to Thee and to Thy Throne of Grace and Love, and behold Thee, O my JESUS, interceding for me, and cling to Thee, and melt in Thy Love, and adore Thee and praise Thee more and more, until I be fitted to enter into the joys of Thine Everlasting Love, everlastingly to love Thee, and to thank Thee for Thy tender mercies and Thy Grace, whereby Thou didst make me such as Thou couldest love, such as could love Thee, O GOD my GOD.

Occasional Prayers.

1. For a Spiritual Adviser. MOST Merciful FATHER, Giver of every good gift, Who of Thine infinite Love hast given to me, poor sinner, Thy servant an adviser and guide, vouchsafe to hear me in his behalf.

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Forgive him, I beseech Thee, all his sins, and remove every trace of them, that they darken not his mind, and he be a blind leader of the blind.

Sanctify him with Thy Truth, O Thou Who art the All-merciful Sanctifier of all; kindle his heart

with the fire of Thy Love; grant him to walk in the light of Thy Divine Presence, that, ever seeking Thee alone, he may attain unto Thee, and, taught of Thee, may teach me Thy paths, so that, he, by word and example, leading me on, and I following his counsels, we may together hasten unto Thee, the True Shepherd of our souls. And do Thou, O Good JESU, Vouchsafe to bear us on Thy Shoulders, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy Most Precious Blood, and to place us in Thy green pastures, Who didst place in Paradise the robber at Thy side, Who livest and reignest with the FATHER and the HOLY GHOST, one GOD, world without end. Amen.

2. Prayer for

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O GOD, Who orderest all things well, and lovest those we love or reverence, more than we can love them, look down, I pray Thee, in love upon Thy servant ; visit him with Thy Grace; restore him, if it seem good to Thee, to serve Thee here; make him yet an instrument of Thy Glory, by winning others unto Thee and making known Thy Truth; perfect him in Thy Love; and, his work ended, translate him into Thine everlasting Love: through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen.

3. Intercession for the conversion of

O GOOD LORD, Good JESUS, Good Loving Shepherd, Who didst lay down Thy life for Thy sheep, Who rejoicest over every sheep of Thine that having been astray is found by Thee; have mercy, I beseech Thee, on, who, I fear, has been far far astray from Thee. O our Saviour, Friend of sinners, Thou lovest all for whom Thou didst die. Thou lovest all we love, more than we can love them. Thou madest him for Thyself. O, for Thine own Love's sake, let not the Price of Thy Blood be wasted in him! Let him not be lost, whom Thou didst redeem. If he were in the very jaws of the