Act of Consecration to Sacred Heart of Jesus
Here is a prayer that we can recite on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and every other day as well to consecrate ourselves to Our Lord. This prayer was formulated by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque more than 300 years ago.
Act of Consecration
I, (N.) , give and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, my person,my life,my action, my pains and sufferings,so that I may no longer be willing to use any part of my being except to honor, love, and glorify the Sacred Heart.
It is my unchanging intention to be all His and to do all for love of Him. I renounce at the same time with all my heart whatever can displease Him.
I therefore take You, Sacred Heart, for the only object of my love, the protector of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my weakness and inconstancy, the atonement for the faults of my life and the secure refuge at the hour of my death.
Be then, Heart of goodness, my justification before God the Father, and turn away from me the punishment of His just anger. Heart of love, I put my confidence in You, because I fear everything from my own sinfulness and weakness. I hope for all things from Your mercy and generosity.
Destroy in me all that can displease or resist Your holy Will.Let Your pure love impress You so deeply upon my heart that I may never forget You or be separated from You. May my name, by Your loving kindness, be written in You, because in You I desire to place all my happiness and all my glory in living and dying in very bondage to You.(St.Margaret Mary Alacoque)
Amen
