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I adore thee and bless thee, O Jesus Christ, because by thy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Save me, O Saviour of the world, who hast redeemed me by thy Cross and Blood. Draw me to thee, O good Jesus, who hast said: When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all things to myself. Draw me and hold me fast, that no one may snatch me out of thy hand, and that nothing may ever separate me from thee!

O most merciful Jesus! by thy precious Blood, which it has been thy will to shed for sinners. I beseech thee wash away all my iniquities.

Soul of Christ, sanctify me! Blood of Christ, purify me! Body of Christ, save me! Water from the Side of Christ, wash me! Passion of Christ, strengthen me! O good Jesus, hear me! Hide me within thy Wounds; suffer me not, O good Jesus, to be separated from thee; in the hour of my death call me, and command me to come to thee, that with thy Saints I may praise thee for evermore!

O Jesus Christ, my Creator and my Redeemer; I give myself up to thee entirely, do not thrust me from thee!

I come to thee! do not drive me away!

Cast me not away from thy face, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Let not my iniquity destroy me, for it was thy almighty goodness that created me!

Look upon me with the eyes of thy mercy, O Lord Jesus Christ, everlasting King, God, and Man, crucified for man's sake! Hearken to me who place my hope in thee; have mercy on me that am full of miseries and sins, thou who never wilt stay the flow of the fountain of mercy! Save me, O saving Victim, offered for me and all mankind on the gibbet of the Cross!

Hail, thou generous and precious Blood, that flowest from the wounds of my crucified Lord Jesus Christ, and washest away the sins of the whole world! Remember thy creature, ‘.O Lord, whom thou hast redeemed with thy own Blood!

God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of my Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world!

Lo, I see thee, my sweetest Saviour, hanging on the Cross, with thy Arms stretched out and thy Head bowed down, as though ready to embrace us, and with mildest voice inviting us all to thee: Come to me, all you that labour and are burdened, and I will refresh you!

Behold, O Lord, I come; do to me according to thy