A SHORT ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

MY loving Jesus! I, N.N., give Thee my heart, and I consecrate myself wholly to Thee, out of the grateful love I bear Thee, and as reparation for all my unfaithfulness; and with Thy aid I purpose never to sin again.

Indulgence of 100 days, once a day, if said before a picture of the Sacred Heart. Pius VII., June 9, 1807.

Sweet Heart of Jesus, be my love !

Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation !

MORNING OFFERING

MORNING OFFERING OF THE "APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER"

O MY God, I offer Thee my prayers, works, and sufferings this day, in union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, for the intentions for which He pleads and offers Himself in holy Mass, in thanksgiving for Thy favors, in reparation for our offences, for the petitions of our associates, especially this month for

(Name the General Intention for this month.)

EJACULATION IN HONOR OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

MAY the Heart of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament be praised, adored, and loved with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time.

Indulgence of 100 days, once a day. Pius IX., Feb. 29, 1868.

RENEWAL OF VOWS

Renewal of Vows

I WISH, dear Jesus, to follow closely in Thy footsteps this day, carrying my cross the cross of religious life after Thee. I desire to fasten myself to the cross by renewing my holy vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, so that I may resemble Thee more closely, my crucified Saviour, Who art the sweet Spouse of my soul. May all my actions, performed in union with Thee, be pleasing to the heavenly Father, as springing from the tree of the cross, to which I nailed myself on the happy day on which I made these vows. Sweet cross! Thou art my joy and my salvation.

 

SHORT FORMULA FOR RENEWAL OF VOWS

ALMIGHTY and eternal God, I renew and confirm with all my heart the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience which I made at my profession, and I implore Thy grace to accomplish them perfectly. Amen.

INVOCATIONS

JESUS, have mercy on us.

Jesus, have mercy on us.

Holy Mother of God, pray for us.

All ye holy angels, pray for us.

Holy apostles, pray for us.

Holy martyrs, pray for us.

Holy confessors, pray for us.

Holy virgins, pray for us.

St. Joseph, pray for us.

St. John Baptist, pray for us.

St. Benedict, pray for us.

St. Dominic, pray for us.

St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us.

St. Ignatius, pray for us.

St. Vincent of Paul, pray for us.

St. Francis of Sales, pray for us.

St. Augustine, pray for us.

St. Charles, pray for us.

St. Bernard, pray for us.

St. Thomas Aquinas, pray for us.

St. Francis Xavier, pray for us.

St. Patrick, pray for us.

St. Anthony of Padua, pray for us.

St. Roch, pray for us.

St. Teresa, pray for us.

St. Gertrude, pray for us.

St. Mechtilde, pray for us.

St. Ursula and all your holy companions, pray for us

St. Hildegard, pray for us.

St. Catharine, pray for us.

St. Clara, pray for us.

St. Angela Merici, pray for us.

St. Jane Frances de Chantal, pray for us.

St. Elizabeth. St. Rose, Bl. Margaret Mary, pray for us.

All the holy founders and great saints of the Religious Orders, pray for us.

May all the saints in heaven intercede with God for us.*

These Invocations may be either extended or curtailed by pleasure.

LET US PRAY FOR OUR REVEREND MOTHER/FATHER

V. O LORD, save N.N., our reverend Mother;

R. And hear our prayers in her behalf.

Let us pray.

WE beseech Thee, almighty and eternal God, grant to Thy servant, N.N., who, through Thy mercy, hath undertaken the government of this Congregation, the light of Thy Holy Spirit, and an increase of all virtues, that she may perform the works that are pleasing to Thee, and, being rendered acceptable in Thy sight, may come at length to Thee, Who art the way, the truth, and the life. Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord. Amen.

Pater, Ave.

PRAISES TO THE WILL OF GOD

 

May the most just, most high, most adorable will of God be in all things done, and praised, and magnified forever.

Fiat, laudetur, atque in aeternum superexaltetur justissima, altissima, et amabilissima voluntas Dei in omnibus.