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 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  merciful  to  the  penitent  sinner, impart  to  our  hearts  the  spirit  of  penance, and give  to  our  eyes  a  fountain  of  tears,  that we may  sincerely  bewail  our  sins  now  and  for the rest  of  our  days. Oh, would  that  we could  blot  them  out,  even  with  our  blood! Pardon them,  O  Lord,  in  Thy  mercy,  and pardon and  convert  to  Thee  all  that  have committed irreverences  and  sacrileges  against Thee in  the  sacrament  of  Thy  love,  and  thus give another  proof  that  Thy  mercy  is  above all Thy  works. Divine Jesus,  with  Thee there are  mercy  and  plentiful  redemption: