I abandon my soul fully into Thy hands: "Into Thy hands I commend My spirit." For pity's sake, help it, and preserve it! and grant that it may be always and entirely Thine own, since Thou hast redeemed it with the last drop of Thy Blood: "Thou hast redeemed Me, O Lord, the God of truth" (Ps. xxx. 6). O Mary, help me to do the will of God!
To Jesus all Ours.
If we wish God to give Himself entirely to us, it is likewise necessary for us to give ourselves entirely to Him.
Y dearest Jesus, if it be true (as the law says)
that dominion is required by gift, since Thy
Father hath given Thee to me, Thou art
mine; for me Thou wast born, to me hast Thou
been given: " A Child is born to us, a Son is given
to us" (Is. ix. 6). Therefore I may well say: "My
Jesus and my All." Since Thou art mine, everything that belongs to Thee is also mine. Of this I
am assured by Thy apostle: " How hath He not also
with Him given us all things" (Rom viii. 32). Thy
Blood is mine, Thy merits are mine, Thy grace is
mine, Thy paradise is mine; and if Thou art mine,
who shall be able to take Thee from me? " No man
can take God away from me," said with joy the abbot
St. Antony. So, from this day forth, will I also
continually say. It is only through my own fault
that I can lose Thee and separate myself from Thee;
but if in past times I have abandoned Thee and lost
Thee, O my Jesus, I now repent of it with all my
soul, and I am resolved to lose my life and everything
sooner than lose Thee, O Infinite Good and only
love of my soul! I thank Thee, Eternal Father, for
having given me Thy Son; and since Thou hast
given Him entirely to me, I, miserable sinner, give
myself entirely to Thee. For the sake of this same
Son, accept me, and bind me with the chains of love
to this my Redeemer; but bind me so strongly that
