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You are invited
to take part in a
novena to
the Sacred Heart
and St. Therese,
the Little Flower of
Jesus, from
June 28 to July 7
in remembrance of
Rhoda Wise
My Friend, you are my true Friend.
My only Friend. You take part in all my
misfortunes. You know how to turn them into
blessings. You listen to me with great kindness
when I tell you all my troubles, and you always
have something with which to heal my wounds.
I find you at any time of the day or night,
for I find you wherever happen to be. You
never leave me. If I change my dwelling place,
I find you wherever I go. You never weary of
listening to me. I am certain of being loved by
You, if I but love You. My worldly goods are of
no value to you, but by bestowing yours on me
You never grow the poorer. However miserable I
may be, no one more noble, more clever, or
even more holy, can come between You
and me and deprive me of your friendship.
And death, which tears us away from all other
friends will unite me forever to You. All the
humiliations attached to old age or the loss of
honor will never separate you from me; On the
contrary, I shall never enjoy You more fully and
you will never be closer to me than when
everything seems to conspire against me and
cast me down. You bear with all my faults with
extreme patience. Even my lack of fidelity and
my ingratitude do not wound you to such a
degree as to make you unwilling to receive me
back when I return to you. O Jesus, grant that I
may die loving you and that I may die for love
of you. Amen
St. Claude de la Columbiere
