AN ACT OF LOVE.
O MY God! I love Thee above all things, with my whole heart and soul, because Thou art infinitely amiable, and deserving of all love. I love, also, my neighbor as myself, for the love of Thee. I forgive all who have injured me, and ask pardon of all whom I have injured.
Pater Noster, Ave Maria, and Credo.
Return Thanks to God for all His Mercies.
I THANK Thee, O my God, for all Thy benefits. How can I thank Thee worthily for Thy inestimable graces? Thou hast thought of me and loved me from all eternity; Thou hast formed me out of nothing; Thou hast delivered up Thy beloved Son to the ignominious death of the cross for my redemption; Thou hast made me a member of Thy holy Church; Thou hast even called me to the religious life; Thou hast preserved me from falling into the abyss of eternal misery, when my sins had provoked Thee to punish me; Thou hast graciously continued to spare me, even though I have not ceased to offend Thee. What return, O my God, can I make for Thy innumerable blessings and particularly for the favors of this day? O all ye saints and angels, unite with me in praising the God of mercies, Who is so bountiful to so unworthy a creature.
Ask of God Light to Discover the Sins Committed this Day.
O MY God, sovereign Judge of men, Who desirest not the death of a sinner, but that he should be converted and saved, enlighten my mind, that I may know the sins which I have this day committed in thought, word, and deed, and give me the grace of true contrition.
