which thou hast established as my guides in the path of virtue? But henceforth, O increated Wisdom ! I will look up to thee for counsel; thy sacred word shall be the leading star whose bright rays will never fail me. I will study it, I will meditate the lessons it contains; do thou enlighten my mind, that I may understand them, and strengthen my will, that I may be enabled to practise what they enjoin. Grant, dear Lord, that I may never more offend thee: O take me wholly to thyself, and render my heart conformable to thine. I place my soul and body under thy protection; let my exterior be regulated by thy law, and my soul centered in thyself. Place thy seal upon me, that wherever I go, it may be visible to all that I am thine.
But how dare I make such high requests, after having been so unfaithful to thee? My confidence in thy goodness encourages me, for did I not know that thou lovest mercy better than justice, I should not presume to address thee.
At the Offertory.
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER that all your miseries come from preferring a material life, of which the bread and wine are figurative, to that divine and supernatural life which Jesus Christ wishes to communicate to you. Resolve to live according to the spirit, and not according to the flesh.
AFFECTIONS.
MY God! confiding in the merits of the victim that is going to be offered to thee. I humbly implore thy forgiveness for the too great tenderness with which I have hitherto treated this body of corruption, which has been the cause of most of my sins. Passion
