and that all other things are but means ordained by thee to make me fix my mind on thee, to make me love thee more, and be eternally happy.
O beloved of my soul, absorb all my thoughts here, that I may become worthy to behold thee for evermore face to face in thy glory.
Have mercy on all sinners, &c.
Glory be to the Father, &c.
Our Father, &c.
Hail Mary, &c.
Fifteenth Petition.
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, --> give me grace to order my life to thee.
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus, give me grace to order my life to thee, heartily intending and wisely designing all the operations of my body and soul, for obtaining the reward of thy infinite bliss and eternal felicity.
For what else is this world, but a school to discipline souls, and fit them for the other? And how are they fitted for it but by an eager desire of enjoying God, their only end?
Break my forward spirit, O Jesus; make it humble and obedient; grant me grace to depart hence with a contempt for this world, and with a joyful hope of coming to thee in the next.
Let the memory of thy passion make me cheerfully embrace all occasions of suffering here for thy love; whilst my soul breathes after that blissful life and immortal glory, which thou hast ordained in heaven for thy servants.
O Jesus, let me frequently and attentively consider, that whatsoever I gain, if I lose thee, all is lost; and whatsoever I lose, if I gain thee, all is gained.
Have mercy on all sinners, &c.
" Our Lord Jesus Christ humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." Phil. ii. 8.
Hear these my petitions, &c. as before.
Our Father, &c.
Hail Mary, &c.
I believe in God, &c.
