They are both thine and mine; first thine and afterward mine.

Though after the flesh my name is writ upon them, behind the veil I see thine own.

I love them day by day because they are mine. I love them more and more because they are thine.

As I, the lover of my dear ones, am of thee, so shall my love for them be of thee who art Love itself.

I offer up to thee mine only one whom I love best, for this one belongs to thee; and I know that thou hearest me always, and restorest to me what I give unto thee.

All mine is thine, and thou art mine. In thee and from thee I have all.

Here, at thy feet 0! Lord God Almighty! I offer my dearest to thee.

Lift him up that he may descend to me as thy Son, thy good gift from on high!

I see him in thy bosom while I hold him in my arms. Thou