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IESU DULCISSIME:
Most
sweet Jesus, whose overflowing charity for men is requited
by so much forgetfulness, negligence and contempt, behold
us prostrate before you, eager to repair by a special act
of homage the cruel indifference and injuries to which your
loving Heart is everywhere subjected.
Mindful,
alas that we ourselves have had a share in such great indignities,
which we now deplore from the depths of our hearts, we humbly
ask your pardon and declare our readiness to atone by voluntary
expiation, not only for our own personal offenses, but also
for the sins of those, who, straying far from the path of
salvation, refuse in their obstinate infidelity to follow
you, their Shepherd and Leader, or, renouncing the promises
of their baptism, have cast off the sweet yoke of your law.
We are
now are resolved to expiate each and every deplorable outrage
committed against you; we are determined to make amends for
the manifold offenses against Christian modesty in indecent
dress and behavior, for all the foul seductions laid to ensnare
the feet of the innocent, for the frequent violations of Sundays
and holydays, and the shocking blasphemies uttered against
you and your Saints. We wish also to make amends for the insults
to which your Vicar on earth and your priests are subjected,
for the profanation, by conscious neglect or terrible acts
of sacrilege, of the very Sacrament of your divine love, and
lastly for the public crimes of nations who resist the rights
and teaching authority of the Church which you have founded.
Would
that we were able to wash away such abominations with our
blood. We now offer, in reparation for these violations of
your divine honor, the satisfaction you once made to your
Eternal Father on the cross and which you continue to renew
daily on our altars; we offer it in union with the acts of
atonement of your Virgin Mother and all the Saints and of
the pious faithful on earth; and we sincerely promise to make
recompense, as far as we can with the help of your grace,
for all neglect of your great love and for the sins we and
others have committed in the past. Henceforth, we will live
a life of unswerving faith, of purity of conduct, of perfect
observance of the precepts of the Gospel and especially that
of charity. We promise to the best of our power to prevent
others from offending you and to bring as many as possible
to follow you.
O loving
Jesus, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mother,
our model in reparation, deign to receive the voluntary offering
we make of this act of expiation; and by the crowning gift
of perseverance keep us faithful unto death in our duty and
the allegiance we owe to you, that we may all one day come
to that happy home, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit
you live and reign, God, forever and ever. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace...
Hail Mary, full of grace...
Hail Mary, full of grace...
Hail Mary, full of grace...
Hail Mary, full of grace...
Hail Mary, full of grace...
Hail Mary, full of grace...
Hail Mary, full of grace...
Hail Mary, full of grace...
Hail Mary, full of grace...
 Glory
be to the Father ....
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Oh
my Jesus, forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of hell;
lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those most in need of Your Mercy.
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The
Second Sorrowful Mystery
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