The Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Thy altar (presence). We are Thine, and Thine we wish to be; but to be more surely united to Thee, behold, each one of us this day freely dedicates himself to Thy Most Sacred Heart. Many, indeed, have never known Thee, many, too, despising Thy precepts have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart.
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Be King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal sons who have abandoned Thee, grant that they may quickly return to their Father’s house, before they perish of wretchedness and hunger. Be King of those whom heresy holds in error or discord keeps far away, call them back to the harbour of truth and the unity of Faith, so that soon there may be but one fold and one Shepherd.
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Be King of all those who even now sit in the shadow of idolatry or Islam, and do not refuse to bring them into the light of Thy kingdom. Look, finally, with eyes of pity upon the children of that race, which was for so long a time Thy chosen people, and let Thy blood, which was once invoked upon them in vengeance, now descend upon them also in a cleansing flood of redemption and eternal life.
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Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm, unto all nations give an ordered tranquillity; bring it to pass that from pole to pole the earth may resound with one cry: Praise to the divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to It be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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(Indulgence: 5 years, each time)
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(The Holy Father Pope Pius XI wanted the whole human race to be consecrated to Jesus – the universal King – on the last day of the year 1925, with this prayer. He then ordered that the last Sunday of October should be dedicated with solemnity and special ceremony by the whole Church to the eternal Lord of all time, and that this consecration should be said, which is the same as that of Leo XIII, with a few changes. – If not being said in a Church, the word ‘altar’ should be replaced with ‘presence’.)