San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila Parish at Pleasant Hill Subdivision, City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Bulacan 3023 PH - Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Divine Jesus, / You have said, / “Ask and you shall receive; / seek, and you shall find;/ knock, and it shall be opened unto you, “/ behold me kneeling at Your Feet,/ filled with a lively faith and confidence/ in the promises dictated by Your Sacred Heart/ and pronounced by Your adorable lips./ I come to ask this favor: ( Here silently mention your petitions.) To whom can I turn if not to You/ whose Heart is the source of all graces and merits? / Where should I seek if not in the treasure/ which contains all the riches of Your kindness and mercy? / Where I must knock/ if not at the door through which God gives Himself to us / and through which we go to God? / I have recourse to You, Heart of Jesus. / In You I find consolation when afflicted, / protection when persecuted, / strength when burdened with trials, / and light in doubt and darkness.

Dear Jesus, / I firmly believe/ that You can grant me the grace I implore,/ even though it should require a miracle./ You have only to will it and my prayer will be granted/ I admit that I am most unworthy of your favors,/ but this is not a reason for me to be discouraged./ You are the God of mercy / and You will not refuse a contrite heart./ Cast upon me a look of mercy,/ I beg of You, / and Your kind heart will find in my miseries and weakness/ a reason for granting my prayer.

O Sacred Heart, / whatever maybe Your decision with regard to my request, / I will never stop adoring, loving, praising, and serving You. / My Jesus, / be pleased to accept this act of perfect resignation/ to the decrees of Your adorable Heart, / which I sincerely desire maybe fulfilled in and by me and all creatures forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, / I know that there is but one thing impossible to You: / to be without pity for those who are suffering or in distress. / Look upon me, / I beg of You, dear Jesus, / and grant me the grace for which I humbly implore You/ through the Immaculate Heart of Your most sorrowful Mother./ You have entrusted me to her as her child,/ and her prayers are all powerful with You. Amen.

PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

O Lord, I pray that in my home, peace, quiet and well-being may prevail under the shadow of Your Holy mantle. Bless and protect o Lord, my endeavors, enterprises, and all those who depend on me and everything that I long for and desire. Banish from my mind and my heart false ideas and evil sentiments. Infuse in me a love of my neighbor and grant me the means to help him. Give me resignation and fortitude of spirit in time of adversity, so that I may rise above the contradictions of life.

Guide and protect, O Lord, my own, who are exposed to the dangers and contingencies of the world. Do not forget, O my Jesus, our loved ones with whom we were united in life and whose departure from this earth has caused us sorrow, at the same time consoled by the thought that, because they remained faithful to You, You did not abandon them at the hour of death. Have pity on them, O Lord, and bring them to their eternal glory in heaven. Amen.

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