Hail Mary, beloved
Daughter of the Eternal Father! Hail Mary, admirable Mother of the
Son! Hail Mary, faithful spouse of the Holy Ghost! Hail Mary, my dear
Mother, my loving Mistress, my powerful sovereign! Hail my joy, my
glory, my heart and my soul! Thou art all mine by mercy, and I am all
thine by justice. But I am not yet sufficiently thine. I now give
myself wholly to thee without keeping anything back for myself or
others. If thou still seest in me anything which does not belong to
thee, I beseech thee to take it and to make thyself the absolute
Mistress of all that is mine. Destroy in me all that may be
displeasing to God, root it up and bring it to nought; place and
cultivate in me everything that is pleasing to thee.
May the light of thy
faith dispel the darkness of my mind; may thy profound humility take
the place of my pride; may thy sublime contemplation check the
distractions of my wandering imagination; may thy continuous sight of
God fill my memory with His presence; may the burning love of thy
heart inflame the lukewarmness of mine; may thy virtues take the
place of my sins; may thy merits be my only adornment in the sight of
God and make up for all that is wanting in me.
Finally, dearly beloved
Mother, grant, if it be possible, that I may have no other spirit but
thine to know Jesus and His divine will; that I may have no other
soul but thine to praise and glorify the Lord; that I may have no
other heart but thine to love God with a love as pure and ardent as
thine I do not ask thee for visions, revelations, sensible devotion
or spiritual pleasures. It is thy privilege to see God clearly; it is
thy privilege to enjoy heavenly bliss; it is thy privilege to triumph
gloriously in Heaven at the right hand of thy Son and to hold
absolute sway over angels, men and demons; it is thy privilege to
dispose of all the gifts of God, just as thou willest.
Such is, O heavenly
Mary, the best part, which the Lord has given thee and which shall
never be taken away from thee-and this thought fills my heart with
joy. As for my part here below, I wish for no other than that which
was thine: to believe sincerely without spiritual pleasures; to
suffer joyfully without human consolation; to die continually to
myself without respite; and to work zealously and unselfishly for
thee until death as the humblest of thy servants.
The only grace I beg
thee to obtain for me is that every day and every moment of my life I
may say: Amen, so be it\'s all that thou didst do while on earth;
Amen, so be it\'s all that thou art now doing in Heaven; Amen, so be
it-to all that thou art doing in my soul, so that thou alone mayest
fully glorify Jesus in me for time and eternity. Amen.
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