Devotional
Prayer to the Wounded Heart of Jesus
Catholic prayer
A prayer of Blessed John Justus Lanspergius, the Carthusian, asking to be hidden in the wound of Christ's pierced side and wholly transformed into him by love.
O my Most Loving and Gentle Jesus, I desire with all the affections of my heart, that all beings should praise Thee, honor Thee and glorify Thee eternally for that sacred wound wherewith Thy divine side was rent. I deposit, enclose, conceal in that wound and in that opening in Thy Heart, my heart and all my feelings, thoughts, desires, intentions and all the faculties of my soul. I entreat Thee, by the precious Blood and Water that flowed from Thy Most Loving Heart, to take entire possession of me, that Thou may guide me in all things. Consume me in the burning fire of thy holy Love, so that I may be so absorbed and transformed into Thee that I may no longer be but one with Thee. Amen.
When it is prayed
- sacred-heart
- lent
- first-friday
