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(Prayer of St. Alphonsus Liguori)
My Lord Jesus Christ,
Who because of Your love
for men remain night and day
in the Blessed Sacrament,
full of pity and of love,
awaiting, calling and
welcoming all who
come to visit You,
I believe that You are
present here on the altar.
I adore You, and
I thank You for
all the graces You have
bestowed on me,
especially for having
given me Your most holy
Mother Mary to plead for me,
and for having called me
to visit You in this church.
I now salute
Your most loving Heart,
and that for three ends:
first, in thanksgiving for this great gift;
secondly, to make amends to You
for all the outrages committed
against You in this Sacrament
by Your enemies;
thirdly, I intend by this visit
to adore You in all the
places on earth in which
You are present in the
Blessed Sacrament and in which
You are least honoured
and most abandoned.
My Jesus, I love You
with my whole heart.
I am very sorry for having
so many times offended
Your infinite goodness.
With the help of Your grace,
I purpose never
to offend You again.
And now, unworthy though I am,
I consecrate myself to you
without reserve.
I renounce and give entirely
to You my will,
my affection, my desires
and all that I posssess.
For the future,
dispose of me and
all I have as You please.
All I ask of You
is Your holy love,
final perserverance and that
I may carry out
Your will perfectly.
I recommend to You
the souls in Purgatory,
especially those who had
the greatest devotion to the
Blessed Sacrament and to
the Blessed Virgin Mary.
I also recommend to You
all poor sinners.
Finally, my dear Saviour,
I unite all my desires
with the desires of Your
most loving Heart;
and I offer them,
thus united,
to the Eternal Father,
and beseech Him,
in Your name and
for love of You,
to accept and grant them.
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