O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I am sometimes unsure of how to make my thanksgiving after receiving Thee in Holy Communion. I have often heard that I should simply employ the four ends of prayer – adoration, reparation, thanksgiving, and supplication – but still my thanksgivings seem inadequate. Thou hast given me a Gift of … More Thanksgiving
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I firmly believe that all things are possible to Thee. I wish to offer Thee some small form of reparation in order to comfort and console Thy suffering Sacred Heart, but it seems to me that it would take a very great miracle for a Divine Heart to be comforted … More Reparation
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I humbly confess that I do not know how Thy yoke can be considered sweet and Thy burden light. Look at all that Thou hadst to suffer! Who could rightly call your Passion and death sweet and light? I have another confession to make. I am completely embarrassed and ashamed … More Repugnant Suffering
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have always desired to do something great for Thee. Convert the nations, defeat the antichrist, save the world – something of that magnitude. But then I pray Thy stations of the cross, and I come to Veronica. The great Veronica, who has been known the world over for two … More Veronica
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I am a little discouraged because I don’t have much of anything to offer to Thee. My Lenten penances are rather pathetic, to say the least. I am not undertaking any great fasts – I just try to eat two smaller meals and one larger meal like Holy Mother Church … More A Little Discouraged
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