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
from the book
Devotion To The Sacred Heart
by Fr. John Croiset, S.J.