OFFERING

I offer Thee, dear Jesus,
Each action of today:
My prayers, my work, my sufferings
Accept them now, I pray.

I offer Thee, dear Jesus,
The moments as they pass;
I join with feeble heart's desire,
With Thine in Holy Mass.

And while Thy Heart, dear Jesus,
For sinners ever pleads,
I offer Thee, through Mary,
 A decade of her beads.

And to Thine Own, dear Jesus,
My poor heart closely bind,
In love and reparation
For sins of all mankind.

Take then my gift, dear Jesus,
Take all I have to give;
Oh, would that I could give my life,
Within Thy Heart to live.

FOR BLESSING UPON THE DAY

O Lord, into Thy hands and into the hands of Thy holy Angels, this day I entrust my soul, my relatives, my benefactors, my friends and enemies, and all Thy Catholic people.

O Lord, by the merits and prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of all Thy Saints, keep us today from all evil and unruly desires, from all sins and temptations of the devil, from a sudden and unprovided death, and from the pains of Hell.

Enlighten my heart with the grace of Thy Holy Spirit. Grant that I may ever be obedient to Thy Commandments. Let me never be separated from Thee, O God, Who livest and reignest with God the Father and the same Holy Spirit forever. Amen.

----------St. Edmund

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