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O Sacred Heart of Jesus, burning with the love of us; inflame our hearts with the love of thee. ''Amen. ''

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

Accept in my behalf all the desires, sentiments, affections, motions, and all the actions of this Sacred Heart: they are mine, because it was immolated for me; they are mine, because for the future I am resolved to possess nothing but what is peculiar to it. Receive, then, the merits of this Sacred Heart in satisfaction for my sins, and in thanksgiving for the benefits conferred upon me. Receive them, O Lord! as so many motives of granting thy servant those peculiar graces he stands in need of, but particularly the gift of final perseverance. Receive them as so many acts of love, ado-