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dorable Heart  of  Jesus,  glowing with love  for  us  and  inflamed  with  zeal for our  salvation :  O  Heart! ever sensible  of our  misery  and  the  wretchedness  to  which  our sins have  reduced  us,  infinitely  rich  in  mercy to heal  the  wounds  of  our  souls,  behold  us humbly  prostrate  before  Thee  to  express  the sorrow that  fills  our  hearts  for  the  coldness and indifference  with  which  we  have  so  long requited the  numberless  benefits  that  Thou hast conferred  upon  us. With a  deep  sense of the  outrages  that  have  been  heaped  upon Thee by  our  sins  and  the  sins  of  others,  we come  to  make  a  solemn  reparation  of  honor to Thy  most  sacred  Majesty. It was  our  sins that overwhelmed  Thy  Heart  with  bitterness; it was  the  weight  of  our  iniquities  that  pressed down Thy  face  to  the  earth  in  the  Garden  of Olives,  and  caused  Thee  to  expire  in  anguish and agony  on  the  cross. But now,  repenting and sorrowful,  we  cast  ourselves  at  Thy  feet, and implore  forgiveness. Adorable Heart  of Jesus,  source  of  true  contrition  and  ever  merci-