Center of Our Hearts

O God, what will you do to conquer
the fearful hardness of our hearts?
Lord, you must give us new hearts,
tender hearts, sensitive hearts,
to replace hearts that are made of marble and of
bronze.

You must give us your own Heart, Jesus.
Come, lovable Heart of Jesus.
Place you Heart deep in the center of our hearts
and enkindle in each heart a flame of love
as strong, as great, as the sum of all reasons
that I have for loving you my God.

O holy Heart of Jesus, dwell hidden in my heart,
so that I may live only in you and only for you,
so that, in the end, I may live with you eternally in
heaven.
Amen.

--St. Claude La Colombiere, SJ