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 Consume then  in  me  whatever  can  displease or be  opposed  to  Thee,  and  may  thy  pure  love be so  deeply  impressed  upon  my  heart  that it may  be  impossible  that  I  should  ever  be separated  from  Thee,  or  forget  Thee.

I implore  Thee,  by  all  Thy  goodness,  that my name  may  be  written  in  Thee,  for  in  Thee I wish  to  place  all  my  happiness  and  all  my glory,  living  and  dying  in  very  bondage  to Thee. Amen.

Indulgence of  300  days,  applicable  to  the  souls  in purgatory. — Leo XIII,  June  i,  1897.

Note. — This  Consecration,  which  was  the  first  composed by  Blessed  Alargaret  Mary  in  honor  of  the Sacred Heart  and  called  by  her  "The  Little  Consecration," possesses  the  very  precious  privilege  of  having been inspired  and  recommended  by  Our  Lord  Himself to His  faithful  servant.

In a  letter  to  Pere  Croiset,  Blessed  Margaret  Mary recommends to  him  to  insert  in  his  work  upon  devotion to the  Sacred  Heart The  Little  Consecration. " For," says she,  "it  comes  from  Him,  and  He  will  not  be pleased  at  its  omission."

In several  of  her  letters,  we  again  find  the  same prayer recommended  very  earnestly  to  persons  in communication  with  the  Blessed  Sister. "I send  you," she says,     a  little  Consecration  to  this  Divine  Heart that every  one  of  you  may  make  it  in  private." (Letter  XXXVII  to  Mere  de  Saumaise,  March  2, 1686,  Vol.  II,  p.  3.)    And  in  another  to  a  Religious I  who  asked  her  advice:   "I  am  sending  you  a  little Consecration to  wear  on  your  heart  with  a  picture.