O Most Loving Jesus

(By Saint Louis de Montfort)

O most loving Jesus,
deign to let me pour forth my gratitude before Thee,
for the grace Thou hast bestowed upon me
in giving me to Thy holy Mother
through the devotion of Holy Bondage,
that she may be my advocate
in the presence of Thy majesty
and my support in my extreme misery.
Alas, O Lord!
I am so wretched that
without this dear Mother
I should be certainly lost.
Yes, Mary is necessary for me at Thy side
and everywhere that she may appease Thy just wrath,
because I have so often offended Thee;
that she may save me
from the eternal punishment of Thy justice,
which I deserve;
that she may contemplate Thee,
speak to Thee,
pray to Thee,
approach Thee and please Thee;
that she may help me to save my soul
and the souls of others;
in short, Mary is necessary for me
that I may always do Thy holy will
and seek Thy greater glory in all things.
Ah, would that I could proclaim
throughout the whole world
the mercy that Thou hast shown to me!
Would that everyone might know
I should be already damned,
were it not for Mary!
Would that I might offer worthy thanksgiving
for so great a blessing!

Mary is in me.
Oh, what a treasure!
Oh, what a consolation!
And shall I not be entirely hers?
Oh, what ingratitude!
My dear Saviour,
send me death rather than such a calamity,
for I would rather die
than live without belonging entirely to Mary.
With St. John the Evangelist
at the foot of the Cross,
I have taken her a thousand times for my own
and as many times have given myself to her;
but if I have not yet done it as Thou,
dear Jesus, dost wish,
I now renew this offering
as Thou dost desire me to renew it.
And if Thou seest in my soul
or my body anything
that does not belong to this august princess,
I pray Thee to take it
and cast it far from me,
for whatever in me does not belong to Mary
is unworthy of Thee.

O Holy Spirit,
grant me all these graces.
Plant in my soul the Tree of true Life,
which is Mary;
cultivate it and tend it
so that it may grow and blossom
and bring forth the fruit of life in abundance.
O Holy Spirit,
give me great devotion to Mary,
Thy faithful spouse;
give me great confidence in her maternal heart
and an abiding refuge in her mercy,
so that by her Thou mayest truly form in me Jesus Christ,
great and mighty,
unto the fullness of His perfect age.

Amen.

Pardon Prayer To Sweet Jesus In His Sufferings

O my good Jesus, my dear Saviour,
I compassionate Thee in Thy sufferings.
I fervently bless Thee and thank Thee
for all Thou hast done and suffered for me;
give me grace to weep over the sins
and the ingratitude which caused Thy dreadful agony.
Sweet Jesus, mercy!
Pardon me, O Lord,
for my past indifference to Thy love.

Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us,
set our hearts on fire with love of Thee.

May those bonds which confined Thy hands
burst the fetters of my sins,
and restore me to the sweet liberty of Thy children!
I cast myself at Thy Sacred feet,
O my King and my God;
and since Thou hast undergone the humiliation
of allowing Thyself to be bound by Thy creatures,
may I place my happiness in sharing Thy humiliations,
and carrying Thy Cross.

The Prayer I Adore Thee, O Jesus, True God and True Man

I adore Thee, O Jesus,
true God and true Man,
here present in the Holy Eucharist,
humbly kneeling before Thee
and united in spirit with all the faithful on earth
and all the blessed in heaven.
In deepest gratitude for so great a blessing,
I love Thee, my Jesus,
with my whole heart,
for Thou art all perfect and all worthy of love.

Give me grace nevermore in any way to offend Thee,
and grant that I,
being refreshed by Thy Eucharistic presence here on earth,
may be found worthy to come to the enjoyment with Mary
of Thine eternal and ever-blessed presence in heaven.

Amen.

Prayer To Jesus Christ The King

Almighty, everlasting God,
Who in Thy beloved Son,
King of the whole world,
hast willed to restore all things anew;
grant in Thy Mercy that all the families of nations,
rent asunder by the wound of sin,
may be subjected to His most gentle rule.
Who with Thee lives and reigns world without end.

Amen.

Prayer To Jesus Christ, Lord

Jesus Christ, Lord of all things,
You see my heart;
You know my desires.
Possess all that I am, You alone.
I am Your sheep;
make me worthy to overcome the devil.

Amen

The Holy Name Of Jesus

This is the shortest and yet the most powerful of all
prayers. It has one word, the Holy Name of:

Jesus

While reflecting on the Holy Name of Jesus, the faithful
repeats over and over the Holy Name of "Jesus" in a pious manner.
Many of the Saints had a great love for the Holy Name of Jesus.
Among a few, there was the Apostle Paul, St. Thomas Aquinas, St.
Augustine, St. Dominic, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Francis de
Sales and St. Ignatius of Loyola.

The Holy Name of Jesus represents the incarnation of God
among men on earth. It is the Name above all names. It is the
Most Holy Name that deserves the greatest honour and glories, above
all other feasts. Because of our living hope in the Name of "Jesus",
we have the assurance of our resurrection and eternal salvation.

Before the change of Church regulations regarding Indulgences, each time the name of Jesus was invoked, the prayerful soul gained 300 days indulgence that could be applied towards the souls in Purgatory.

Prayer To The United Hearts Of Jesus And Mary

O United Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
You are all grace,
all mercy, all love.
Let my heart be joined to Yours,
so that my every need is present
in Your United Hearts.
Most especially,
shed Your grace upon this particular need...
(State your need here.)
Help me to recognize
and accept Your loving will in my life.
Holy and Sacred Wounds
of the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
answer my prayer.

Amen.

The Consecration Of Oneself To Jesus Christ, Incarnate Wisdom, By The Hands Of Mary

(By Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort)

O Eternal and Incarnate Wisdom,
most sweet and adorable Jesus,
true God and true Man,
only Son of the Eternal Father
and of Mary ever Virgin,
I adore Thee profoundly in the bosom
and the splendour of Thy Father through eternity,
and in the virginal womb of Mary,
Thy most worthy Mother,
at the time of Thine Incarnation.

I return Thee thanks for that Thou didst empty Thyself,
taking upon Thee the form of a slave,
to deliver me from the cruel slavery of the devil.
I praise Thee and glorify Thee
for that Thou didst willingly become subject in all things to Mary,
Thy holy Mother,
in order to make me through her Thy faithful slave.
But alas, ungrateful and faithless that I am,
I have not kept the promises I made Thee so solemnly in my Baptism.
Nay, I have utterly failed to do my bounded duty;
I am no more worthy to be called Thy son nor Thy slave,
and since there is nothing in me
that does not provoke Thy rebukes and Thine indignation,
I dare no longer approach alone unto Thy sacred and august Majesty.
Wherefore I have recourse to the intercession of Thy most holy Mother,
whom Thou hast given me to be my intercessor with Thee;
and it is by this means that I hope to obtain from thee the grace of contrition,
the pardon of my sings,
and the gift of abiding wisdom.

For which reason I salute thee, O Mary Immaculate,
living tabernacle of the Divinity,
wherein the eternal Wisdom lies hidden to be adored by Angels and men.
I salute thee, O Queen of heaven and Earth,
to whose dominion is subject all that is less than God.
I salute thee, O sure refuge of sinners,
whose mercy faileth none;
graciously hear my prayers for Divine wisdom,
and to this end receive the vows and oblations
which my lowliness offers unto thee.

I, N., a faithless sinner,
renew and ratify this day at thy hands my baptismal vows.
I renounce Satan for ever
and all his works and pomps,
and I give myself wholly to Jesus Christ,
the Incarnate Wisdom,
to bear my cross after Him all the days of my life.
And in order that I may more faithful to Him than I have hitherto been,
I choose thee this day, O Mary,
in the presence of the whole court of heaven
for my Mother and my Mistress.

I deliver and consecrate to thee
after the manner of a bond-slave,
my body and my soul,
my interior and exterior goods,
and even the value of my good works,
past, present and future,
leaving thee the full and entire right to dispose of me
and of all that belongs to me, without exception,
according to thy good pleasure
and the greater glory of God both in time and in eternity.

Accept, O gracious Virgin,
this little offering of my bondage,
in honour of and in union with that submission
which the Eternal Wisdom willed to show toward thy Motherhood;
as a mark of homage to that dominion
which thou and thy Divine Son have made over me,
a wretched worm and a miserable sinner;
in thanksgiving for the privileges
with which the Most Holy Trinity has favoured thee.
I protest that henceforth I wish,
as thy true slave,
to seek thine honour
and to obey thee in all things.

O Mother most admirable,
present me to thy Son,
as His slave for ever,
in order that,
having purchased me through thee,
He may receive me through thee.
O Mother of mercy,
procure for me the grace of obtaining true wisdom from God
and of being set thereby in the number of those whom thou lovest,
whom thou teachest,
whom thou guidest,
whom though dost sustain
and protect as thy children and thy slaves.

O faithful Virgin,
render me in all things so perfect a disciple,
imitator and slave of the Incarnate Wisdom,
Jesus Christ thy Son,
that through thine intercession and example
I may come to the fullness of His stature on earth
and the plenitude of His glory in heaven.

Amen.

Total Surrender

Blessed Virgin Mary, Most Holy Mother, guide my soul, accompany me in this spiritual adventure towards the Light. Towards the essence of the Holy Trinity.

Holy, Holy, Holy God, listen to my call. I knock on Your door, Your Son Jesus Christ, that door where You are right behind; where Your Light shines so brightly that my fragile human eyes cannot perceive it.

I then detach myself from my body, from my senses and from my conscience, so that I can talk to You and mobilize myself directly with my soul. I leave behind all material things, all that identifies itself with me and with the world.

I am the heart of my soul that has enlightened with the fire of Your Divine Love, that as a fertilized flower, has become Your fruit: The Spirit.

Lord, I speak to You with my spirit, I adore You infinitely, with all the mysterious strength that You have poured over me.

My words are needless, I am now an offering of Divine Love that You have placed on the earth and that is coming back to You, acknowledging Your Grandeur, Your Mercy and Your Wisdom.

Behind, there stays the dust, the world, and my ego. I am nothing.

All that there is left of me is consciousness that You exist, that You are Who You Are and I am nothing, because, even this awareness of my own existence, is that flame of Divinity that You placed hidden in my heart, which is your property, but that right now has become Light, and It does not find joy in the darkness of isolated existence and it feels attracted by the magnetism of Your Omnipotent Presence.

I open my heart completely to Your Majesty. The same way Christ on the Cross surrendered for us, I surrender now to You my God.

I am nothing. Because You are the One Who gives me Life, You sustain it, You are my sacred refuge, You are my company, You are the Spirit that guides me and You are Who waits for me at the end of this terrestrial journey; this little adventure that is insignificant in the Eternity of Your Existence.

My God, You are marvelous, only through the joy of my soul can I express my Love to You. You have made me happy when my tears of joy have expressed my spiritual emotions.

If this fire of Love has become Light, and You are the Light, then Lord, this little ray of light proclaims You and wants to kiss that infinite Celestial Sun that You Are: my origin.

Lord, I feel Your Divine Presence and Your Light shines on my soul.

Most Holy Trinity, anoint me with Your Holy Spirit, fill me with Your Love, and embrace me with the serenity of Your Peace, through the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Allow me to lose my individuality in You, to penetrate profoundly in Your Infinite Being. Allow me to be One with You.

Lord, Live in me always, grow in me, support me with Your Strength, do not forsake me. Take command of all my actions, manifest Your Presence through Your servant, who lives in You, for You, through You and always with You.

Protect me Lord; make me a fort, impenetrable by sin; make me a soldier, apostle and bearer of Your Divine Word.

Make me fill the hearts of my brothers with this zeal, this fervour, this spirit of Love that You have gifted me with, make me a bearer of Your Light, to vanish darkness and to prepare the terrain for Your Kingdom. Not my will, but Yours be done.

The Jesus Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have mercy on me, a sinner