Thin Edge of the Wedge - Part A1 Devotion to the Sacred Heart

I went to schola practice today and afterwards stayed for Mass.

I have to admit that it is a great opportunity to attend Mass without the responsibilities and necessary distractions of singing in the schola and choir. Of course, not having my little children present also reduced the distraction level.

I picked up one of my families missals and opened it to some of the Holy card bookmarks.

Here is what I found:

Devotions for First Friday

Origin
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was born in France in the year 1647, and died in 1690. She was canonized in 1920, and her feast is celebrated on October 17th.
Our Lord appeared to St. Margaret Mary several times during her life as a nun in the Visitation Order. Sometimes Our Lord show His Most Sacred Heart afire with love for men; while at other times His Heart would appear torn and bleeding because of sin and indifference.
In 1675 the great revelation was made to St. Margaret Mary the she, in union with Father de la Colombière S.J., was to be the chief instrument for instituting the Feast of the Sacred Heart and for spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart throughout the world.

The Great Promise Of The First Friday

All who receive Holy Communion on nine consecutive First Fridays have been blessed by Our Lord with the grace of a most wonderful promise. We should listen carefully. It is Our Savior, Himself, Who speaks to us through St. Margaret Mary:

I promise thee in the unfathomable mercy of My Heart that My omnipotent love will procure the grace of final penitence for all those who communicate on nine sucessive Frist Fridays of the month; they will not die in My disfavor, or without having received their Sacraments, since My divine Heart will be their sure refuge in the last moments of their life.

Our Lord also told St. Margaret Mary of the following additional blessings:

I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.
I will establish peace in their families.
I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death.
I will bestow a special blessing upon all their under-takings
Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.
Tepid souls shall grow fervent.
Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.
I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be exposed and honored.
I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart - never to be blotted out.

Prayers

+ In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

V. Jesus, meek and humble of heart,

R. Make my heart like unto Thine.

V. O Sweetest Heart of Jesus, we implore,

R. That we may love Thee ever more and more.

(Indulgence 300 days. Plenary, with usual conditions, when recited daily during a month)

Let us pray. - May Thy Holy Spirit, we beseech Thee, Lord, enkindle in our hearts that fire which our Lord Jesus Christ came to cast on earth, and desired so earnestly to see enkindled.

R. Amen.

V. Thy Kingdom come.

R. Thy Kingdom come.

Let us pray. - O Lord Jesus Christ, Who hast promised that wherever two or three shall be gathered together in Thy Name, Thou wilt be there in the midst of them, look down with compassion and mercy and love upon us, who are now united before Thee, in the lowliness of our hearts, to honor Thy Sacred Heart, and in the desire to make It known and beloved by all. Come into the midst of us, my sweet Jesus, and fill our hearts with Thy blessing and inflame them with Thy love.

R. Amen.

V. Sweet Heart of Jesus, be my love

R. Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation.

(Indulgence 300 days)

Prayer for Those Who are in Their Agony

O most merciful Jesus, lover of souls, we pray Thee, by the agony of Thy Most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thine Immaculate Mother, cleanse in Thy Blood the sinners of the whole world, who are now in their agony, and are to die this day.

R. Amen

V. Heart of Jesus, by Thy agony,

R. Have pity on the dying.

(Indulgence 300 days. Plenary, on the usual conditions, for the threefold repetition of this pray at three different moments of the day, and this for a month)

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