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 This novena  may  be  made  for  the  Feast  of  the Sacred Heart,  and  once  during  the  year  as  well,  with any form  of  prayers  approved  by  competent  ecclesiastical authority.

N.N., give  and  consecrate  to  the  Sacred Heart of  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  my  person and my  life,   my   actions,   penances,   and sufferings, that  my  whole  being  may  be  devoted to  honoring,  loving,  and  glorifying  Him.

It is  my  irrevocable  will  to  be  entirely  His, and to  do  everything  for  His  love,  renouncing with my  whole  heart  whatever  might  displease Him.

I take  Thee  then,  O  most  sacred  Heart,  as  the  sole  object  of  my  love,  as  the  protector of my  life,  as  the  pledge  of  my  salvation,  as the  remedy  of  my  frailty  and  inconstancy, as the  repairer  of  all  the  defects  of  my  life,  and as my  secure  refuge  in  the  hour  of  death.

Be then,  O  Heart  of  goodness,  my  justification before  God  the  Father,  and  remove  far from me  the  thunderbolts  of  His  just  wrath, O Heart  of  love,  I  place  my  whole  confidence in Thee. While I  fear  all  things  from  my  malice  and  frailty,  I  hope  all  things  from  Thy goodness.