A Cross to Carry

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, please do not ever leave me without a cross to carry. If everything is done according to my will, I will love my life in this world and will not want to leave it for heaven. If I love my life in this world, I will infallibly lose it. Please … More A Cross to Carry

Thanksgiving

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

Reparation

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

I Am Not Satisfied

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thou hast been very generous to me. From Thee I have received the gift of the traditional Catholic Faith, health of body and soul, a loving Catholic family, a beautiful wife and children, countless good friends, successful business endeavors, a beautiful home, every material blessing for which I could hope, … More I Am Not Satisfied