Prayers

Prayers and Litany to the Sacred Heart

OFFERING TO THE SACRED HEART

My loving Savior,
consume my heart in that burning love
with which your own Heart is inflamed.
Pour out upon me those graces
which flow from your love.
Let my heart be so united with yours
that our wills may be one,
and my will may in all things
be conformed with your will.
May your will be the guide and rule
of my desires and of my actions. Amen.

PRAYER FOR THOSE IN NEED

Lord Jesus Christ,
your Heart still cherishes all the redeemed
and is moved to pity for every human need.
Aware of your invitation, "Come to Me,"
we pray for the afflicted, the sick, the confused,
for all broken hearts, and shattered lives.
We bring to you all their material, emotional, and spiritual needs
as well as our own.
By the love that led you to take flesh of the Virgin Mary,
we pray that you might enfold us all in your merciful love
heal our wounds
and grant us what accords with your holy will.

DEDICATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Most kind Jesus,
Redeemer of the human race,
look down upon us
humbly prostrate before you.
We are yours, and yours we wish to be;
but to be more surely united with you,
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.

Be King, O Lord,
not only of the faithful
who have never forsaken you,
but also of the prodigal children
who have abandoned you;
Grant that they may quickly return to their Father's house,
lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.

Be King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions,
 or whom discord keeps aloof,
and call them back
to the harbor of truth and the unity of faith,
so that soon there may be
but one flock and one Shepherd.

Grant, O Lord, to your Church
assurance of freedom and immunity from harm;
give tranquility of order to all nations;
make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry:
Praise to the divine Heart that wrought our salvation;
to It be glory and honor for ever. Amen.

LITANY

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost, 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 Ghost,
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 center of all hearts,
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,

Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells all the fullness of the Divinity,
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is 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 invoke you,
Heart of Jesus, fount of life and holiness,

Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,
Heart of Jesus, saturated with reviling,
Heart of Jesus, crushed for our iniquities,
Heart of Jesus, made obedient 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 you,
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in you,
Heart of Jesus, delight of all saints, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us

V. Jesus, meek and humble of Heart.
R. Make our hearts like yours.

Let us pray

Almighty and everlasting God,
look upon the Heart of your well-beloved Son
and upon the acts of praise and satisfaction
which he renders to you in the name of sinners.
Of your great goodness,
grant pardon to those who seek your mercy,
in the name of the your Son, Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you, forever and ever. Amen.

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