- Prayer to Jesus (oracion a Jesucristo)
Oh most loving Jesus, deign to let me pour forth my gratitude before
Thee, for the grace Thou hast bestowed upon me in giving me to Thy
holy Mother through the devotion of Holy Bondage, that she may be my
advocate in the presence of Thy majesty and my support in my extreme
misery. Alas, Oh Lord! I am so wretched that without this dear Mother
I should be certainly lost. Yes, Mary is necessary for me at Thy side
and everywhere that she may appease Thy just wrath, because I have so
often offended Thee; that she may save me from the eternal punishment
of Thy justice, which I deserve; that she may contemplate Thee, speak
to Thee, pray to Thee, approach Thee and please Thee; that she may
help me to save my soul and the souls of others; in short, Mary is
necessary for me that I may always do Thy holy will and seek Thy
greater glory in all things. Ah, would that I could proclaim
throughout the whole world the mercy that Thou hast shown to me !
Would that everyone might know I should be already damned, were it not
for Mary! Would that I might offer worthy thanksgiving for so great a
blessing! Mary is in me. Oh, what a treasure! Oh, what a consolation!
And shall I not be entirely Hers? Oh, what ingratitude! My dear
Savior, send me death rather than such a calamity, for I would rather
die than live without belonging entirely to Mary. With St. John the
Evangelist at the foot of the Cross, I have taken Her a thousand times
for my own and as many times have given myself to Her; but if I have
not yet done it as Thou, dear Jesus, dost wish, I now renew this
offering as Thou dost desire me to renew it. And if Thou sees in my
soul or my body anything that does not belong to this august Princess,
I pray Thee to take it and cast it far from me, for whatever in me
does not belong to Mary is unworthy of Thee.