PRAYER OF THE DAY

For the Help of the Sacred Heart

Take away, 
O my Jesus, 
the blindness of my heart, 
that I may know Thee; 
take away the hardness of my heart, 
that I may fear Thee; 
take away the coldness of my heart, 
that I may resist everything that is contrary to Thy will; 
take away its heavy, 
earthly sluggishness and selfishness, 
that I may be capable of heroic sacrifice for Thy glory, 
and for the souls whom Thou has redeemed with Thy own most precious blood. 

Amen.