BLESSED SACRAMENT ACT OF LOVE AND DESIRE
OH THAT I could love
Thee, Jesus, as if I had knelt at Thy feet and felt the touch of Thy
hand on my brow, and heard Thy gentle voice that uttered absolutions and
gave encouragement to the sick and the unfortunate. Oh, that I could
love Thee, as the poor of Galilee loved Thee, as Mary Magdalen loved
Thee, as St. Peter and St. John the beloved disciple loved Thee, as she
who knew Thee best --- Thy blessed Mother --- loved Thee, and, most of all, O Lord, as Thou hast loved me.
Let me at least love Thee with all my heart and soul and mind and
strength. And let my love be worthy of the name --- showing itself by
confidence, by generosity, by sacrifice --- acknowledging cheerfully
that all Thy dispensations are best for me --- counting no cost when I
work for Thee --- giving up gladly what is dear to me when Thou dost ask
it, when it will help to serve Thee better and to further the interests
of Thy Sacred Heart.
Dispose of me, O Lord, as Thou pleasest; for from henceforth I am entirely Thine. I offer Thee all that I am and all that I have. I shall labor and suffer for Thy glory, for the salvation of others, and for my own sanctification.
Come, my Jesus, crucified for love of me. Come, dear Jesus, in the Sacrament of Thy love, and be Thou all mine, as I desire to be all Thine.
O blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, who didst obtain from Thy Divine Son, a wonderful miracle at the wedding-feast at Cana, behold my misery and the need I have of thy assistance; obtain for me of Jesus a prodigy of His almighty power, that my coldness and tepidity may be changed into ardent charity.
Dispose of me, O Lord, as Thou pleasest; for from henceforth I am entirely Thine. I offer Thee all that I am and all that I have. I shall labor and suffer for Thy glory, for the salvation of others, and for my own sanctification.
Come, my Jesus, crucified for love of me. Come, dear Jesus, in the Sacrament of Thy love, and be Thou all mine, as I desire to be all Thine.
O blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, who didst obtain from Thy Divine Son, a wonderful miracle at the wedding-feast at Cana, behold my misery and the need I have of thy assistance; obtain for me of Jesus a prodigy of His almighty power, that my coldness and tepidity may be changed into ardent charity.
