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       those who shall give me thanks for having exalted her so
 www.oremusapostolate.com   GIVE  thanks  to  thy  goodness,  O  my  God;  I  give
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       highly,  I  will  make  them  partakers  of  her  merits,  and
       grant them divine consolation in the hour of death.
       I
          thanks  to  thy  condescension,  that  thou  hast  chosen
          thy beloved and blessed Mechtilde to so great grace,
       and  hast  adorned  her  with  such  immense  gifts  and
       virtues.  I  rejoice  together  with  thee,  O  compassionate
       Jesus, and I give thee thanks for all the  good thou  hast
       wrought  in  her,  and  wilt  work  in  her  for  evermore.  I
       thank thee for that abounding joy and that tranquil peace
       thou  didst  find  in  her.  I  give  thee  thanks  for  that
       ravishing  influx  of  grace  wherewith  thou  didst  incline
       thine heart towards her, and for all the holy operation of
       thy  Spirit  within  her.  And,  lastly,  I  thank  thee  for  that
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       perfect  and  untroubled  delight  thou  didst  take  in  her;
       beseeching thee devoutly to make  me a partaker of her
       merits, and to adorn me with the splendor of her virtues.
       Amen.
                  PRAYER TO A MARTYR
       I

          martyr  of  Christ,  St.  N.  I  bless  and  magnify  the
          infinite  goodness  and  condescension  of  the  ever-
       adorable Trinity for all the grace which he hath deigned
       to bestow on thee of his exceeding and most bounteous
       love.  I  bless  the  boundless  liberality  of  the  divine
       compassion  which  so  gently  prevented  thee  with  the
       blessings of sweetness, and hath gloriously adorned thy
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