Catholic Holy Card depicting The Sacred Heart of Jesus, circa 1880.
Auguste Martin Collection, University of Dayton Libraries.
Date: 1880.
Source: Turgis.
Author: Turgis.
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The Feast of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Latin: Sollemnitas Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu), is a Solemnity in The Liturgical Calendar of The Roman Catholic Church.
It falls nineteen days after Pentecost, on a Friday. The earliest possible date is 29 May, as in 1818 and 2285. The latest possible date is 2 July, as in 1943 and 2038. The Devotion to The Sacred Heart is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic Devotions, taking Jesus Christ's Physical Heart as the representation of His Divine Love for humanity.
Devotion To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.
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Background.
Devotion to The Sacred Heart of Jesus can be clearly traced back at least to the 11th-Century. It marked the spirituality of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in the 12th-Century and of Saint Bonaventure and Saint Gertrude the Great in the 13th-Century.
The beginnings of a Devotion toward The Love of God, as symbolised by The Heart of Jesus, are found even in The Fathers of The Church, including Origen, Saint Ambrose, Saint Jerome, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Hippolytus of Rome, Saint Irenæus, Saint Justin Martyr and Saint Cyprian, who used in this regard John 7:37-39 and John 19:33-37.
History.
The first Liturgical Feast of The Sacred Heart was Celebrated, with Episcopal approval, on 31 August 1670, in the Major Seminary of Rennes, France, through the efforts of Saint John Eudes. The Mass and Office composed by this Saint were adopted elsewhere also, especially in connection with the spread of Devotion to The Sacred Heart following on The Revelations to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and Blessed Mary of The Divine Heart, Droste zu Vischering.
A Mass of The Sacred Heart won Papal approval for use in Poland and Portugal in 1765, and another was approved for Venice, Italy, Austria, and Spain, in 1788. Finally, in 1856, Blessed Pope Pius IX established The Feast of The Sacred Heart as obligatory for the whole Church, to be Celebrated on The Friday after The Octave of Corpus Christi.
In June 1889, Pope Leo XIII raised The Feast to the dignity of The First Class.
In 1928, Pope Pius XI raised The Feast to the highest Rank, Double of The First Class, and added an Octave; the 1955 Reforms of The General Roman Calendar suppressed this Octave and removed most other Octaves.
The Mass Prayers and Readings approved on that occasion, in 1928, were replaced with new Texts in 1929, and The Roman Missal published in 1970 provided three sets of Prayers and Readings, one for each year of the three-year Liturgical Cycle.
Priests may use this Mass, Celebrated with White Vestments, as a Votive Mass on other days, also, especially on The First Friday of each month (unless falling on a Day of higher Rank).
Since 2002, The Solemnity of The Sacred Heart of Jesus is also a special Day of Prayer for The Sanctification of Priests.
In 2009, The Feast marked the beginning of a “Year for Priests”.
The Devotion to The Sacred Heart (also known as The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, “Sacratissimum Cor Iesu” in Latin) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic Devotions, wherein The Heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of “God's boundless and passionate love for mankind”.
This Devotion is predominantly used in The Catholic Church, followed by The High-Church Anglicans, Lutherans and Eastern Catholics. In The Catholic Church, The Liturgical Solemnity of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is Celebrated on The First Friday after The Solemnity of Corpus Christi, or nineteen days after Pentecost Sunday.
Litany Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.
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The Devotion is especially concerned with what The Church deems to be the long-suffering love and compassion of The Heart of Christ towards humanity. The popularisation of this Devotion, in its modern form, is derived from a Catholic Nun from France, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, who said she learned The Devotion from Jesus during a series of Apparitions to her between 1673 and 1675, and later, in the 19th-Century, from The Mystical Revelations of another Catholic Nun, in Portugal, Blessed Mary of The Divine Heart, Droste zu Vischering, a Religious of The Good Shepherd, who requested, in The Name of Christ, that Pope Leo XIII Consecrate the entire World to The Sacred Heart of Jesus. Predecessors to the modern Devotion arose unmistakably in The Middle Ages in various facets of Catholic Mysticism, particularly with Saint Gertrude the Great.
The Sacred Heart is often depicted, in Christian Art, as a Flaming Heart, shining with Divine Light, pierced by The Lance-Wound, encircled by The Crown of Thorns, surmounted by a Cross, and Bleeding.
Sometimes, the image is shown shining within The Bosom of Christ, with His Wounded Hands pointing at The Heart. The Wounds and Crown of Thorns allude to the manner of Jesus' Death, while The Fire represents The Transformative Power of Divine Love.
History Of The Devotion.
English: Sacred Heart of Jesus.
19th-Century Portuguese Painting.
Português: Sagrado Coração de Jesus.
Escola Portuguesa do século XIX.
Source: Leiloeira São Domingos
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Historically, the Devotion to The Sacred Heart is an outgrowth of Devotion to what is believed to be Christ's Sacred Humanity. During the first ten Centuries of Christianity, there is nothing to indicate that any Worship was rendered to The Wounded Heart of Jesus. The revival of Religious Life and the zealous activity of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and Saint Francis of Assisi, in the 12th-Century and the 13th-Century, together with the enthusiasm of The Crusaders returning from The Holy Land, gave a rise to Devotion to The Passion of Jesus Christ and particularly to practices in Honour of The Sacred Wounds.
Devotion to The Sacred Heart developed out of the Devotion to The Holy Wounds, in particular to The Sacred Wound in The Side of Jesus. The first indications of Devotion to The Sacred Heart are found in the 11th-Century and 12th-Century in the fervent atmosphere of The Benedictine or Cistercian Monasteries. It is impossible to say with certainty what were its first Texts or who were its first Devotees.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Photo: 6 September 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Wilfredor
(Wikimedia Commons)
The earliest known Hymn to The Sacred Heart,
“Summi Regis Cor Aveto”.
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir.
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Saint Bernard (♰ 1153) said that The Piercing of Christ's Side revealed His Goodness and The Charity of His Heart for us. The earliest known Hymn to The Sacred Heart, “Summi Regis Cor Aveto”, is believed to have been written by The Norbertine, Blessed Herman Joseph (♰ 1241) of Cologne, Germany. The Hymn begins: “I Hail Thee, Kingly Heart Most High”.
From the 13th-Century to the 16th-Century, the Devotion was propagated, but it did not seem to have been embellished. It was everywhere practised by individuals and by different Religious Congregations, such as The Franciscans, The Dominicans, and The Carthusians.
Among The Franciscans, the Devotion to The Sacred Heart of Jesus has its champions in Saint Bonaventure (♰ 1274) in his “Vitis Mystica” (“Mystic Vine”), Blessed John de la Verna, and The Franciscan Tertiary, Saint Jean Eudes (1602–1680).
Saint Bonaventure wrote: “Who is there, who would not love this Wounded Heart ? Who would not love, in return, Him, Who Loves So Much ? ” It was, nevertheless, a private, individual, Devotion, of The Mystical Order. Nothing of a general movement had been inaugurated, except for similarities found in The Devotion to The Five Holy Wounds by The Franciscans, in which The Wound in Jesus's Heart figured most prominently.
Saint Lutgarde.
According to Thomas Merton, Saint Lutgarde (♰ 1246), a Cistercian Mystic, of Aywieres, Belgium, was one of the great precursors of The Devotion to The Sacred Heart of Jesus. A contemporary of Saint Francis of Assisi, she “. . . entered upon The Mystical Life with a Vision of The Pierced Heart of The Saviour, and had concluded her Mystical espousals with The Incarnate Word by an exchange of hearts with Him.”
Sources say that Christ came in a Visitation to Saint Lutgarde, offering her whatever Gift of Grace she should desire; she asked for a better grasp of Latin, that she might better understand The Word of God and sing God’s Praise.
Christ granted her request and Saint Lutgarde’s mind was flooded with the riches of Psalms, Antiphons, Readings, and Responsories. However, a painful emptiness persisted. She returned to Christ, asking to return His Gift, and wondering if she might, just possibly, exchange it for another. “And for what would you exchange it ?”, Christ asked. “Lord”, said Saint Lutgarde, I would exchange it for Your Heart”. Christ then reached into Saint Lutgarde, and, removing her heart, replaced it with His Own, at the same time hiding her heart within His Breast.
Saint Mechtilde.
Saint Mechtilde of Helfta (♰ 1298) became an ardent Devotee and Promoter of Jesus’ Heart, after it was the subject of many of her Visions. The idea of hearing The Heartbeat of God was very important to Mediæval Saints, who nurtured Devotion to The Sacred Heart.
Saint Mechtilde reported that Jesus appeared to her in a Vision and commanded her to love Him ardently, and to honour His Sacred Heart in The Blessed Sacrament as much as possible. He gave her His Heart as a Pledge of His Love, as a Place of Refuge during her life, and as Her Consolation at The Hour of Her Death.
From this time, onwards, Saint Mechtilde had an extraordinary Devotion for The Sacred Heart, and said that, if she had to write down all the Favours and all the Blessings which she had received by means of this Devotion, a large book would not contain them.
Saint Gertrude.
Saint Gertrude the Great was an early Devotee of The Sacred Heart of Jesus. Book Two of The Herald of Divine Love vividly describes Gertrude's Visions, which show a considerable elaboration on the hitherto ill-defined Veneration of Christ's Heart.
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux articulated this in his Commentary on The Song of Songs. The women of Helfta — Saint Gertrude foremost, who surely knew Saint Bernard's Commentary, and, to a somewhat lesser extent, Saint Mechtilde — experienced this Devotion centrally in their Mystical Visions.
English: Ecstasy of Saint Gertrude.
Français: Extase de sainte Gertrude.
Italiano: Estasi di Santa Gertrude.
Photo: 1 June 2016.
Collection: Abbey of Santa Giustina.
Source: Own work.
Author: Didier Descouens
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In the 16th-Century, the Devotion passed from the domain of Mysticism into that of Christian Asceticism. It was established as a Devotion with Prayers already formulated and Special Exercises, found in the writings of Lanspergius (♰ 1539) of The Carthusians of Cologne, The Benedictine, Louis de Blois (♰ 1566), Abbot of Liessies in Hainaut, John of Avila (♰ 1569), and Saint Francis de Sales (♰ 1622).
The historical record, from that time, shows an early bringing-to-light of the Devotion. Ascetic writers spoke of it, especially those of The Society of Jesus (The Jesuits). The image of The Sacred Heart of Jesus was everywhere in evidence, largely due to The Franciscan Devotion to The Five Wounds, and to The Jesuits placing the image on The Title-Page of their books and on the walls of their Churches.
The first to establish the Theological basis for the Devotion was Polish Jesuit Father Kasper Drużbicki (1590–1662) in his book “Meta Cordium – Cor Jesu” (“The Goal of Hearts – Heart of Jesus”). Not much later, Saint Jean Eudes wrote an Office, and promoted a Feast for it.
Father Eudes was the apostle of The Immaculate Heart of Mary, but, in his Devotion to The Immaculate Heart, there was a share for The Heart of Jesus. Little by little, the Devotion to The Two Hearts became distinct, and, on 31 August 1670, the first Feast of The Sacred Heart was Celebrated in The Grand Seminary of Rennes, France.
Coutances, Normandy, France, followed suit on 20 October 1670, a day with which The Eudist Feast was, from then, on to be connected. The Feast soon spread to other Dioceses, and the Devotion was likewise adopted in various Religious Communities. It gradually came into contact with the Devotion begun by Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, at Paray-le-Monial, France, and the two merged.
English: The Apparitions of The Sacred Heart
to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque.
Deutsch: Jesus erscheint der hl. Margareta Maria Alacoque,
Gemälde am Seitenaltar der Spitalkirche von Eferding, Oberösterreich.
Français: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque,
peinture dans l'église Sainte-Marie d'Eferding, Autriche.
Photo: 2000.
Source: Own work.
Author: Osfs
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque.
The most significant source for The Devotion to The Sacred Heart, in the form it is known today, was Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690), a Nun of The Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary, who claimed to have received Apparitions of Jesus Christ in the Burgundian French village of Paray-le-Monial; the first on 27 December 1673, The Feast of Saint John the Evangelist, and the final one eighteen months later, revealing the form of The Devotion; the chief features being reception of Holy Communion on The First Friday of each month, Eucharistic Adoration during a “Holy Hour” on Thursdays, and The Celebration of The Feast of The Sacred Heart.
She said that, in her Vision, she was instructed to spend an hour every Thursday night to Meditate on Jesus’ Agony in The Garden of Gethsemane.
In, probably, June or July 1674, Sister Margaret Mary claimed that Jesus requested to be honoured under the figure of His Heart, also saying that, when He appeared “Radiant with Love”, He asked for: A Devotion of Expiatory Love; frequent reception of Communion, especially on The First Friday of The Month; and the observance of The Holy Hour.
During The Octave of Corpus Christi in 1675, probably on 16 June, the Vision, known as “The Great Apparition”, reportedly took place, where Jesus said: “Behold The Heart that has so loved men. Instead of gratitude, I receive from the greater part (of humankind) only ingratitude”, and asked Saint Margaret Mary for a Feast of Reparation on The Friday After The Octave Of Corpus Christi, bidding her consult her Confessor, Father Claude de la Colombière, then Superior of the small Jesuit House at Paray-le-Monial, France.
Sometime around 1681, Sister Margaret Mary felt compelled to write a personal testament, passionately donating her life completely to Jesus with her own blood. With the permission of her Superior, she used a pocket knife to carve the name of Jesus into her breast, and used the blood to sign the document. The following account recalls this event.
“She wrote out the donation, and signed this humble formula: ‘Sister Peronne-Rosalie Greyfie, at present Superioress, and for whom Sister Margaret Mary daily asks conversion with The Grace of Final Penitence.’ ” This done, Sister Margaret Mary implored Mother Greyfie to allow her, in turn, to sign, but with her blood. The Mother having assented, Sister Margaret Mary went to her cell, bared her breast, and, imitating her illustrious and Saintly Foundress, cut with a knife the name of Jesus above her heart. From the blood that flowed from the wound, she signed The Act in these words: “Sister Margaret Mary, Disciple of The Divine Heart of The Adorable Jesus”.
Upset by the fact that the wounds which she had cut into her breast were beginning to fade, she attempted to reopen the original wounds on more than one occasion using a knife. But, having failed to open them to her liking, she decided to burn her chest with fire. This incident placed her in the infirmary.
“However, in the midst of the peace and joy that this great act had procured her, the generous and fervent Margaret Mary experienced one regret, namely, that the letters of The Holy Name of Jesus, which she had engraved on her heart, and which she wished to be as lasting as her love, began, after some time, to grow faint, and to disappear.
Resting on the permission that she had received, she tried once or twice to renew them by opening the lines with a knife; but not succeeding according to her liking, she determined to apply fire. This she did, but so incautiously that she soon had reason to fear having exceeded the limits of obedience. Trembling and humbled, she went to acknowledge her fault. Mother Greyfie, true to her custom, apparently paid little attention to what Margaret said, but ordered her in a few dry words to go to the infirmary and show her wound to Sister Augustine Marest, who would dress it.”
Father de la Colombière directed her to write an account of the Apparition, which he discreetly circulated in France and England. After his death on 15 February 1682, his journal of Spiritual Retreats was found to contain a copy in his handwriting of the account that he had requested of Margaret Mary, together with a few reflections on the usefulness of the Devotion.
This journal, including the account – an “offering” to The Sacred Heart in which the Devotion was explained – was published at Lyon in 1684. The little book was widely read, especially at Paray-le-Monial. Margaret Mary reported feeling “dreadful confusion” over the book’s contents, but resolved to make the best of it, approving of the book for the spreading of her cherished Devotion.
Along with The Visitandines, Priests, Religious, and Laymen, espoused the Devotion, particularly The Capuchins. The reported Apparitions served as a catalyst for the promotion of the Devotion to The Sacred Heart. Jesuit Father Croiset wrote a book called “The Devotion to The Sacred Heart of Jesus”, and Father Joseph de Gallifet, SJ, promoted the Devotion. The mission of propagating the new Devotion was especially confided to The Religious of The Visitation and to The Priests of The Society of Jesus.
Estelle Faguette.
On the night of 14 February 1876, a domestic servant, Estelle Faguette, lay in Pellevoisin, France, dying of pulmonary tuberculosis, and reportedly saw The Virgin Mary. Four days later, during the fifth Apparition, Estelle seemed to be healed instantaneously. Altogether, she said she experienced fifteen Apparitions in the course of 1876. Estelle sought and was granted an audience with The Archbishop of Bourges, Monsignor de La Tour d'Auvergne. By 12 December 1876, she had received his permission to make and distribute copies of The Scapular of The Sacred Heart.
Blessed Mary of The Divine Heart.
Another source for the Devotion to The Sacred Heart of Jesus was Sister Mary of The Divine Heart (1863–1899), the former Countess of Droste zu Vischering, and Nun of The Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of The Good Shepherd, who reported to have received several Interior Locutions and Visions of Jesus Christ.
The first Interior Locution that Maria Droste zu Vischering reported was during her youth, spent with the family in The Castle of Darfeld, Münster, Germany, and the last Vision and Private Revelation was reported during her presence as Mother Superior in The Convent of The Sisters of The Good Shepherd, Porto, Portugal.
Based on the messages she said she received in her Revelations of Christ, on 10 June 1898, her Confessor at The Good Shepherd Monastery wrote to Pope Leo XIII, stating that Sister Mary of The Divine Heart had received a message from Christ, requesting the Pope to Consecrate the entire World to The Sacred Heart.
Stained-Glass Window depicting The Sacred Heart of Jesus.
All Saints Catholic Church,
St Peters, Missouri, United States of America.
Photo: 8 July 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Nheyob
(Wikimedia Commons)
Estelle Faguette.
On the night of 14 February 1876, a domestic servant, Estelle Faguette, lay in Pellevoisin, France, dying of pulmonary tuberculosis, and reportedly saw The Virgin Mary. Four days later, during the fifth Apparition, Estelle seemed to be healed instantaneously. Altogether, she said she experienced fifteen Apparitions in the course of 1876. Estelle sought and was granted an audience with The Archbishop of Bourges, Monsignor de La Tour d'Auvergne. By 12 December 1876, she had received his permission to make and distribute copies of The Scapular of The Sacred Heart.
English: Blessed Sister Mary of The Divine Heart, Droste zu Vischering.
Mother Superior of The Convent of The Good Shepherd Sisters,
Porto, Portugal.
Date: 1896.
Português: Retrato da Bem-aventurada Irmã
Maria do Divino Coração Droste zu Vischering,
Madre Superiora do Convento do Bom Pastor do Porto (1896).
Source: Prayer Card of Blessed Mary of The Divine Heart.
Placed in the Public Domain by her Shrine in Ermesinde, Portugal.
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Blessed Mary of The Divine Heart.
Another source for the Devotion to The Sacred Heart of Jesus was Sister Mary of The Divine Heart (1863–1899), the former Countess of Droste zu Vischering, and Nun of The Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of The Good Shepherd, who reported to have received several Interior Locutions and Visions of Jesus Christ.
The first Interior Locution that Maria Droste zu Vischering reported was during her youth, spent with the family in The Castle of Darfeld, Münster, Germany, and the last Vision and Private Revelation was reported during her presence as Mother Superior in The Convent of The Sisters of The Good Shepherd, Porto, Portugal.
Based on the messages she said she received in her Revelations of Christ, on 10 June 1898, her Confessor at The Good Shepherd Monastery wrote to Pope Leo XIII, stating that Sister Mary of The Divine Heart had received a message from Christ, requesting the Pope to Consecrate the entire World to The Sacred Heart.
The Pope initially attached no credence to it and took no action. However, on 6 January 1899, she sent another Letter asking that, in addition to the Consecration, The First Fridays of the Month be observed In Honour of The Sacred Heart.
Sister Mary of The Divine Heart died in her Monastery in Portugal, when the Church was singing the First Vespers of The Sacred Heart of Jesus on 8 June 1899. The following day, Pope Leo XIII Consecrated the entire World to The Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Papal Approval.
In 1353, Pope Innocent VI instituted a Mass honouring The Mystery of The Sacred Heart.
After the death of Margaret Mary Alacoque, on 17 October 1690, a short account of her life was published by Father Croiset in 1691 as an appendix to his book “De la Dévotion au Sacré Cœur”. In 1693, The Holy See imparted Indulgences to The Confraternities of The Sacred Heart, and, in 1697, granted The Feast to The Visitandines with The Mass of The Five Wounds, but refused a Feast common to all, with special Mass and Office.
The Devotion spread, particularly in Religious Communities. The Marseille Plague in 1720 furnished perhaps the first occasion for a Solemn Consecration and Public Worship outside of Religious Communities.
Other Cities of Southern Europe followed the example of Marseille. In 1726, Rome was again asked for a Feast, with a Mass and Office of its own; this was refused in 1729, but granted in 1765. In that year, at the request of The Queen, The Feast was received quasi-officially by The Episcopate of France.
In 1856, at the urgent entreaties of the French Bishops, Blessed Pope Pius IX extended The Feast to The Catholic Church under The Rite of “Double-Major”. In 1889, The Feast was raised by The Catholic Church to a “Double of The First-Class”.
After Pope Leo XIII received several Letters from Sister Mary of The Divine Heart asking him to Consecrate the entire World to The Sacred Heart of Jesus, he commissioned a group of Theologians to examine the petition on the basis of Revelation and Sacred Tradition.
The outcome of this investigation was positive, and so, in the Encyclical Letter “Annum Sacrum” (on 25 May 1899), he decreed that The Consecration of The Entire Human Race to The Sacred Heart of Jesus should take place on 11 June 1899. The Encyclical Letter also encouraged the entire Catholic Episcopate to promote The First Friday Devotions, and established June as The Month of The Sacred Heart, and included the Prayer of Consecration to The Sacred Heart.
Pope Pius X decreed that The Consecration of The Human Race, performed by Pope Leo XIII, be renewed each year. [Editor: It would be most interesting to be told that this is, in fact, still renewed each year and, if not, when was the last time it was enacted. Plus, if so, why it was stopped.]
Pope Pius XI, in his Encyclical Letter “Miserentissimus Redemptor” (8 May 1928) affirmed The Church‘s position, with respect to Saint Margaret Mary’s visions of Jesus Christ, by stating that Jesus had “manifested Himself” to Saint Margaret and had “promised her that all those who rendered this honour to His Heart would be endowed with an abundance of Heavenly Graces”. The Encyclical refers several times to the conversation between Jesus and Saint Margaret Mary and reaffirmed the importance of Consecration and Reparation to The Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Pope Pius XII, on the occasion of The 100th Anniversary of Blessed Pope Pius IX's Institution of The Feast, instructed the entire Catholic Church, at length, on The Devotion to The Sacred Heart in his Encyclical Letter “Haurietis Aquas” (15 May 1956).
On 15 May 2006, Pope Benedict XVI sent a Letter to Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach, The Superior General of The Society of Jesus, on The 50th Anniversary of the Encyclical “Haurietis Aquas”. In his Letter to Father Kolvenbach, Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed the importance of the Devotion to The Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Litany Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.
Versicle.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Responsary.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Versicle.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Responsary.
Christ, graciously hear us.
Versicle.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, formed in the womb of the Virgin Mother by the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, united substantially to the Word of God.
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty.
Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God.
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High.
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven.
Heart of Jesus, glowing furnace of charity.
Heart of Jesus, vessel of justice and love.
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love.
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues.
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise.
Heart of Jesus, King and centre of all hearts.
Heart of Jesus, in whom art all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead.
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father was well pleased.
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received.
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills.
Heart of Jesus, patient and rich in mercy.
Heart of Jesus, rich to all who call upon Thee.
Heart of Jesus, fount of life and holiness.
Heart of Jesus, expiation for our offences.
Heart of Jesus, overwhelmed with reproaches.
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our iniquities.
Heart of Jesus, obedient even unto death.
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance.
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation.
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection.
Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation.
Heart of Jesus, victim for our sins.
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in Thee.
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in Thee.
Heart of Jesus, delight of all saints.
Versicle.
Lamb of God,
Who takest away the sins of the World,
Responsary.
Spare us, O Lord.
Versicle.
Lamb of God,
Who takest away the sins of the world,
Responsary.
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Versicle.
Lamb of God,
Who takest away the sins of the world,
Responsary.
Have mercy on us.
Versicle.
Jesus, meek and humble of Heart,
Responsary.
Make our hearts like unto Thine.
Let us Pray.
Almighty and everlasting God, look upon The Heart of Thy well-beloved Son and upon the acts of praise and satisfaction which He renders unto Thee in the name of sinners; and do Thou, in Thy great goodness, grant pardon to those who seek Thy mercy, in the name of the same Thy Son, Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, World without end.
Amen.
Versicle.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Responsary.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Versicle.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Responsary.
Christ, graciously hear us.
Versicle.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, formed in the womb of the Virgin Mother by the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, united substantially to the Word of God.
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty.
Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God.
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High.
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven.
Heart of Jesus, glowing furnace of charity.
Heart of Jesus, vessel of justice and love.
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love.
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues.
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise.
Heart of Jesus, King and centre of all hearts.
Heart of Jesus, in whom art all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead.
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father was well pleased.
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received.
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills.
Heart of Jesus, patient and rich in mercy.
Heart of Jesus, rich to all who call upon Thee.
Heart of Jesus, fount of life and holiness.
Heart of Jesus, expiation for our offences.
Heart of Jesus, overwhelmed with reproaches.
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our iniquities.
Heart of Jesus, obedient even unto death.
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance.
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation.
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection.
Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation.
Heart of Jesus, victim for our sins.
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in Thee.
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in Thee.
Heart of Jesus, delight of all saints.
Versicle.
Lamb of God,
Who takest away the sins of the World,
Responsary.
Spare us, O Lord.
Versicle.
Lamb of God,
Who takest away the sins of the world,
Responsary.
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Versicle.
Lamb of God,
Who takest away the sins of the world,
Responsary.
Have mercy on us.
Versicle.
Jesus, meek and humble of Heart,
Responsary.
Make our hearts like unto Thine.
Let us Pray.
Almighty and everlasting God, look upon The Heart of Thy well-beloved Son and upon the acts of praise and satisfaction which He renders unto Thee in the name of sinners; and do Thou, in Thy great goodness, grant pardon to those who seek Thy mercy, in the name of the same Thy Son, Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, World without end.
Amen.
