> [[js-cm-14|← The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass]] | [[the-carmelite-manual-toc|TOC]] | [[js-cm-16|The Rosary of the Most Holy Name of Jesus →]] # Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus THAT the Association of the Sacred Heart may discharge the obligations required of them, they should daily repeat one Pater, one Ave, and the Creed, with the following aspiration: Heart of Jesus, I implore That I may love thee more and more. They should also spend one hour in the year, at their own choosing, in the presence of the blessed Sacrament, in making acts of reparation, &c. # Reparation of Honour to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus O MOST amiable and adorable Heart of Jesus! centre of all hearts, glowing with charity, and inflamed with zeal for the interest of thy Father, and the salvation of mankind. O Heart, ever sensible of our misery, and ever ready to redress our evils-the real victim of love in the holy Eucharist, and a propitiatory sacrifice for sin on the altar of the cross, seeing that the generality of Christians make no other return for thy mercies, than contempt for thy favours, forgetfulness of their own obligations, and ingratitude to the best of benefactors, it is just that we thy servants, penetrated with the deepest sense of the indignities offered to thee, should, as far as in our power, make a due and satisfactory reparation of honour to thy most sacred Majesty. Prostrate, therefore, in body, and with humble and contrite hearts, we solemnly declare before heaven and earth, our utter detestation and abhorrence of such conduct. Inexpressible was the bitterness which our manifold sins brought on thy tender heart; insufferable the weight of our iniquities, which pressed thy face to the earth in the garden of Olives, and inconceivable thy anguish when expiring with love, grief, and agony on Mount Calvary, when thou didst, with thy last breath, pray for sinners, and invite them to their duty and repentance. This we know, divine Redeemer, and would willingly redress thy sufferings by patiently enduring our slight crosses and afflictions, and thus partake of thy bitter passion. O merciful Jesus, ever present on our altars, and with a heart open to receive all, who labour and are burdened! O adorable Heart of Jesus! source of true contrition, give to our hearts the spirit of sincere penance, and to our eyes a fountain of tears, that we may bewail all our sins and the sins of the world. Pardon, O divine Jesus, all the injuries and outrages done to thee by sinners; forgive all the impieties, irreverences, and sacrileges, which have been committed against thee in the holy sacrament of the Eucharist, since its first institution. Graciously receive the small tribute of our sincere repentance, as an agreeable offering in thy sight, and in return for the benefits we daily receive from the altar, where thou art a living and continued sacrifice, and in union with that holocaust which thou didst present to thy eternal Father on the cross. Sweet Jesus, give thy blessing to the ardent desire we now entertain, and the holy resolution we have taken, of ever loving and adoring thee with our whole mind, and with our whole heart, in the sacrament of thy love; thus to repair, by a true contrition of heart, and ardent zeal for thy glory, our past negligences and infidelities. Be thou, O adorable Heart, who knowest the clay of which we are formed, be thou our mediator with thy heavenly Father, whom we have so grievously offended; strengthen our weakness, confirm our resolutions, and with thy charity, meekness, and patience, cancel the multitude of our iniquities. Be thou our support, our refuge, and our strength, that nothing may henceforth, in life or death, separate us from thee. Amen. # Act of Consecration To thee, O sacred Heart of Jesus, I d evote and offer up my life, thoughts, words, actions, pains, and sufferings. To thee I consecrate my soul and body, with all the faculties and senses thereof, so that no part of my being may any longer be employed but in loving, serving, honouring, and glorifying thee. Be thou, O most sacred Heart, the sole object of my love, the protector of my life, the pledge of my salvation, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be thou also, O most bountiful Heart, my justification at the throne of God, and screen me from his anger, which I have so justly merited. In thee I place all my confidence, and convinced, as I am, of my own weakness, I rely entirely on thy compassionate mercy. Annihilate in me all that is displeasing and offensive to thy pure eye. Imprint thyself, like a divine seal, on my heart, that I may ever remember my obligations, and never be separated from thee. May my name also, I beseech thee, by thy tender goodness, ever be fixed and engraved in thee, O Book of Life! and may I ever be a victim consecrated to thy glory, ever burning with the flames of thy pure love, and entirely penetrated with them for all eternity. In this I place all my happiness; this is all my desire, to live and die in no other quality but that of thy devoted servant. 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