Pray then!
Christian man, blessed with a heart to feel, it is the Heart of Jesus that asks this of you, that Heart which has loved you so dearly, that Heart which has suffered such anguish for you and for these poor souls. Pray then, and above all, for sinners now in their agony and about to die. All that is wanting to save them from hell is a well-made confession or perfect act of contrition. Ask of the agonising Heart of Jesus to grant them the one or the other of these two graces. Ask it without delay; time urge — to-morrow will be too late.
Pray for the agonising; they are your brethren in Jesus Christ, your relations perhaps, your friends, your benefactors.
Pray for the agonising; and you will do what Jesus Christ did — you will save souls. How sublime a mission!
Pray for the agonising. St. James says: " He who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of Bins."
Pray for the agonising. Prayers will one day be offered for you when you are in your agony. How sweet a consolation in this last terrible struggle!
Make known " the devotion to the agonising Heart of Jesus " to those who are ignorant of it; introduce it into your families and into your communities; and the sacred Heart will heap blessings upon you.
If by the fervour of your prayers you succeed in saving one soul each day, at the end of a year the number will amount to 365; at the end of ten years to 3650. How rich this harvest! What a diadem for eternity!
