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 Sunday of Lent, the 3d  Sunday  of  Advent;  on  the  Eve,  and at the  Midnight  and  Aurora  Masses  of  Christmas. 4. Ten years and  their  quadragenae,  on  the  1st,  2d,  and  4th  Sundays of Advent;  every  day  in  Lent  (except  those  mentioned  above), the Vigil  of,  Pentecost,  and  the  three  days  of  the  Emberweeks. 5. Seven  years  and  their  quadrapenae,  on  the  Visitation and  Presentation  of  the  Blessed  Virgin,  and  on  the  feasts of the  Apostles  mentioned  above. 6. The  same  on  every day of  the  novena  preceding  the  feast  of  the  Sacred  Heart. 7. Seven  years  and  their  quadragena,  on  the  four  Sundays immediately preceding  that  feast. 8. The  same,  at  every visit to  a  picture  of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Jesus,  in  any  church or chapel  where  it  is  exposed  to  public  veneration;  the  conductions being  contrition  and  prayers  for  the  Pope's  intentions. 9. Sixty days  for  every  work  of  piety  performed  by  the  members.

These indulgences  are  applicable  to  the  souls  in  purgatory.

All that  is  required  of  the  associates  in  order  to  obtain  the privileges attached  to  the  confraternity  (after  admission  by  a duly  authorised  priest),  is  to  say  every  day  a  Pater,  an  Ave, and a  Credo,  with  the  following  aspiration:

O most  sweet  Heart  of  Jesus,  make  me  to  love  thee more and  more!

O amiable  Jesus,  only  Son  of  the  living  God,  who,  by an  incomprehensible  effect  of  thy  love,  wast  pleased  to be  made  man,  to  be  born  in  a stable,  to  live  amidst labours, to  die  upon  a  cross,  and  to  leave  us,  as  a  perpetual pledge  of  thy  tenderness,  thy  own  body  and  blood for the  nourishment  of  our  souls,  in  the  ineffable  Sacrament of  the  Eucharist;  thou  beholdest  at  thy  feet  a  criminal covered  with  confusion,  who  comes,  in  the  spirit of union  with  all  the  associates  in  the  adoration  of  thy divine Heart,  humbly  to  confess  his  ingratitude,  his  iniquities,  and  those  of  all  other  men,  that  he  may  make reparation for  them  as  far  as  in  him  lies.

Alas, O  most  amiable  Jesus,  we  have  sinned  against Heaven, and  before  thee. The injuries,  the  outrages which thy  Sacred  Heart  has  received  from  the  ingratitude