Father
of mercies and God of all consolation, You gave us the loving Heart
of your own beloved Son, because of the boundless love by which You
have loved us, which no tongue can describe. May we render You a love
that is perfect with hearts made one with His. Grant, we pray, that
our hearts may be brought to perfect unity: each heart with the other
and all hearts with the Heart of Jesus….and may the rightful
yearnings of our hearts find fulfillment through Him: Our Lord Jesus
Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
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Collect from Saint John
Eudes’ Mass, Gaudeamus, 1668
