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1. The end of this association is, with the grace of God, to revive continually, and nourish in our souls, the love of Jesus Christ, excited by the excess of his love for us. The heart, in general, is the most expressive symbol and incentive of love; that of Jesus Christ in particular, as under our present consideration, naturally calls hack to our memory his boundless charity, and animates us, as much as may be, to a fixed resolution and desire of repairing the outrages committed daily against him in the adorable sacrament of the altar,

2. For your becoming a member of this association, it is required that your name be registered in the book where die association is kept, and that you go to communion on the day of your admission, in order to gain the plenary indulgence granted on that solemn occasion, and to take up the spirit of this devotion, by consecrating yourself solemnly to the divine heart.