The devotion to the sacred heart of Jesus, for the use of the association erected under that title in the domestic oratory of the Society of Jesus at Bruges - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1767 Excerpt: ... may it, I say, be approved and confirmed by thy Blefsing and Authority. Amen. THE SINNER'S ADDRESS T 0 OUR BLESSED LADY. IT is to thee, holy Virgin, I have Recourse however unworthy of thy Goodness. I know thou never abandonest those, who call upon thee with Confidence, and that the Church does not call thee in vain the Refuge of Sinners: and this in Effect is the only Title, which is left me to dare to approach to thee, and shall I be so unfortunate as to be the first, and only one, that thou wilt refuse to hear? Thou wilt find in me none of those amiable Marks, by which thou acknowledgest thy true Children. Slave of a shameful Sin, which tyrannises over me, I come to humbly beg thy Help to break my Chains. Made sensible of the Beauty of a Virtue I have hitherto abhorred, 1 defire absolutely" to quit a Vice, which has hitherto pleased me too much, tho' so highly shameful. Blessed Virgin! obtain for me the Grace to hate what I have loved, and to love what I have hated Make my Eyes flow with Tears, that may efface all the Impurities of my Life. This Miracle is reserved to thee, O Mother of Mercy. Renew in me thole Prodigies of Conversions, which thou hast formerly wrought, and appear now Ib seldom in an Age so corrupted as ours. The more miserable I am, the more proper Object I am of thy Compassion: nor can any Thing less than a Miracle free me from that infamous Paflion, which has overruled me till now. This Miracle, O sacred Virgin, I beg of thee by that Purity, Which made thee so agreeable to God, and which drew upon thee the Honour of being the Mother of his Son. Let not the Price of that Blood, which thou gavest to the Saviour of Men, be lostj refuse not to thyself the Plea sure of reducing a straid Sheep to that heavenly Shepherd. Shew that thou art tr...

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