my soul, that they may be all and altogether thine. Let my memory serve only to recall thy benefits and thy love; my mind to think of thee alone, who thinkest always of my welfare; my heart to love only thee, my God, my all, and to will only that which thou wiliest.
To thee, then, O my dearest Saviour, I consecrate and immolate all I have, all I am, my senses, my thoughts, my affections, my desires, my tastes, my inclinations, my liberty: in a word, I give up my body and soul into thy hands. Receive, O infinite Majesty, this sacrifice made to thee here, by the most ungrateful sinner that ever existed on earth, who now, however, offers and gives himself all to thee. O Lord, do with me and dispose of me according to thy pleasure.
Come, O burning fire, O love divine, and consume in me all there is of me which is not pleasing to thy pure eyes, so that hereafter I may be all to thee, may live only to accomplish thy commandments and thy counsels, thy holy desires and thy good pleasure in all things. Amen.
O most holy Mary! do thou present with thine own hands this my offering to the most Holy Trinity; obtain for me the acceptance of it, and that I may have the grace to be faithful until death. Amen, Amen, Amen.
ACT OF PETITION.
O MY soul, what art thou doing now? Thou must not lose a moment of time, for this time is precious, for thou now canst very easily obtain all the graces thou wilt ask.
Seest thou not how lovingly the Eternal Father looks upon thee, now that he beholds in thy heart
