Can you help me identify this old Sacred Heart prayer?

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[This thread could go into the prayer and spirituality forum, but it concerns a rather old traditional prayer, so I figured I might have more luck posting it here]: I was wondering if you could help me identify an old Sacred Heart prayer. A gentleman in a nursing home said he had been praying a prayer to the Sacred Heart every day for some 50 years. As his memory fades, however, he can only remember fragments. He really wants to have the original prayer in writing so that he can pray it every morning. Here is what he was able to recall:

“O Divine Jesus - I come to you with an open-heart [or, I come to you in prayer] - ask and you shall receive - seek and you shall find - knock and it shall be open to you - cast upon me a look of pity … - Behold me prostrated at thy feet - to thee o blessed Heart of Jesus - In thse promises I come to the Sacred Heart… - O come in grattitude… - to whom shall I come o Sacred Heart?..”

Does any of this resemble an old Sacred Heart prayer that someone can identify. I am trying to do google searches in the meantime. I know that there are innumerable prayers and consecrations to the Sacred Heart out there, but this one would have to date back to the 1930s at least. Thank you and God bless for any help that you may be able to provide.
 
This one? It is from the Novena
O Divine Jesus, who has said, “Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.” - behold me, prostrate at Thy feet. Animated with a lively faith and confidence in these promises dictated by Thy Sacred Heart and pronounce by Thy adorable lips. I’ve come to ask
From whom shall I ask, oh sweet Jesus, if not from Thee, whose heart is an inexhaustible source of all graces and merits?
Where shall I seek, if not in the treasure which contains all the riches of Thy clemency and bounty?
Where shall I knock if it not be at the door of Thy Sacred Heart, through which God Himself comes to us and through which we go to God?
To Thee, O Jesus, I have had re-course. In thee I find consolation when afflicted, protection when persecuted, strength when overwhelmed with trials, light in doubt and darkness.
I firmly believe Thou canst bestow upon me the grace I implore though it require a miracle. Thou hast only to will it and Thou prayer is granted.
I am most unworthy of Thy favors, O Jesus, but this is no reason for discouragement. Thou art the God of mercy who will not refuse a contrite and humble heart.
Cast upon me a look of pity. I beseech Thee, for Thy compassionate Heart will find in my miseries and weakness a pressing motive for granting my petition.
Oh Sacred Heart, whatever may be Thy decision with regard to my request, I will never cease to adore, love, praise, and serve Thee.
Deign, my Jesus, to accept this, my act of perfect submission to the decrees of Thy adorable heart, which I sincerely desire may be fulfilled in by Thy other creatures and me forever and ever.
Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto thine. Amen
 
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