christianitas:

Dominus meus, et Deus meus.

“Behold, I stand at the gate, and knock” (Apoc. iii. 20) O most loving shepherd, who, not satisfied with sacrificing Yourself once to death on the altar of the cross for the love of Your sheep, has moreover been pleased to hide Yourself in this divine Sacrament on the altars of our churches, to be always near, and to knock at the doors of our hearts, and thus obtain Your admission!

Ah, did I but know how to enjoy your nearness to me as did the sacred Spouse in the Canticles who says: I sat down under His shadow, whom I desired. Ah, did I but love You, did I but really love You, my most amiable Sacrament, I also should wish never to leave the foot of a tabernacle either night or day. Fixing myself near Your majesty, concealed under the apparent shadow of the sacred species, I also should find that divine sweetness and that happiness which souls enamoured of You find.

—St Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Visits to the Most Blessed Sacrament and the Most Blessed Virgin Mary

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Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

O Jesus, divine Saviour, deign to cast a look of mercy upon Your children, who assemble  in the same spirit of faith, reparation, and love, and come to deplore their own infidelities, and those of all poor sinners, their brethren.

May we touch Your divine Heart by the unanimous and solemn promises we are about to make and obtain mercy for ourselves, for the world, and for all who are so unhappy as not to love You.  We all promise that for the future:

For the forgetfulness and ingratitude of men, We will console you O Lord
For the way You are deserted in Your holy tabernacle, We will console you O Lord
For the crimes of sinners, We will console you O Lord
For the hatred of the impious, We will console you O Lord
For the blasphemies uttered against You, We will console you O Lord
For the sacrileges that profane Your Sacrament of Love, We will console you O Lord
For the outrages against Your divinity, We will console you O Lord
For the injuries of which You are the adorable Victim, We will console you O Lord
For the coldness of the greater part of your children, We will console you O Lord
For the contempt of your loving invitation, We will console you O Lord
For the infidelity of those who called themselves Your friends, We will console you O Lord
For the abuse of Your grace, We will console you O Lord
For our own unfaithfulness, We will console you O Lord
For the incomprehensible hardness of our hearts, We will console you O Lord
For our long delay in loving You, We will console you O Lord
For our tepidity in Your holy service, We will console you O Lord
For Your bitter sadness at the loss of souls, We will console you O Lord
For Your long waiting at the door of our hearts, We will console you O Lord
For the heartless scorn that grieves You, We will console you O Lord
For Your loving sighs, We will console you O Lord
For Your loving tears, We will console you O Lord
For Your loving imprisonment, We will console you O Lord
For Your loving death, We will console you O Lord

Let us pray:

O Jesus! divine Saviour, from whose Heart comes forth this bitter complaint, “I looked for one that would comfort me, and I found none,” graciously accept the feeble consolation we offer You, and aid us so powerfully by your grace, that we may, for the time to come, shun more and more all that can displease You, and prove ourselves in everything, and everywhere, and forever Your most faithful and devoted servants.  We ask it through Your Sacred Heart, O Lord, who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.