only thy love. O make me suffer or die, or at least change my heart entirely, and consume me with thy most ardent fire, that I may love thee perfectly. O divine fire, O most pure flames from the Heart of my only love, burn me without compassion, consume me without resistance. Alas ! why dost thou spare me, since I am only fit to burn, and only deserve fire? O Love! O Love of heaven and earth, come into my heart and reduce me to ashes ! O devouring fire of the Divinity, come and dissolve me; burn me, consume me in the midst of thy pure flames, which cause those who die in them to live.
PRAYER OF ST. GERTRUDE TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS.
O SACRED Heart of Jesus ! living and life-giving fountain of eternal life, infinite treasure of the divinity, glowing furnace of love! Thou art my refuge and my sanctuary. O my adorable and lovely Saviour! consume my heart with that burning fire wherewith thine is ever inflamed; pour down upon my soul those graces which flow from thy love, and let my heart be so united with thine, that our wills may be one, and mine in all things conformed to thine. May thine be the rule alike of my desires and of my actions. Amen.
AN ACT OF REPARATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS.
O ADORABLE Heart of my God and Saviour! filled with a lively sorrow at the thought of the injuries which thou hast received, and art every day receiving, in the august Sacrament of the altar, I prostrate myself at thy feet, to make thee an act of humble reparation for all thou hast suffered. O, that by my reverence, by my devotion, I could make
