4/3 Wednesday within the Octave of Easter

John 4:43-54
(While at Cana Jesus responds to a nobleman’s plea and cures the nobleman’s very ill son who was at Capharnaum. The sickness and then healing by Jesus of the child becomes the means of salvation for the whole household.)

Nobleman's son

Excerpt from the Twenty-second Hour, from 2 to 3 PM, of Jesus Crucified on the Cross from the Hours of the Passion:

O my Jesus, I kiss Your Most Holy Feet, and I ask Your Forgiveness for the many steps, the many paths covered without righteous intention; for many who move away from You to go in search of the pleasures of the earth.  I promise You that every time the thought comes to me of moving away from You, immediately I will cry out, “Jesus and Mary, I commend my soul to You.”

O Jesus, I kiss Your Most Sacred Heart, and I intend to enclose in It, with my soul, all the souls redeemed by You, so that all may be saved—no one excluded.

O Jesus, lock me in Your Heart, and close the doors, that I may see nothing but You.  I promise You that every time the thought comes to me of wanting to go out of this Heart, immediately I will cry out, “Jesus and Mary, to You I give my heart and my soul.”