I adore you, I love you and will a lively sorrow for my sins.
I offer you this poor heart of mine.
Make me humble, patient, pure, and wholly obedient to your will.
Grant, good Jesus, that I may live in you and for you.
Protect me in the midst of danger; comfort me in my afflictions;
give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs,
your blessings on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death.
Within your heart I place my every care.
In every need let me come to you with humble trust saying,
Heart of Jesus, help me.
Amen.
“In biblical language, ‘heart’ indicates the center of the person where his sentiments and intentions dwell. In the Heart of the Redeemer, we adore God’s love for humanity, his will for universal salvation, his infinite mercy. Practicing devotion to the Sacred Heart of Christ therefore means adoring that Heart which, after having loved us to the end, was pierced by a spear and from high on the Cross poured out blood and water, an inexhaustible source of new life.”
- Pope Benedict XVI, June 5, 2005
The Solemnity Of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is a movable feast celebrated on the Friday after the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). For the 2023-2024 Liturgical Calendar, this Solemnity is celebrated on Friday, June 7th, 2024.
In the fourth aparition in 1675, Jesus told Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque that He wanted the Feast of the Sacred Heart to be celebrated on the Friday after the Corpus Christi octave. The devotion became popular after Saint Margaret Mary’s death in 1690 and was formally approved by Pope Pius IX in 1873.
St. John Paul II, a great devotee of the Sacred Heart, said, “This feast reminds us of the mystery of the love of God for the people of all times.”
Read more about the history and importance of this solemnity online here.
Source credit to Our Lady of Hope Parish, the Catholic Community of Grafton, MA
Lord, have mercy |
Lord, have mercy |
Christ, have mercy |
Christ, have mercy |
Lord, have mercy |
Lord, have mercy |
God our Father in 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 by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, one with the eternal Word |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, infinite in majesty |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, aflame with love for us |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, source of justice and love |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, well-spring of all virtue |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, worthy of all praise |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, treasure-house of wisdom and knowledge |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, in whom there dwells the fullness of God |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, from whose fullness we have all received |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, desire of the eternal hills |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, patient and full of mercy |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, generous to all who turn to you |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, atonement for our sins |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, overwhelmed with insults |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, broken for our sins |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, obedient even to death |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, pierced by a lance |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, victim of our sins |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, salvation of all who trust in you |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, hope of all who die in you |
have mercy on us |
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints |
have mercy on us |
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world |
have mercy on us |
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world |
have mercy on us |
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world |
have mercy on us |
Jesus, gentle and humble of heart. |
Touch our hearts and make them like your own. |
Let us pray.
Clothe us, Lord God,
with the virtues of the Heart of your Son
and set us aflame with his love,
that, conformed to his image,
we may merit a share in eternal redemption.
Through Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen.