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Devotion to the Sacred Heart 

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An Invitation to Renew Devotion to the Sacred Heart

 

In this Jubilee Year of Hope, as well as this time of Jubilee honoring the Sacred Heart,

I am inviting us to turn to the sacred Heart of Jesus. 

I pray that this might be a time  to rediscover and renew your devotion to the heart of Jesus. 

When we enter our parish church, let us be intentional in our prayer

about acknowledging and praying to the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 

Let us also extend this same focus to the images of the Sacred Heart in our homes.

At this year’s Chrism Mass, the Diocese of Youngstown gifted her priests

with an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to display in their prayer space

especially as they answer God’s call to serve with a shepherd’s heart. 

 

Bishop David Bonnar

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Read Bishop Bonnar's Pastoral Letter: " Take Heart, Do Not Lose Heart, Behold the Sacred Heart"

Sacred Heart Prayer

 

O most Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing,

I adore You, I love You, and with 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.

Amen.

THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

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Thank you to the many people who have responded so positively to the addition of the Sacred Heart Shrine here at Saint Michael Parish.  The Mass celebrating the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart and the dedication of the shrine was a wonderful time with parishioners.  To date, 100 families and individuals have been enrolled in the Sacred Heart Society for Mass intentions throughout the year. As we prepare to join every other Church in the Diocese of Youngstown for the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in September, may we take time to prepare our hearts to always receive the love and mercy of our Lord, Jesus Christ.  

 

 

Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus—Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

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I 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 other than 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 you, 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 my faults of my life and my sure refuge at the hour of death. Be then, O Heart of Goodness, my justification before God the Father, and turn away from me the strokes of His righteous anger. O Heart of Love, I put all my confidence in you, for I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty, but I hope for all things from your goodness and bounty. Remove from me all that can displease you or resist your holy will: let your pure love imprint your image so deeply upon my heart, that I shall never be able to forget you

or to be separated from you. May I obtain from all your loving kindness the grace of

having my name written in your heart, for in you I desire to place all my happiness and glory, living and dying in bondage to you.

 

Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Made to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

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  1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.

  2. I will give peace in their families

  3. I will console them in all their troubles

  4. I will be their refuge in life and especially in Death

  5. I will abundantly bless all their undertakings.

  6. Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.

  7. Tepid souls shall become fervent.

  8. Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection.

  9. I will bless those places wherein the image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and venerated.

For information about the Sacred Heart Society Perpetual Mass Fund, Click HERE.

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