January 9, 2019
Most sweet Jesus,
Redeemer of the human race,
look down upon us,
humbly prostrate before Your altar.
We are Yours and Yours we wish to be;
but to be more surely united with You,
behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today
to Your Most Sacred Heart.
Many, indeed, have never known You;
many, too, despising Your precepts,
have rejected You.
Have mercy on them all,
most merciful Jesus,
and draw them to Your Sacred Heart.
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.