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with which dying Christians invoke Thee with their last sigh. I offer Thee, above all, the tender love and reverence with which Mary and Joseph pronounced that adorable name when they spoke to Thee on earth, and finally, the profound veneration with which the Archangel Gabriel uttered it, when he announced at Nazareth the mystery of the Incarnation. I desire to honor that holy name all the days of my life, and to praise it throughout eternity. I will invoke it in my temptations, in my sorrows and discouragements, and if ever I hear it profaned or treated with levity, I will make acts of loving reparation in my heart, and if possible with my lips.

Sweet Name of Jesus, be Thou loved, praised, and glorified forever and ever. Amen.[1]

Aspirations to the Holy Name in Reparation for Blasphemies

1. JESUS!

2. Jesus, my Lord, my God, and my All!

3. Praised be Jesus Christ forever.

4. Blessed be the name of Jesus.

5. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

6. Jesus, have mercy on us.

7. Sweet name of Jesus, may all poor sinners call upon Thee, and so find mercy.

8. Most holy name of Jesus, be Thou the comfort and the strength of those who are in their agony.

9. I praise and love Thee, dearest Lord, for in Thy name is our salvation.

10. Hail, Jesus, King of heaven and earth, hallowed by Thy name. Thy kingdom come!

  1. "Voice of the Sacred Heart."