Sacred Heart Devotion

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Sacred Heart Devotion

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the worship of God’s incarnate love for mankind, which brings us a deeper contemplation of the love of God the Son. It originates in God’s continuous love for Israel, in which He says, “My steadfast love shall not depart from you” (Is. 54:10), for “I have loved you with an everlasting love” (Jer. 31:3). Man is invited to “love the Lord your God with all your heart” (Deut. 6:5), and to see that “great are the works of the Lord; to be pondered by all who love them” (Ps. 11 1:2). At the appointed time, “God so loved the world that He gave His only Son” (Jn. 3:16) to save sinners, so that, for us who believe, “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 5:5).

The life that Jesus gives to the world comes from the grace of the Holy Eucharist, His body and blood under the appearances of bread and wine. The Church was born from the blood and water that flowed from the open side of Jesus, a stream that ” gave the sacraments of the Church the power to confer the life of grace” (St. Bonaventure). Jesus is the Word made flesh (cf. Jn. 1: 14) whose Heart, “full of goodness and love,” contains all the treasures of His divine love. He is God made man, the Lord we adore in His Eucharistic presence.

 

 

In Rome in 1550, and half a century later, Pope Clement VIII approved the devotion for the whole Church for the purpose of strengthening the faith, converting sinners, and praying for world peace. The faithful were encouraged to appeal to the mercy in the Heart of their Eucharistic Lord. In 1853, St. John Neumann of Philadelphia became the first U.S. Bishop to institute the observance of this devotion in his diocese.

In 1675, Our Lord appeared in Paray le Monial, France to St. Margaret Mary from out of the monstrance with a flaming Heart of love, and said, “Behold this Heart that has so loved men that It has spared nothing even to exhausting and consuming Itself in order to show them Its love … I promise that My Heart will pour out abundantly the power of Its love upon those who pay It … honor.” Thereafter, devotion to the Sacred Heart spread, and was officially recognized by the Church in 1856. At Fatima, Portugal in 1916, devotion to the Sacred Heart received further impetus when the Angel of Portugal told the children of Fatima to pray to the Most Holy Trinity for the conversion of sinners “through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”

Promises of Our Lord to St Margaret Mary for those devoted to the Sacred Heart

 

  1. I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

  2. I will establish peace in their houses.

  3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

  4. I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death.

  5. I will bestow a large blessing upon all their undertakings.

  6. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.

  7. Tepid souls shall grow fervent.

  8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

  9. I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.

  10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.

  11. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in Heart, never to be blotted out.

  12. I promise thee in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love grant to all those who communicate on First Friday in nine consecutive months grace of final penitence; they shall not in My disgrace nor without receiving their Sacraments; My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this lost moment.

 

 

Irresistible Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Note: This novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio for all those who recommended themselves to his prayers.

O my Jesus, Thou didst say: “Amen, I say to you, ask and you shall receive;
seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you.”
Hence I knock, I seek, and I ask for the grace of…
Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be…
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee!

O my Jesus, Thou didst say: “Amen, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father
in My name, He will give unto you.” Hence I ask the Father,
in Thy name, for the grace of…
Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be…
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee!

O my Jesus, Thou didst say: “Amen, I say to you, heaven and earth shall pass away,
but My words shall not pass away.” Encouraged by Thy infallible words,
I now ask for the grace of…
Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be…
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee!

Let us pray
Sacred Heart of Jesus, for Whom one thing alone is impossible, namely, not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace we ask of Thee, through the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Thy tender Mother and ours.

Hail Holy Queen…
Saint Joseph, friend of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us!
Heart of Jesus, rich unto all that call upon Thee, have mercy on us!
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in Thee, have mercy on us!