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
O Mary, please help me to fast as thy saints fasted. Please help me to eat and sleep and take recreation as thy saints ate and slept and took recreation. Please help me to love and forgive as thy saints loved and forgave. Please help me to be humble and charitable and pure as thy … More As Thy Saints
Sacred Heart of Jesus, please help me to understand the nothingness of this world and the enormity of eternity. I fear that I too often look for contentment here in this life rather than the next. If I were content here on earth, I would never long for my true home in heaven. Please help … More This Life
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have a burning desire to grasp the essence of things. I am not satisfied with the superficial but must always pursue a train of thought to a satisfactory ending. When it comes to Thy Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, however, I must confess that I am sometimes left confounded. Please … More Grasping the Essence
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, please help me to love Thee as Thy saints love Thee. Please help me to love Thee even as Thy Blessed Mother loves Thee. Please help me to love Thee with all of my powers of loving, but then, how pitiful are my powers of loving? I cannot be satisfied … More Give me Thy Heart
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