say? What worthy thanks could I render thee, miserable creature that I am?
Father Segneri says that the most suitable affection for a soul after communion, is the wonder which gives rise to this thought: a God is mine! a God is mine ! “ What shall I render to the Lord for all that he hath rendered to me? ” So said David: and I, what shall I render to thee, O my Jesus, to thee, who, after so many favours, hast given me thyself this morning? Therefore, 0s my soul, bless thy God, and thank him with all thy power. And thou, Mary my mother, and you, my patron Saints, my Guardian Angel, and all ye souls who burn with divine love, “ come and I will tell you what good things the Lord hath done to my soul.” Come, bless and thank my God for me, and admire the wondrous grace which I have received.
ACT OF SELF-OFFERING.
“MY Beloved to me, and I to him.” (Cant. ii. 16.) If a king were to come and visit a poor shepherd in his hut, what could the shepherd offer him but his hut, such as it is? Since then, O my divine King, Jesus, thou art come to visit this poor house of my soul, I offer thee my house, and my whole self, with my liberty and my will. “My Beloved to me, and I to him.” Thou hast given thyself all to me, I give myself all to thee. No more, my Jesus, will I be my own; henceforth I wish to belong to thee, entirely to thee, and that all my senses may be so entirely thine, that they may serve only to please thee. And, indeed, what greater pleasure can one have, said St. Peter of Alcantara, than to please thee, a God most amiable, most loving, and most bountiful? I give up to thee all the powers of
