Thee, as not to think whether I am slighted or not; but grant that loving all for love of Thee, I may, with them, grow in Thy Love and love Thee everlastingly.

GOOD JESU, who camest to send a fire upon the earth,

Kindle in my heart a burning, glowing, pure love for Thee;

Burn out of my soul whatever hinders the fulness of Thy Love in me;

Melt out from my soul whatever chills Thy Love in me;

Cleanse away by Thy Precious Blood whatever would dispute the empire of Thy Love in me;

Melt my whole soul into one, that with my whole being I may purely love Thee and all in Thee.

Appendix EF.

SELF-EXAMINATION.

1. Thoughts or words against Charity. HAVE I brooded over any present trials without saying, at least, "Thy Will be done "?

Say, LORD, help me to bear this for love of Thee, or the like.

Have I anticipated any trials without mentally at least committing myself blindly to GOD's fatherly Providence?

Say, LORD, Thou art all love, I Thy foolish creature; blindly I commit myself to Thee, the Allwise.

Have I allowed myself to doubt of God's willingness to help, or to think "God will not help me ; God will not give me grace," or the like?

Say, LORD, in all things, by all things, make Thy Will wholly mine.

Have I spoken to the disadvantage of any, or depreciated any?

Say, LORD, take away our evil, and fill us all with Thy good.

Have I asked any question to learn anything about another, either to their disadvantage or to pain me?

Out of the deep have I called unto Thee, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice.

Have I encouraged any one in telling me anything against another, and not turned the conversation if I could?

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