‘O Sacred Heart of Jesus, living and quickening source of eternal life, infinite treasure of the Divinity and burning furnace of divine love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary, O loveable Saviour. Consume my heart with that burning fire with which Your Heart is ever inflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your love and let my heart be so united with Yours, that our wills may be one; and mine in all things, be conformed to Yours. May Your divine will be equally the standard and rule of all my desires and of all my actions.’
By St. Alphonsus Liguori
