AN ACT OF OBLATION AS A VICTIM OF DIVINE LOVE
MARY FRANCES TERESA OF THE CHILD JESUS AND OF THE HOLY FACE.
_"If you ask the Father anything in My Name, He will give it you."_-- John 16:23.
O Eternal Father, Thy Only-Begotten Son, the dear Child Jesus, belongs to me since Thou hast given Him. I offer Thee the infinite merits of His Divine Childhood, and I beseech Thee in His Name to open the gates of Heaven to a countless host of little ones who will for ever follow this Divine Lamb.
_"Just as the King's image is a talisman through which anything may be purchased in his Kingdom, so through My Adorable Face--that priceless coin of my Humanity--you will obtain all you desire."_
Our Lord to Sister Mary of St. Peter.[7]
Eternal Father, since Thou hast given me for my inheritance the Adorable Face of Thy Divine Son, I offer that Face to Thee, and I beg Thee, in exchange for this _coin_ of infinite value, to forget the ingratitude of those souls who are consecrated to Thee, and to pardon all poor sinners.