in torments and humiliations, deprived of everything this world calls pleasure or consolation; thou art my model. I know that thou art the way, the truth , and the life: that all who would be saved must walk after thee, and all who would reign with thee in heaven, must on earth take up their cross and follow thee.
I believe these truths, and conjure thee, through thy sufferings from the moment of thy birth unto thy death, to strengthen me to bear whatever cross thou mayst send me. Thou hast not yet, it is true, honoured me with a great share in thy sufferings; thou hast spared the weakness of my age and virtue; but I know that if thou lovest me, I shall not pass through this life without sufferings. I am convinced that thou knowest what is best for me, therefore I now accept from thy hand, with resignation to thy holy will, all the trials and sufferings of my future life. I unite them beforehand to thy cross, and beg pf thee to strengthen me now so powerfully by the graces thou hast purchased for me through thy death and passion, that I may never expose myself to eternal sufferings hereafter.
Aspiration. — I adore thee and bless thee, O Christ, because by thy cress thou hast redeemed the world.
EXERCISE FOR SATURDAY.
Devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
O EVER-GLORIOUS Virgin Mary! most perfect and amiable of all creatures! I humbly cast myself at thy feet, and beseech thee to accept the sincere protestations of respect and veneration, which I now fervently present to thee. I reverence thee, O sacred Virgin! as the Mother of my Redeemer, and I fervently offer thee all the homage which is due to thee in that august dignity. I confide in thee, I love
