Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Roman Catholic Church is a devotional prayer that expresses an individual or community's dedication and commitment to Jesus Christ, particularly through His Sacred Heart, symbolizing His love and compassion for humanity. Here is a commonly recited Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus:
Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus:
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to You I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring, and glorifying You. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to You, and to do all for Your love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease You.
I take You, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the protection of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, the reparation for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be therefore, 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.
This prayer emphasizes devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a source of love, protection, and salvation, and it expresses a desire to live in accordance with His will and to find ultimate fulfillment in union with Him.