DAY ONE :

Let us pray to our Lord Jesus Christ, who witnessed His love by coming into the world to save us:

God of mercy and of love, you sent your only begotten Son into the world to accomplish the work of our Redemption. Ever since that time, He has loved us with a human heart and has thus made visible to us His love. We give you thanks and praise for your goodness, and we implore you to penetrate us evermore deeply by the great mystery of your love. We ask this in the Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.  

READING :

“But when the kindness and generous love of God our saviour appeared, not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit, whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our saviour, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life. This saying is trustworthy.”   The Epistle of Saint Paul to Titus, 3:4-8

MEDITATION  : 

“If you knew the gift of God”, John 4: 10. If mankind only knew whose face reveals itself to our interior, edifying us and conforming us to itself. We would surely seek to imitate its traits. This face, is also the heart that abides inside us. The face reveals the heart. The face is the revelation of the heart. It is always about His face…

The Mystery of His Face is also that of its apparent absence, one that is capable of unveiling in our hearts a more total presence of His Face. Our face then is the face of the grace of God! In fact, it is all about learning to recognize His Face in all things. Our lives flow from grace to grace, from a face already resembling that of Christ to one that is becoming ever-more like His. There is unity in this, because it is one and the same face. The Incarnation of this face is revealed by the heart, which is the Holy Spirit.

He needed to come just as He came….To see this face requires a certain distancing from the things of the world, just as love requires.  The world is necessary, but love is only revealed with the eyes of the heart…The face reveals the heart and in love, the eyes contemplate the face of the other, so that the hearts may meet. The Lord has done such marvellous things ! Everything is marvellous when one abides in His Heart! The meaning of the devotion itself to the Heart of Christ is found herein.

- Father Marie-Joseph le Guillou, OP

Eternal Father of Mercy, look upon the Heart of your Son and upon the love he showed us in becoming man.  For the sake of this love, receive our prayer and help us to love him in return, he who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit , now and forever . Amen.

LITANY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS:

Lord, have mercy on us. 

Christ, have mercy on us. 

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. 

Christ, graciously hear us. 

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us. 

(Repeat have mercy on us. after each line)

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, 

God the Holy Spirit, 

Holy Trinity, one God, 

Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, 

Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in 

the Virgin Mother's womb, 

Heart of Jesus, substantially united 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 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 You, 

Heart of Jesus, fount of life and holiness, 

Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our offenses, 

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 You, 

Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in You, 

Heart of Jesus, delight of all saints, 

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, 

Spare us, O Lord. 

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, 

Graciously hear us, O Lord. 

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, 

Have mercy on us. 

Jesus, meek and humble of Heart, 

Make our hearts like unto Thine.

Let us pray.

Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Thy most beloved Son and upon the praises and satisfaction which He offers Thee in the name of sinners; and to those who implore Thy mercy, in Thy great goodness, grant forgiveness in the name of the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who livest and reigns with Thee forever and ever. Amen.