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Oh! Sacred Heart of Jesus, I implore

That I may love Thee daily more and more. [300 days.

It is a pious custom observed by some Catholics to trace on their forehead these four letters, I.N.R.I. [Jesus Nazarenus Rex Judaeorum] saying —

May Jesus Christ, my King, preserve me from a sudden and unprepared death. Amen.

O most compassionate Jesus! Thou alone art our salvation, our life, and our resurrection. We implore Thee, therefore, do not forsake us in our needs and afflictions; but, by the agony of Thy most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thy immaculate Mother, succour Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy most precious blood. [100 days once a day.

V. Let us pray for our Pontiff, N.

R. The Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

[300 days once a day.