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 human dignity, thou most loving Jesus. I salute and embrace thee with all the joy and delight of thy Divinity, and with the affections of all mankind; and I commend myself to the sweetest Wound of thy sacred Heart. Amen.

When St. Gertrude had recited this prayer 5466 times in honour of all the Wounds of our Lord Jesus, he appeared to her in vision, having on each Wound a rose flashing with a golden splendour, and greeted her tenderly, saying: Behold, I will appear to thee in this refulgent form at the hour of thy death, and I will cover all thy sins, and adorn thee with a glory like that with which thou hast adorned my Wounds by thy salutations; and all who use this or any similar devotion shall receive the like favour. In order to make up this number, and become a partaker of this promise of Christ, you may say the following prayer five times a day for three years, adding the oblation which our Lord directed St. Mechtilde to repeat after each division of five. 

lory be to thee, most gracious, sweetest, most benign, sovereign, transcending, effulgent, and ever-peaceful Trinity, for the roseate Wounds of Jesus Christ, my chosen and only Love.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, accept