Jesu,dulcis memoria Jesus, the verythought of Thee,
dans vera cordis gaudia, with sweetness fills my breast,
Sed super mel et omnia, but sweeter for Thy face to see,
eius dulcis praesentia. and in Thy presence rest.
The Holy Relics contained on the altar are:
Saint Francis Xavier OSSIB, Oss. B. Jo. Neumann, S. P X Papae C, Saint Teresiae a Jesu Eccl. doctoris
Explanation: Since the shrine is dedicated as a place of quiet and prayer and used for all day adoration of the Blessed Sacrament the principal charge, a gold (yellow) sun, alludes to the vessel used to display the consecrated Host called a monstrance or ostensorium. Such liturgical vessels are often decorated like a radiating sun. The silver (white) roundel at the center recalls the pure white Host displayed in the monstrance and that Host is decorated with the blue moline cross taken from the coat of arms of the Diocese of Metuchen since the Shrine serves all the people of that diocese. The wavy bar near the bottom alludes to the Raritan river from which the borough where the Shrine is located takes its name. The black field is from the arms used by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Prior to the designation of the church as a Shrine Chapel the building served until the 1980s as the parish church of St. Bernard parish.