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Perseverance of the just!

Salvation of them that hope in Thee !

Hope of them that die in Thee !

Sweet support of those who worship Thee!

Our Helper in our many and great tribulations !

Delight of all the saints!

AN ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS.

TO thee, O Sacred Heart of Jesus! do I devote and offer up my life, thoughts, words, actions, and sufferings. May my whole being be no longer employed, but in loving, serving, and glorifying thee. O Sacred Heart! be thou henceforth the sole object of my love, the protector of my life, the pledge of my salvation, and my refuge at the hour of my death. Justify me, O blessed and adorable Heart, at the bar of divine justice, and screen me from the anger which my sins deserve. Imprint thyself like a divine seal on my heart, that I may never be separated from thee. May my name also be ever engraven upon thee, and may I ever be consecrated to thy glory, ever burning with the flames of thy love, and entirely penetrated with it for all eternity. This is all my desire, to live in thee. One thing have I sought of the Lord, and this will I seek, that I may dwell in the heart of my Lord all the days of my life. Amen.

A PRAYER TO THE ETERNAL FATHER.

O ETERNAL Father, let me offer up unto thy mercy the Sacred Heart of thy well-beloved Son, even as he offered himself up a sacrifice to thy justice.

Accept, on my behalf, all the thoughts, sentiments, affections, motions, and all the actions of this Sacred Heart; they are mine, because it was immolated for