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 and with  the  most  profound  veneration. To testify the grief  which  we  feel  for  our  past  insensibility to all  the  outrages  and  sufferings  which  thy  most loving Heart  made  thee  endure  for  our  salvation,  in thy  bitter  passion  and  death,  we  unite  in  sincerity  of heart  with  all  those  who  love  thee,  in  order  that  we may  thank  thee  with  our  whole  soul. We admire  the infinite patience  and  generosity  of  thy  divine  Heart, and petition  thee  to  replenish  our  hearts  with  that spirit of  Christian  mortification,  which  may  make  us courageously  embrace  sufferings,  and  fix  our  great consolation and  all  our  glory  in  thy  cross.

Our Father,  etc. Had Mary,  etc.  Glory  be  to the  Father,  etc.

JESUS, inflamed  with  love  of  us,  humbly  prostrate at  thy  feet,  we  adore  thee  with  our  whole mind, and  with  the  most  profound  veneration. In order to  make  atonement  for  the  outrages  which  thy divine Heart  daily  receives  in  the  most  blessed  Sacrament of  the  altar,  we  unite  in  sincerity  of  heart  with all those  who  love  thee,  and  render  thee  the  most affectionate thanksgiving. We love,  in  thy  divine Heart, that  intensely-burning  love  which  thou  entertainest  for  thy  eternal  Father,  and  humbly  beseech thee to  inflame  our  hearts  with  an  ardent  love  of  thee and of  our  neighbour.

Our Father,  etc. Hail Mary,  etc.  Glory  be  to the  Father,  etc.

Finally, O most  amiable  Jesus,  we  beseech  thee, by the  sweetness  of  thy  most  Sacred  Heart,  to  convert sinners, to  comfort  the  afflicted,  to  assist  the  agonising,