Catholic Prayers

O Jesus! my Redeemer and my God! notwithstanding the great love Thou hast for men, for whose redemption Thou didst pour out all Thy precious blood, Thou art so little loved by them; Thou art even grievously offended and outraged by them, especially by blasphemy and the profanation of holy feasts! Ah! would that I could make to Thy Divine Heart some satisfaction; that I could repair the great ingratitude and neglect with which Thou art treated by the greater part of mankind! O, that I could obtain from It the conversion of sinners, and arouse from their indifference so many others, who, though they have the happiness to belong to Thy Church, have not at heart the interests of Thy glory and of the Church, Thy Spouse! O, that I could obtain from It that those Catholics also, who still show themselves such by many external acts of charity, but, obstinately clinging to their own opinions, refuse submission to the decisions of the Holy See, or cherish sentiments at variance with its teaching —would look to themselves, and come to the conviction that he who refuses to hear the Church in everything, refuses to hear God who is with her.

In order to attain these holy results, and also to obtain triumph and lasting Peace for Thy Immaculate Spouse, the happiness and prosperity of Thy Vicar on earth; in order to obtain the fulfilment of his holy intentions, and also that the members of the clergy may sanctify themselves more and more, and may be pleasing in Thy sight; and for so many other intentions, which Thou, O my Jesus, knowest to be conformable to Thy divine will, and which may help in some way to the conversion of sinners and to the sanctification of the just, in order that we may all, one day, secure the eternal salvation of our souls; in fine, because I know, my Jesus, that I shall thus be doing a thing very pleasing to Thy most tender Heart—prostrate at Thy feet, in the presence of the most holy Virgin Mary and of the whole court of heaven, I solemnly acknowledge that, by every title of justice and gratitude, I belong wholly and only to Thee, my Redeemer, Jesus Christ, who art the only source of all good both in my body and my soul; and in union with the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff, I consecrate to Thy most Sacred Heart myself and all that I have. I wish to love and serve It alone with all my soul, with all my heart, with all my strength, making Thy will mine, and uniting all my sorrows to thine.

Lastly, as a public token of this consecration which I make, I declare solemnly to Thee, O my God, that in future, to the honor of the same Sacred Heart, I will observe, according to the laws of the Church, all the feasts of obligation, and procure their observance by all those over whom I may have any influence or authority.

And thus placing together, in Thy amiable Heart, all these holy desires and resolutions with which Thy grace inspires me, I trust that I may make some atonement to It for the many insults It receives from the ungrateful children of men, and may find happiness for my own soul and for the souls of all my brethren, in this life and in the next. Amen.