To the Heart of Jesus During His Passion

O MY adored and dear Jesus! Behold at Thy feet one who has so much afflicted Thy amiable Heart. O God! How have I been able to sadden that Heart which has loved me so tenderly, and has spared nothing to gain my love? But, my Saviour, be comforted; know that my heart, wounded by the grace of Thy holy love, now feels so great a sorrow for the offences I have offered to Thee, that it would die of grief. Oh! That some one would give me the sorrow for my sins which Thou hadst for them during Thy mortal life! Eternal Father, I offer to Thee the grief and abhorrence which Thy Son felt for my transgressions, and, through that grief and abhorrence, I implore of Thee to give me, for the insults I have offered to Thee, a sorrow which will make me live always in affliction and grief at the thought of having despised Thy friendship. And do Thou, O Most Jesus! Give me henceforth a sorrow for sin which will make me abhor even the lightest faults, because they displease Thee Who dost not deserve to be offended venially or grievously, but meritest infinite love. My beloved Lord, I now detest whatever displeases Thee, and I wish, for the future, to love nothing but Thee and what Thou lovest. Assist me, give me strength, give me grace always to invoke Thee: O Most Jesus! Give me Thy love, give Thy love, give me Thy love. Amen.

O Most Holy Mary, obtain for me the grace always to pray to Thee, and to say: My Mother, obtain for me the grace to love Jesus Christ. Amen.