Consecration of the family to the Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart of Jesus,
that you manifested in Santa Margherita Maria Alacoque
the desire to reign over Christian families,
we proclaim you today King and Lord of our family.
Be our sweet guest, the desired friend of our house,
the center of attraction that unites us all in mutual love,
the center of irradiation for which each of us lives his vocation
and fulfills its mission.
Be You the only school of love.
Let us learn from you as we love, giving ourselves to others,
forgiving and serving all with generosity and humility
without demanding the return.
O Jesus, who suffered to make us happy,
save the joy of our family;
in happy hours and difficulties
Your Heart is the source of our comfort.
Heart of Jesus, draw us to you and transform us;
bring to us the riches of Your infinite Love,
our deficiencies and our infidelities burn in it;
faith, hope and charity increase in us.
Finally, we ask you that, after having loved and served you in this land,
You reunite us in the eternal joy of Your Kingdom.
Amen.