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 5. I adore  thee  profoundly,  my  Jesus,  true  victim  of  expiation for  our  sins;  and  I  offer  thee  this  act  of  adoration in  compensation  for  the  sacrilegious  outrages  thou dost receive  from  so  many  of  thy  ungrateful  people,  who dare to  draw  nigh  to  thee  and  receive  thee  in  communion with mortal  din  upon  their  souls. In reparation  for  these hateful sacrileges,  I  offer  thee  those  last  drops  of  thy  most precious blood  which  thou  didst  shed  from  the  wound in thy  side;  and,  entering  therein,  I  approach  thee  with acts of  adoration,  love,  and  thanksgiving,  and,  with  all holy souls  who  are  devout  to  thee  in  the  most  holy  Sacrament, I  say:

Blessed and  praised,  &amp;c.;  Our  Father,  &amp;c

An indulgence of  390  days,  every  time  the  above  are  said devoutly, with  five  Pater  nosteus,  five Ave  Marias,  and  five Gloria Patris,  &amp;c.

Jesus, my  God,  my  Saviour,  true  God  and  true  man, with that  most  profound  homage  with  which  the  faith itself inspires  me,  I  adore  and  love  thee  with  my  whole heart, enclosed  in  the  most  august  Sacrament  of  the Altar, in  reparation  for  all  the  acts  of  irreverence,  profanation, and  sacrilege,  which  I  may  ever  have  been  so unhappy  as  to  have  committed,  as  well  as  for  all  suchlike acts  that  ever  have  been  done,  or  which  may  be  done, though God  forbid  they  should  be,  in  ages  yet  to  come. I adore  thee,  therefore,  my  God,  not  indeed  as  thou  deservest,  nor  as  much  as  I  am  bound  to  adore,  but  as  far as I  am  able;  and  I  would  that  I  could  adore  thee  with all the  perfection  of  which  a  reasonable  creature  is  capable. Meantime I  purpose  now  and  ever  to  adore  thee, not only  for  those  Catholics  who  adore  thee  not,  and  love thee not,  but  also  in  the  stead  of,  and  for  the  conversion of, all  heretics,  schismatics,  impious  atheists,  blasphemers, sorcerers,  Turks,  Jews,  and  idolaters. Jesus, my God,  mayest  thou  be  ever  known,  adored,  loved,  and