Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart

A series of articles on Roman Catholic Prayers to Jesus

Overview of Prayers Anima Christi Morning offering Sacred Heart prayer Sacred Heart Consecration Shoulder Wound Vianney's prayer You are Christ Perboyre's prayer Montfort's prayer Crucifix prayer Devotions to Christ Holy Face • Sacred Heart • Eucharistic adoration • Acts of Reparation • Divine Mercy • Holy Name • Holy Wounds • Rosary of Holy Wounds • Stations of the Cross • Precious Blood • Infant of Prague

For the prayer by Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque, please see: Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic prayer composed by Pope Leo XIII. It was included in the 1899 encyclical Annum Sacrum issued by Leo XIII as he consecrated the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The consecration was influenced by two letters written to the pope by Sister Mary of the Divine Heart who stated that in visions of Jesus Christ she had been told to request the consecration.^[1][2][3]

Words of the prayer

A series of articles on the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart Immaculate Heart Alliance of Hearts Prayers & Feast Act of Consecration Prayer • Feast Scapular People John Eudes Margaret Alacoque Catherine Labouré Mary of Divine Heart Alexandrina da Costa Encyclicals Annum Sacrum Haurietis Aquas Churches Cathedrals • Churches

Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race,

look down upon us, humbly prostrate before Your altar.

We are Yours and Yours we wish to be;

but to be more surely united with You, behold each one of us

freely consecrates himself today to Your most Sacred Heart.

Many, indeed, have never known You;

many too, despising Your precepts, have rejected You.

Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus,

and draw them to Your Sacred Heart.

Be You King, O Lord,

not only of the faithful who have never forsaken You,

but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned You;

grant that they may quickly return to Your Father's house,

lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.

Be You King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions,

or whom discord keeps aloof,

and call them back to the harbour of truth and unity of faith,

so that soon there may be but one flock and one shepherd.

Be You King also of all those who sit

in the ancient superstition of the Gentiles,

and refuse not to deliver them out of darkness

into the light and kingdom of God.

Grant, O Lord, to Your Church,

assurance of freedom and immunity from harm;

give peace and order to all nations,

and make the Earth resound from pole to pole with one cry:

Praise to the divine Heart that wrought our salvation;

to it be glory and honour forever. Amen.

See also

• Sacred Heart of Jesus
• Mary of the Divine Heart
• Visions of Jesus and Mary
• Alliance of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Sources

• Ann Ball, 2003 Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices ISBN 0-87973-910-X page 166

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