Sacred Heart of Jesus

June is the month dedicated for the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is really a beautiful, nay, sweet devotion. It is about the Love of God, Jesus' Heart symbolizes the very Love of God himself.

"....Only the Heart of Christ who knows the depths of his Father's love could reveal to us the abyss of his mercy in so simple and beautiful a way ----"
From the Catechism. P:1439


"From the depth of my nothingness, I prostrate myself before Thee, O Most Sacred, Divine and Adorable Heart of Jesus, to pay Thee all the homage of love, praise and adoration in my power.
Amen. "- - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

(Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/heart/heart1.htm#ixzz1Pc0xNiWw)

There are ever so many prayers in the tradition of the Catholic Church. Here are a few of my favourites:

Novena of Confidence

O Lord, Jesus Christ, to Your Most Sacred Heart I confide this intention...(mention your request)

Only look upon me, then do what Your Heart inspires...Let Your Sacred Heart decide...I count on You...I trust in You...I throw myself on Your mercy...

Lord Jesus! You will not fail me. Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You. Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Your love for me.

Sacred Heart of Jesus. Your Kingdom Come.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked for many favors, but I earnestly implore this one. Take it, place it in Your Sacred Heart. When the Eternal Father sees it covered with Your Precious Blood, He will not refuse it. It will be no longer my prayer but Yours, O Jesus. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You. Let me never be confounded. Amen.

MEMORARE

A “Memorare” is a particular type of prayer that, in Latin, always begins with the word Memorare (“Call to mind” or “Remember”). In this Memorare to the Sacred heart of Jesus , we ask Christ to look not at our sins but to hear our request for a special favor.

Memorare to the Sacred Heart

Remember, O most sweet Jesus, that no one who has had recourse to Thy Sacred Heart, implored its help, or sought its mercy was ever abandoned. Encouraged with confidence, O tenderest of hearts, we present ourselves before Thee, crushed beneath the weight of our sins. In our misery, O Sacred Heart of Jesus, despise not our simple prayers, but mercifully grant our requests. Amen.

Irresistible Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (

O my Jesus, Thou didst say: "Amen, I say to you, ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you." Hence I knock, I seek, and I ask for the grace of...

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be...

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee!

O my Jesus, Thou didst say: "Amen, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He will give unto you.” Hence I ask the Father, in Thy name, for the grace of...

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be...

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee!

O my Jesus, Thou didst say: "Amen, I say to you, heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away." Encouraged by Thy infallible words, I now ask for the grace of...

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be...

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee!

Let us pray

Sacred Heart of Jesus, for Whom one thing alone is impossible, namely, not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace we ask of Thee, through the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Thy tender Mother and ours.

Hail Holy Queen...

Saint Joseph, friend of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us!

Heart of Jesus, rich unto all that call upon Thee, have mercy on us!

Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in Thee, have mercy on us!

 (Each night Padre Pio presided over a ceremony of evening prayers, including recitation of the rosary, and conclusion with this "irresistible novena" to the Sacred Heart)

Consecration to The Sacred Heart

Jesus Christ, I recognize Thee as the King of the universe. Thou art the Author of all creation. Exercise over me all Thy rights. Renew in me those promises that I solemnly made in my baptism, rejecting Satan with all his works and pomps. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I offer Thee all of my poor works and actions so that men might recognize Thy Sacred Royalty and reign that Thou dost desire to establish throughout the whole universe. Amen.

O Turris Davidicca Ora pro Nobis

For the past few weeks, I've been so much fascinated by the poetic title of Mary in the Litany of Loreto viz. "Turris Davidica".The beautiful Baroque engravings by the renowned Augsburg artist , Josef Sebastian Klauber,  that  I found in the website (http://campus.udayton.edu/mary//prayers/litanylor.html) has added further inspiration to my fascination. And today, I found to my surprise that in fact there is a private Revelation by Our Lady in a remote village in Netherlands to a frail woman named Elizabeth, and Mary appeared to her by the name "Turris Davidica" and there is even a painting of Mary as Turris Davidica, painted as per the direction of Mary herself!!! Strange .... !O Turris Davidica ora pro nobis...

The URL for thissite is :

http://www.turrisdavidica.nl/en/

To the DIVINE PRISONER

http://www.catholictradition.org/Christ/divine-prisoner.htm

[For a Visit to the Holy Eucharist]
                O JESUS, DIVINE PRISONER present always in the Tabernacle as a ransom for my sins, look on me a prisoner, too, bound by my own guilt. O, relieve me from the shackles of my sins that I may give myself to the service of Thy Love.Deliver me from the shackles of my pride, sweet Jesus, from my vanity, sloth and anger, melt the stiffness of my will, break the tyranny of my passions, open wide the door of my dungeoned soul and dispel the darkness of my sins and ignorance.
Have pity, O Divine Prisoner! Have pity on this poor prisoner. Help me to escape from sin so that I may always be with Thee ... forever Thy prisoner! My mind chained by Thy Truth! My will chained by Thy Law! My heart chained by Thy Love! Chain me to Thee, living and dying. And may I die, dear Jesus, a prisoner in Thy Sacred Heart. Amen

O Beauty Ever Ancient and So New

  4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Revelation 2:4-5  (NIV)

St.Augustine's beautiful Prayer

Late have I loved you,
O Beauty ever ancient and so new,
Too late have I loved you!

You were within me, but I was outside to seek you. 

Unlovely myself, I fell heedlessly upon all those lovely things which you created.

And always You were with me, but I was not with you.
Created things kept me from you;
yet if they had not been in you they would not have been at all.

You called, you cried,you broke through my deafness.
You blazed, you gleamed, and you drove away my blindness.
You breathed your fragrance on me;
I drew in breath and now I long for you.

I have tasted, now I hunger and thirst for more.
You touched me, and now I burn with desire for your peace.

Amen

~ from 'Confessions of St. Augustine'

(http://www.gloriana.nu/mystic.html)

http://newtheologicalmovement.blogspot.com/2011/05/death-of-st-monica-and-filial-love-of.html 

A Wonderful Prayer

Hebrews 9:14

http://www.prayers-for-special-help.com/prayer-for-protection-through-the-precious-blood-of-jesus.html

¹⁴But Christ was sinless, and he offered himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God. That's why his blood is much more powerful and makes our ^[a] consciences clear. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do things that lead to death.

 

 

PRAYER FOR PROTECTION THROUGH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS

by HARRY
(COURTENAY, BC, CANADA)

Lord JESUS, by faith in your merits, I now take your precious blood and sprinkle it over myself and my family right from the crown of my head to the very soles of my feet. I claim total and complete protection for my life and my family. Lord JESUS, keep me free today from evil, sin, temptation, Satan's attacks and afflictions, fear of darkness, fear of man, sickness, diseases, doubts, anger, all calamities and from all that is not of thy Kingdom.

Fill me Lord JESUS with gift of your Holy SPIRIT and grant me the gift of wisdom, knowledge, understanding and discernment so that I will live today in your glory by doing that which is right.

I praise you, Jesus

I Thank you, Jesus

I Love you, Jesus

I Adore you, Jesus

Holy Spirit, you makes me see everything, and shows me the way to reach my ideals, you who gives me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me, and you who are in all instances of my life with me, I in this short dialogue want to thank you for everything an affirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desire may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your Perpetual Glory.

(MENTION YOUR REQUEST)

Thank you, Holy Spirit for your love towards me and my loved ones.

AMEN

This prayer should be said for 03 consecutive days. After the the third day the request will be granted, no matter how difficult it may be. While making the request one must either

1- Promise to publish on granting of favour

OR

2- Promise to circulate copies of it as many people as possible.

(THIS IS TO SPREAD THE WONDER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT)

THANKSGIVING

FOR THE GREAT FAVOUR YOU HAVE GRANTED ME.