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 whole Church,  here  presents  to  thee,  thy  own  adorable  Heart,  inflamed  with  love  for  these  thy  persecutors,  and  praying  for  thy  enemies:  ''Father,  forgive them,  for  they  know  not  what  they  do. ''

Most merciful  Heart  of  Jesus! propitiously hear  the uninterrupted supplications  of  thy  Saints  and  Angels, of thy  holy  martyrs  and  confessors,  in  atonement  for these repeated  insults  and  injuries;  while  in  satisfaction for  the  same,  I  offer  the  following  tribute  of  reparation on  my  own  and  their  part.

Here say any  five  acts  you  please,  of  the  four  and  twenty, beginning page  357.

LMIGHTY and  eternal  Father! permit me  to offer  thee  the  sacred  Heart  of  thy  dearest  Son, inflamed with  the  love  of  thee,  and  wounded  with  the love of  us. Receive, O  merciful  Father,  this  divine heart pleading  for  us,  through  that  ready  obedience  to thy  holy  will,  by  which  he  subjected  himself  on  earth to all  our  miseries,  pains  and  afflictions. Receive, in satisfaction  for  our  sins,  that  love  of  his  sacred  Heart, which caused  him  to  undergo  for  us  that  cruel  flagellation at  the  pillory,  that  tormenting  crown  of  thorns. Receive that  divine  Heart,  which,  through  love  of  us, embraced the  heavy  cross,  and  bore  its  weight  to Mount  Calvary. Receive, O  eternal  Father,  that  most inflamed and  humble  Heart  of  Jesus,  which,  through love of  us,  laid  itself  on  the  hard  wood  of  the  cross, and offered  its  sacred  hands  and  feet  to  cruel  executioners, to  be  transpierced  with  iron  nails,  Behold, O heavenly  Father,  this  sacrifice  of  love,  offered  to thee  for  us  poor  sinners,  in  the  Heart  of  thy  dear  Son: it is  wounded,  it  bleeds,  it  expires  through  the  infinite love it  has  for  us. My God,  if  we  have  offended  thee, will not  the  sight  of  this  Heart  suffice  to  appease  thy