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Rorate Mass - St. Nicholas parish in Lisbon, Portugal

Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1445-1510)

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Make me humble, patient, pure, and wholly obedient to your will.

Protect me in the midst of danger. Comfort me in my afflictions.

Give me health of body and assistance in my temporal needs.

I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

I will establish peace in their homes.

I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.

I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.

Sinners will find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.

Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.

Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

I will bless every place in which an image of my Heart is exposed and honored.

I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.

Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart.

– L’ Abbe Janvier