Lift up, O Lord, do Thou Thyself lift up my heart to Thee. Take from it
all unholy thoughts, all earthly affections. Lift it wholly up to heaven,
where Thy Heart is worthily adored, and to the altar, where it is about to
manifest itself to me. Through Thy most kind Heart, I beseech Thee to draw
my heart wholly into Thine. Bury it in Thine, so that it may be so
absorbed into and united to Thy Heart, that I may no longer have any heart
but Thine. Suffer me, then, to join my feeble voice with the voices of all
the heavenly spirits, and in union with them to say, in transports of joy
and admiration: Holy, holy, holy is the Heart of Jesus! the worthy object
of the divine complacency, and of the homage of heaven and earth! The
whole earth is full of Thy glory; let my heart be full also of its love.
Amen.
Canon.
O God infinitely holy, if my sins provoke Thee, and make me hateful in Thy
sight, look upon the Lamb without spot, Who is going to immolate Himself
to take away the sins of the world, and beholding His merits, remember not
my ingratitude. Remember only that I have been graciously admitted into
the Heart of Thy divine Son. This Heart infinitely merciful prayed for me
on Calvary, and will soon renew the sacrifice of itself for me. O my sweet
Jesus, how many times have I sinned against Thee? How many times have I
despised the interior graces Thou hast bestowed upon me? Oh, how earnestly
I now desire a perfect contrition, equal to the greatness of the love that
I have offended. But, since it is impossible for my sorrow to equal Thy
goodness towards me, I offer the loving contrition of the Heart of my Lord
Jesus Christ to supply my insufficiency. Amen.
Consecration.
O my soul, behold thy God, thy Saviour, thy Judge! My God, I adore Thee!
My Saviour, I love Thee! My sovereign Judge, I am sorry for ever having
offended Thee! O Heart of my Jesus, Whom I believe to be here really
present, suffer me not to be separated from Thee during life. Grant that
my heart may ever find repose in Thine, that I may die in Thy love, and
thus go to contemplate and praise Thee for all eternity. Amen.
After The Consecration.
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