To Our Lord Jesus
St. Margaret Mary’s act of consecration: taking the Heart of Jesus as the one object of our love, the protector of our life and our refuge at the hour of death.
By St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, of the Visitation, Paray-le-Monial. From the Community’s prayer book.
I give and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ my whole life, all my actions, trials and sufferings, devoting every portion of my being to loving, honouring and glorifying Him, to working for His love alone, and renouncing with all my heart whatever may be displeasing to Him.
I take You, then, O Sacred Heart, as the one object of my love, the protector of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my inconstancy, the redeemer of all my faults, and my sure refuge in the hour of death.
O Sacred Heart of all goodness, be my justification before God the Father, and shield me from the effects of His just anger. O Sacred Heart, overflowing with love, I place all my confidence in You, for I dread my own weakness, while I hope everything from Your goodness.
Destroy in me whatever displeases You or goes against Your will. May pure love of You be so deeply imprinted in my heart that I may never forget You or be separated from You. I implore You, by all Your love, that my name be engraved upon You; may it be all my happiness to live and to die doing Your holy will, without hesitation and generously. Amen.
