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Prayer to the Wounded Heart of Jesus
O my Most Loving and Gentle Jesus, I desire with all the affections of my heart, that all beings created

and uncreated, should praise Thee, honor Thee and glorify Thee eternally for that sacred wound wherewith Thy

divine side was rent. I deposit, enclose, conceal in that wound and in that opening in Thy Heart, my heart and all

my feelings, thoughts, desires, intentions and all the faculties of my soul. I entreat Thee, by the precious Blood and

Water that flowed from Thy Most Loving Heart, to take entire possesion of me, that Thou may guide me in all

things. Consume me in the burning fire of thy holy Love, so that I may be so absorbed and transformed into Thee
that I may no longer be but one with Thee. Amen.

-- Lanspergius, the Carthusian

Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee 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 Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee.

I take Thee, 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 insconstancy, the reparation for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be Thou, O Most Merciful Heart, my justification before God Thy Father, and screen me from His anger which I have so justly merited. I fear all from my own weakness and malice, but placing my entire confidence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine infinite Goodness. Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist Thee. Imprint Thy pure love so deeply in my heart that I may never forget Thee or be separated from Thee.
I beseech Thee, through Thine infinite Goodness, grant that my name be engraved upon Thy Heart, for in this I place all my happiness and all my glory, to live and to die as one of Thy devoted servants.

Amen.

. -- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque