Prayer and Act of Praise
257. The Raccolta (1910)
The Prayer
HEART of Mary, Mother of GOD and our Mother, Heart most amiable, on- which the adorable Trinity ever gazes with complacency, worthy of all the veneration and tenderness of angels and of men; Heart most like the Heart of JESUS, whose most perfect image thou art; Heart full of goodness, ever compassionate towards our miseries; vouchsafe to thaw our icy hearts, that they may be wholly changed to the likeness of the Heart of JESUS. Infuse into them the love of thy virtues, inflame them with that blessed fire with which thou dost ever burn. In thee let the Holy Church find safe shelter; protect it and be its sweet asylum, its tower of strength, impregnable against every inroad of its enemies. Be thou the road leading to JESUS; be thou the channel whereby we receive all graces needful for our salvation. Be thou our help in need, our comfort in trouble, our strength in temptation, our refuge in persecution, our aid in all dangers; but especially in the last struggle of our life, at the moment of our death, when all hell shall be unchained against us to snatch away our souls: in that dread moment, that hour so terrible, whereon our eternity depends, ah, then, most tender Virgin, make us feel how great is the tenderness of thy maternal Heart, and how mighty thy power with the Heart of JESUS, opening to us a safe refuge in the very fount of mercy itself, that so we too may join with thee in Paradise in blessing that same Heart of JESUS for ever and for ever. Amen.
Act of Praise to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
MAY the Divine Heart of JESUS and the Immaculate Heart of Mary be known, praised, blessed, loved, worshipped and glorified always and in all places! Amen.
Indulgences
i. 60 Days, once a day.
ii. Plenary, to those who say it every day for a year, on each of the following three feasts of our Lady, viz., the Nativity, Assumption, and her Sacred Heart, provided they visit a church or altar dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and pray for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. (Special Conditions: Confession, Communion, Visit to a church, Prayer according to the Pope’s intention.)
iii. Plenary, in articulo mortis, at the point of death, to all who in life have said this prayer every day. (Special Conditions: Confession and Communion, or at least with contrition.)
Decrees of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences:
Pius VII. August 18, 1807.
Pius VII. February 1, 1816.