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 I thank thee  with  all  my  heart,  that  thou  vouchsafest to show  me  mercy; I desire  to  repair  the  injuries which I have  had  the  misery  to  inflict  upon  thee,  by my  coldness  and  indifference  to  thy  service. O, that I could honour  thee  as  thou  deservest  to  be  honoured, in all  places  where  now  thou  art  the  least  honoured and the  most  neglected. Amen.

And thou,  immaculate  Mary,  most  holy  and  dear Mother of  fair  love,  who  so  earnestly  desirest  that thy divine  Son  should  be  loved  by  all,  obtain  for  me, by thy  most  powerful  intercession,  that  he  may  receive and  accept  this  solemn  consecration,  which  I this  day  make  of  my  whole  self  in  thy  presence; to the  end  that  my  name  may  be  written  indelibly  in the  number  of  those  happy  souls,  who,  faithful  and constant in  his  service,  shall  never  be  separated  from the most  sweet  love  of  thy  dear  and  most  amiable Son Jesus. Amen.

I, N.N.,  for  the  greater  honour  of  Jesus  Christ crucified, and  of his  divine  Heart,  burning  with love in  the  Blessed  Eucharist,  and  also  to  repair the outrages  he  receives  in  this  august  Sacrament, associate myself  of  my  own  free  will  to  the  faithful received into  this  pious  Confraternity. I desire to participate  in  the  indulgences  with  which  it  is  enriched, and  in  the  good  works  therein  performed, both for the  expiation  of  my  own  sins,  and  for  the assistance of  the  suffering  souls  in  purgatory.

O sweet Jesus! enclose in  thy  Sacred  Heart  all the members  of  this  Association; grant  that,  faith-