Sacred Heart Act of Consecration Prayer

Tribulation Times

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June 19, 2009   

THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN AFTER A BRIEF SUMMER RECESS, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).

(1Jn 5:5-7) Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not by water only but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit which testifieth that Christ is the truth. And there are Three who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one.

POPE BENEDICT XVI: Letter Proclaiming a Year for Priests on the 150th Anniversary of the Dies Natalis of the Curé of Ars
 

THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS 

The Friday after Corpus Christi is celebrated as the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This image of Jesus pointing toward his visible heart that is surrounded by thorns, and from which flames arise, reveal to us the incredible love that Christ has for us. There is a special focus on the human love of Christ, as it honors his human heart. There is a passion and a warmth (hence the fire) to this love, and it is a love that suffers with and for us (hence the crown of thorns). It is by no means a distant and dispassionate love. If we ever really grasp the height and width and depth of the love that Jesus has for us it will completely and unalterably change our lives.

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THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY 

The Saturday after the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated as the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. These must be seen in their relationship to one another. The Sacred Heart reveals to us the depth of love that Christ has for us. The Immaculate Heart of Mary is not about her love for us, but her total and absolute love for her son Jesus Christ. Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is intended to lead us into the same depth of love for Christ that she has.

By honoring Mary's heart we honor the tenderness and faithfulness with which she loved Jesus. We recall and honor the joys and sorrows that were hers. We also honor the interior life of Mary—her prayerfulness, her contemplative response to all of reality, and her great love for God. In particular we honor her by seeing in Mary the model for our own life of prayer and devotion to Christ.

LINK: History & Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary 

Sacred Heart Act of Consecration Prayer by Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque 

I, ( your name. . .), give myself and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ my person and my life, my actions, pains, and sufferings, so that I may be unwilling to make use of any part of my being save to honor, love, and glorify the Sacred Heart.

This is my unchanging purpose, namely, to be all His, and to do all things for the love of Him, at the same time renouncing with all my heart whatever is displeasing to Him.

I therefore take Thee, O Sacred Heart, to be the only object of my love, the guardian of my life, my assurance of salvation, the remedy of my weakness and inconstancy, the atonement for all the faults of my life and my sure refuge at the hour of death.

Be then, O Heart of goodness, my justification before God Thy Father, and turn away from me the strokes of His righteous anger. O Heart of love, I put all my confidence in Thee, for I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty; but I hope for all things from Thy goodness and bounty.

Do Thou consume in me all that can displease Thee or resist Thy holy will. Let Thy pure love imprint Thee so deeply upon my heart that I shall nevermore be able to forget Thee or to be separated from Thee. May I obtain from all Thy loving kindness the grace of having my name written in Thee, for in Thee I desire to place all my happiness and all my glory, living and dying in true bondage to Thee.

HOMILY EXCERPT: In 1302, St. Gertrude had a vision on the feast of St. John the Evangelist. Allowing her to rest her head near the wound of the Saviour, she heard the beating of the Divine Heart and asked John if, on the night of the Last Supper, he too had felt these delightful pulsations and why he had never spoken of the fact. John replied that this revelation had been reserved for subsequent ages when the world, having grown cold, would have need of it to rekindle its love. ("Legatus divinae pietatis", IV, 305; "Revelationes Gertrudianae", ed. Poitiers and Paris, 1877.)

Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 20- "On bodily vigil"

1. Some stand before earthly kings without weapons and without armour; but others hold staffs of office, or have shields, or swords. The former are vastly superior to the latter, for they are usually personal relations of the king and members of the royal household. So it is with earthly kings.   

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