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For the Consecration of Families to the Sacred Heart
O most Sacred Heart
of Jesus,
You revealed yourself to the blessed Margaret Mary.
You desire to rule over Christian families;
behold, in order to please You,
we stand before You this day,
to proclaim Your full sovereignty over our family.
We desire from this time on to live Your life,
we desire that the virtues, to which You have promised peace on earth,
may flower in the bosom of our family;
we desire to keep far from us the spirit of the world,
which You have condemned.
You are King of our hearts by our love of You alone,
with which our hearts are on fire
and whose flame we shall nourish
by frequent reception of the Holy Eucharist.
Be pleased, O Sacred Heart,
to preside over our gathering together,
to bless our spiritual and temporal affairs,
to ward off all annoyance from us,
to bless our joys and comfort our sorrows.
If any of us has ever been so unhappy as to fall into the misery of
displeasing You,
grant that he may remember, O Heart of Jesus,
that You are full of goodness and mercy toward the repentant sinner.
And when the hour of separation strikes and death enters our family
circle,
whether we go or whether we stay,
we shall all bow meekly before Your eternal decrees.
This shall be our consolation, to remember that the day will come,
when our entire family, once more united in heaven,
shall be able to sing of Your glory and Your goodness forever.
May the immaculate Heart of Mary and the glorious Patriarch Saint Joseph
vouchsafe to offer You this our act of consecration,
and to keep the memory thereof alive in us
all the days of our lives.
Glory to the Heart of Jesus, our King and our Father! Amen.
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