For the prayer by Pope Leo XIII, please see: Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart

Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart

The Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic prayer composed by Pope Leo XIII. It was included in the 1899 encyclical Annum Sacrum issued by Leo XIII as he consecrated the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus....

Words of the prayer

To the Sacred Heart of Jesus

I give myself

and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ,

my person and my life,

my actions,

pains and sufferings,

so that I may be unwilling to make use

of any part of my being other than to honor,

love and glorify the Sacred Heart.

This is my unchanging purpose, namely,

to be all His,

and to do all things for the love of Him,

at the same time renouncing with all my heart

whatever is displeasing to Him.

I therefore take You,

O Sacred Heart,

to be the only object of my love,

the guardian of my life,

my assurance of salvation,

the remedy of my weakness and inconstancy,

the atonement for all the faults of my life

and my sure refuge at the hour of death.

Be then, O Heart of goodness,

my justification before God the Father,

and turn away from me the strokes of his righteous anger.

O Heart of love,

I put all my confidence in You,

for I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty,

but I hope for all things from Your goodness and bounty.

Remove from me all that can displease You

or resist Your holy will;

let your pure love imprint Your image

so deeply upon my heart,

that I shall never be able to forget You

or to be separated from You.

May I obtain from all Your loving kindness

the grace of having my name written in Your Heart,

for in You I desire to place all my happiness and glory,

living and dying in bondage to You.

Amen.

See also

• Sacred Heart of Jesus
• Marguerite Marie Alacoque
  Marguerite Marie Alacoque
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• Visions of Jesus and Mary
  Visions of Jesus and Mary
  Since the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Calvary until today, a number of people have claimed to have had visions of Christ and personal conversations with him. Some people make similar claims regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary. Discussions about the authenticity of these visions have often invited...
  
  
• Mary of the Divine Heart
  Mary of the Divine Heart
  Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart , born Maria Droste zu Vischering, was a German Roman Catholic nun best known for influencing Pope Leo XIII's consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus...
  
  
• Alliance of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
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  The Alliance of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary refers to the historical, theological and spiritual links in Catholic devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary...