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 homage, for the irreverences, abuses, and sacrileges with which we have perhaps to reproach ourselves with regard to this divine heart? But we must not stop here; we must moreover have a lively sense of the offences and ingratitude of others, and endeavour to atone for them as much as lies in our power. Nor must we be satisfied with our own atonement; we must aspire and contribute as far as we are able, to excite all creatures to join us in so just and so holy a duty.

O adorable heart of my amiable Jesus! I adore thee with the most profound homage I am capable of; I beg thy pardon for all my past offences, irreverences, and Sacrileges; I acknowledge their injustice and enormity; I beg thy pardon also for all the sins and ingratitudes which have hitherto ever been committed against thee: I most humbly beseech thee to accept my homage and the ardent desire I have to love and honour thee, and grant that I may live to see thee known, adored, and loved by all creatures.