According to tradition, this litany, approved in 1899 for public recitation, originated at Marseilles, where devotion to the Sacred ... God, . . . Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High ...

To the Sacred Heart of our Lord, Jesus Christ, I give myself and I consecrate my person and my life, my actions, pains, and sufferings so that I may be unwill­ing to make use of any part of my ...