The end of one year and the beginning of another. The new year is a perfect time for each of us to consecrate our hearts to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In December will see the start of the Jubilee of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is the commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of the Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque at Paray-le-Monial and therefore of the Jubilee of a year and a half that runs from 27 December 2023, the anniversary of the first main apparition, to 27 June 2025, the date of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. 

Prayer of Consecration written by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque 

I consecrate and surrender to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, my person, my life, my difficulties and my sufferings, that I may henceforth live only for his love and glory. It is my firm and unwavering purpose to be his entirely, to do everything for his love and renounce wholeheartedly everything that could displease his divine Heart. 

O Sacred Heart, I choose You as the sole object of my love, the protector of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the support of my weakness and the atoner for all the sins of my whole life. O mild and bountiful Heart, be likewise my refuge at the hour of death, my justification before God, and ward off from me the penalty of his just wrath. O loving Heart, I place my trust entirely in You. While I fear everything from my own malice, I hope everything from Your goodness. Destroy in me whatever may displease You or be opposed to You, and let Your pure love imprint You so deeply upon my heart that it will be impossible for me ever to forget You or be separated from You. 

O Sacred Heart, by Your goodness, I implore You, let my name be deeply engraved in You, for in Your service and in Your love I will live and die. 

Amen.