Offering of the Heart

Virgin Mary, most loving Mother,

please give me a heart like yours,

firm in its attachments and of unshakable loyalty,

an affectionate heart which radiates a discreet tenderness and which is open,

a pure heart which lives in the flesh without being burdened by it,

a generous heart,

quick in forgetting its hurts and always ready to forgive,

a considerate heart which hides a great deal of love in the smallest details,

in the most humble service,

a magnanimous heart which rejoices in other's triumphs

and shares in their sorrows,

a heart which condemns no one,

and does not tire of being confided to,

a heart taken up by Christ,

totally given to His infinite love.

Amen.