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DEVOTIONS

in honor of

THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Nehil Obstat: Joseph A M Quigley; Censor Librorum

Imprimatur: John J. Krol, D.D. J.C.D., Archbishop of Philadelphia, May 1961

Copyright 1946 - Jefferies & Manz Inc., Phila. 25 Pa.

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Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All

Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All!
How can I love Thee as I ought?
And how revere this wondrous gift!
So far surpassing hope or thought!

Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore!
O, make us love Thee more and more,
O, make us love Thee more and more.

Opening Prayer
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

O, Lord Jesus Christ; | Who has promised that wherever two or three are gathered together in Thy name; | Thou wilt be there in the midst of them; | look down with love and compassion upon us; | who are assembled before Thee; | to honor Thy Sacred Heart; | and to make it known and loved by all.; | Come into the midst of us; | O, sweet Jesus; | fill our hearts with Thy blessings; | and inflame them with Thy love. O, Jesus answer our petitions as we kneel before Thee.
O, heart of Jesus; | hear and grant our prayers.

Let us Pray.

O, Lord Jesus Christ, |Who hast said: "Ask and ye shall receive; | seek and ye shall find, | knock, and it shall be opened to you."; | grant we beseech Thee | to us who ask the grace of Thy most divine love, | that with all our hearts, words

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and works | we may love Thee, and never cease to praise Thee, | Who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.
O, Jesus, answer our petitions as we kneel before Thee.
O, heart of Jesus, | hear and grant our prayers.

O, loving Saviour | infinitely generous | seeking only our interests, | from Thy Sacred Heart came those words of pleading love: | "Come to me | all you that labor and are burdened | and I will refresh you! | Relying on this promise | of Thy infinite charity, | we come to Thee | and in lowliness of our hearts | earnestly beg Thee | to grant us the favor we ask in this (devotion).
(Make your requests silently.)
If what I ask | is not for the glory of God | or the salvation of my soul, | do Thou grant me | what is most conducive to both. O, Jesus answer our petitions as we kneel before Thee.
O, Heart of Jesus, hear and grant our prayers.

O, Almighty and Eternal God |look upon the Heart of Thy dearly beloved Son | and upon the praise and satisfaction | He offers Thee in the name of sinners | and for those who seek Thy mercy. | Be Thou appeased | and grant us pardon in the Name of the same Jesus Christ, | Thy Son, | Who liveth and reigneth with Thee | in unity of the Holy Spirit, | world without end. Amen.

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To Jesus' Heart all Burning

To Jesus' Heart all burning
With fervent love for men,
My heart, with fondest yearning,
Shall raise the joyful strain.

While ages course along,
Blest be, with loudest song,
||The Sacred Heart of Jesus!
By every heart and tongue.|| repeat

When life away is flying,
And earth's false glare is done,
Still, Sacred Heart, in dying
I'll say I'm all Thine own.-

LITANY

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.)
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, *

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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, wherein are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, *
Heart of Jesus, wherein dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead, *
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 unto all who call upon Thee, *
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, *

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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, *
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 everlasting God, look upon the Heart of thy well-beloved Son and upon the praise and satisfaction which He offers unto Thee in the name of sinners; and do Thou of Thy great goodness grant them pardon when they seek Thy mercy, in the name of the same Thy Son, Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee for ever and ever. Amen.

Act of Reparation

Adorable Heart of Jesus, | glowing with love for us | and burning with zeal for our salvation!
O, Heart ever sensible of our misery | and of the wretchedness to which our sins have reduced us | and infinitely rich in mercy | to heal the wounds of our souls | behold us

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prostrate before Thee | to express the sorrow that fills our hearts | for the coldness and indifference | with which we have too long repaid | the numberless benefits | Thou hast conferred upon us. With a deep sense of the outrages | heaped upon Thee by our sins | and the sins of others | we come to make a solemn reparation | to Thy Most Sacred Majesty.

We resolve for the future | to love and houor Thee more and more | in the most adorable Sacrament of the Altar.

We resolve to assist at Mass with more devotion | to be more careful in our preparation for Communion | more fervent in our thanksgiving.

We intend to do all in our power | that the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar | may be better known and loved.

O, Sacred Heart of Jesus | be Thou our Mediator | with Thy Heavenly Father.

Strengthen our feebleness | confirm our resolutions.

Make us love Thee more and more | and grant that nothing in life or death | may ever separate us from Thee. | Amen.