Dedication
to Jesus and Mary
O Incarnate
Word, Thou hast given Thy Blood and Thy Life to confer on our prayers that
power by which, according to Thy promise, they obtain for us all that we ask.
And we, O God, are so careless of our salvation, that we will not even ask Thee
for the graces that we must have if we should be saved! In prayer Thou hast
given us the key of all Thy Divine treasures; and we, rather than pray, choose
to remain in our misery. Alas! O Lord, enlighten us, and make us know the value
of prayers, offered in Thy name and by Thy merits, in the eyes of Thy Eternal
Father. I consecrate to Thee this my book; bless it, and grant that all those
into whose hands it falls may have the will to pray always, and may exert
themselves to stir up others also to avail themselves of this great means of
salvation.
To thee also do I recommend my little work, O Mary, great Mother of God:
patronize it, and obtain for all who read it the spirit of prayer, and of
continual recourse in all their necessities to thy Son, and to thee, who art the
Dispenser of graces, the Mother of mercy, and who never leavest unsatisfied him
who recommends himself to thee, O mighty Virgin, but obtainest from God for thy
servants whatever thou askest. Amen.
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