Consume then in me whatever can displease or be opposed to Thee, and may thy pure love be so deeply impressed upon my heart that it may be impossible that I should ever be separated from Thee, or forget Thee.
I implore Thee, by all Thy goodness, that my name may be written in Thee, for in Thee I wish to place all my happiness and all my glory, living and dying in very bondage to Thee. Amen.
Indulgence of 300 days, applicable to the souls in purgatory. — Leo XIII, June i, 1897.
Note. — This Consecration, which was the first composed by Blessed Alargaret Mary in honor of the Sacred Heart and called by her "The Little Consecration," possesses the very precious privilege of having been inspired and recommended by Our Lord Himself to His faithful servant.
In a letter to Pere Croiset, Blessed Margaret Mary recommends to him to insert in his work upon devotion to the Sacred Heart The Little Consecration. " For," says she, "it comes from Him, and He will not be pleased at its omission."
In several of her letters, we again find the same prayer recommended very earnestly to persons in communication with the Blessed Sister. "I send you," she says, a little Consecration to this Divine Heart that every one of you may make it in private." (Letter XXXVII to Mere de Saumaise, March 2, 1686, Vol. II, p. 3.) And in another to a Religious I who asked her advice: "I am sending you a little Consecration to wear on your heart with a picture.
