To the Sacred Heart of Jesus

O Heart of Jesus, treasure of tenderness
You Yourself are my happiness, my only hope.
You who knew how to charm my tender youth,
Stay near me till the last night.
Lord,  to you alone I've given my life,
And all my desires are well-known to you.
It's in your ever-infinite goodness
That I want to lose myself,  O Heart of Jesus!

Ah!  I know well,  all our righteousness
Is worthless in your sight.
To give value to my sacrifices,
I want to cast them into your Divine Heart.
You did not find your angels without blemish.
In the midst of lightening you gave your law!...
I hide myself in your Sacred Heart,  Jesus.
I do not fear,  my virtue is You! . . .

To be able to gaze on your glory,
I know we have to pass through fire.
So I,  for my purgatory,
Choose your burning love,  my exiled soul
Would like to make and act of pure love,
And then,  flying away to Heaven,  its Homeland,
Enter straightaway into your Heart.

           --- St. Therese of Lisieux....Carmelite lover of Jesus