The Great Promise!

“Go Forth, Little Booklet, Humble Herald Of

Divine Mercy, And Enkindle In All Hearts The
Flames Of Infinite Love With Which The Sacred
Heart Of Jesus Is On Fire, For Us Poor Sinners!”

The Great Promise Or The Key Of Heaven

Offered By The Sacred Heart Of Jesus To All
His Lovers Considerations And Examples For
The Nine First Fridays

Passport To Paradise
To Be Signed After Having Completed The Nine
First Fridays
1. First Friday Of ……………
2. First Friday Of ……………
3. First Friday Of ……………
4. First Friday Of ……………
5. First Friday Of ……………
6. First Friday Of ……………
7. First Friday Of ……………
8. First Friday Of ……………
9. First Friday Of ……………

“With A Heart Overflowing With Joy

I Thank Thee, O Jesus, Of The
Great Favor Thou Hast Made Me, In
Allowing Me To Complete The Nine
First Fridays. Grant That I May
Never Again Be Separated From
Thee By Sin, But That By Thy
Infinite Mercy, I May Live And Die
In Thy Grace!” Amen.

Date……………………………………………………………
…….

Signature……………………………………………………
……………

Index:
Preface.....................3
The First Part.................4
The Great Promise...........4
The Second Part:
Practical Considerations.....................12
The First Friday..........................12
The Second Friday........................14
The Third Friday.............................17
The Fourth Friday...........................20
The Fifth Friday.................................23
The Sixth Friday................................26
The Seventh Friday..........................31
The Eighth Friday.............................35
The Ninth Friday..................................38
The Third Part.....................................40
Pious Practices..................................40
Preparation For Confession.........40
Preparation For Holy Communion...............41
The Holy Mass...................................................
46
The Nine Offices - In Honor Of The Sacred
Heart.................56
Preface:To God Only Be Honor And Glory

Editions Follow Editions And Still Requests For

Additional Copies Continue Coming In, Telling
Of Wonderful Success. It Is Enough To Say That
With This New Edition We Have, In A Few Short
Years, Published 750,000 Copies Of The
Complete Edition, Without Counting The Copies
Of “Extracts”. How Can We Explain Such An
Extensive Promulgation Of This Humble Work
Without Having Recourse To The Infinite
Tenderness Of That Divine Heart Which Does
Not Disdain The Instruments Least Suitable
And Least Capable, To Lead To Salvation The
Souls Redeemed By His Precious Blood? But
Jesus, In This Divine Work Of Love, Has Need
Of Finding In Every City And In Every Town,
Souls Who Understand The Ardent Eagerness
Of His Heart And Who Will Become Promoters
Of This Beautiful Devotion. The Multitude Of
These Intimate Friends Of Jesus Who Have
Responded To His Invitation Of Love, Increases
Daily And Becomes A Phalanx. It Is A Touching
Sight That Fills The Soul With The Most
Profound Gratefulness. If We Were Not Fearful
Of Offending Their Modesty, We Would Here
Like To Publish A Long List Of These Truly
Beautiful Souls Who, Not Mindful Of Sacrifices
Of All Sorts, Have Been Able To Spread By The
Hundreds Of Thousands, This Pamphlet Which
Tells Of His Divine Mercies, Reaping Most
Consoling Rewards.

It Is Not Long Ago That A Pious Young Woman

Wrote, Saying That Her Propaganda Had In A
Short Time Brought Many Persons To Receive
Holy Communion On The First Friday Of The
Month. A Priest, After Becoming An Ardent
Apostle Of This Devotion, Said: “I Must Thank
The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, For In This Town
More Than 200 Copies Of Your Successful
Booklet Have Been Distributed And We Have
Had About 50 Men Besides The Women And
Children, Who Made The Nine First Fridays. It Is
True, Indeed, That If We Want The Faithful To
Frequent The Sacraments, This Pious Devotion
Must Be Introduced.

An Eminent Pastor, Zealous Propagandist

Writes: “I Shall Leave Nothing Undone To
Spread This Devotion, Since For About A Month,
I Have Experienced Its Beneficial Results.
Would That I Had Known Of It Before!”

Another Very Active Promoter, Assisted By A

Dear Friend, Who Adds To Real Zeal The Aroma
Of Her Sufferings, Wrote In November 1928: “I
Cannot Keep Hidden A Conversion Worthy Of
Being Published. A Woman, Who On Account Of
Her Health, Came To This Town To Spend The
Vacation, Had Not Gone To Confession For A
Long Time Because Of Her Husband’s
Opposition To Religion. I Urged Her To Buy The
Beautiful Book Of The “Great Promise”. She
Took The Book In Her Hands, Looked At The
Frontispiece Which Represents The Picture Of
The Sacred Heart, And Began To Cry. “What Do
You Feel?” She Was Asked. “Nothing,” She
Replied, “Tomorrow I Want To Go To
Confession.” To This Day She Perseveres In Her
Conversion. How Great Is The Bounty Of The
Divine Heart Of Jesus.
A Fervent Promoter From Sardinia, After An
Active Propaganda, Wrote: “I Have The
Pleasure Of Announcing That In Our Church
There Are More Than 310 Persons Who Receive
Holy Communion On The First Fridays.”

At Pattada, Sardinia, On The First Friday Of

July, 1929, At 7:00 A.M., While The Pastor Was
Hearing Confessions, Father Secchi Was
Celebrating The Mass Of The Sacred Heart.
When, With The Sacred Host In His Hands, He
Was About To Distribute Holy Communion To
More Than 200 Persons, Crowded Near The
Railing,
The Ceiling Of The Church Caved In.

The Celebrant Had Scarcely Time To Say,

“Save, O Lord, Thy People”, When A Dense
Cloud Of Asphyxiating Dust Enveloped
Everything And Nothing Else Could Be Seen. It
Could Have Been Disastrous, While As It Was,
There Were But Two Dead And One Seriously
Injured.

“Was This Not A Miracle?” Asks The Pious

Promoter. “Only Two Victims And Undoubtedly,
Because They Had Received Jesus That
Morning, Were Taken To Heaven Immediately.”
At The First Mass, More Than 200 Persons Had
Received Holy Communion. Here One Cannot
Help Noticing On The One Hand The Anger Of
Satan Who Sees So Many Souls, Escaping From
Him, And, On The Other, The Infinite Bounty Of
The Heart Of Jesus, Who Calls To Himself
Those Faithful Ones In Order To Save Them.

Many Tell Us Of Sinners Who For Ten, Twenty,

And Even Thirty Years, Stayed Away From The
Sacraments And Finally Have Surrendered To
The Loving Invitations Of The Loving, Merciful
Heart Of Jesus And Have, Through The Nine
Communions Of The First Fridays, Assured The
Salvation Of Their Souls.

These Are But A Few Of The Innumerable

Attestations That Come From All Over The
World. Are The Results Not Truly Wonderful?

Institutions, Schools, Hospitals, Colleges,

Young Men And Young Women’s Clubs, Catholic
Mothers, Societies, Pastors, Laymen, Sisters
And Religious, And Even Prisoners, Continually
Ask For Our Booklet, And All Declare
Themselves Satisfied. While We Bless The
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, And Make It A Pleasant
Duty To Pray For All These Promoters, We Are
Certain That The Divine Promise Is Already
Verified For Them: “All Those, Who Shall
Promote This Devotion, Shall Have Their
Names Written In My Heart Never To Be Blotted
Out!”

“SACRED HEART OF JESUS I

BELIEVE IN THY LOVE FOR ME!”

The First Part:The Great Promise

In What Does It Consist?

Among All The Promises Made By The Sacred
Heart To St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, There Is
One Made In 1689, One Year Before Her Death,
Which Ought To Be Known By All. It Is The
Twelfth Of Those That Are Ordinarily Listed In
Books Of Devotion, And Which States: “I
Promise Thee In The Abundance Of The Mercy
Of My Heart, That My All-Powerful Love Will
Grant To All Those Who Communicate On The
First Friday For Nine Consecutive Months, The
Grace Of Final Penitence: They Shall Not Die In
My Disgrace Nor Without Receiving The
Sacraments. My Divine Heart Shall Be Their
Safe Refuge In Their Last Hour.”

This Is The “Great Promise” Of The Merciful

Heart Of Jesus, Which We Intend To Explain
Briefly In This Booklet, In Order To Awaken In
All, The Most Lively Desire Of Accepting The
Loving Invitation Of Jesus. Who Offers Us An
Easy Means Of Assuring The Fate Of Our Souls.

Authenticity Of This Promise:

First Of All, For Those Who Might Have Any
Doubt As To The Reality Of This “Great
Promise”, We Say That It Is Really Authentic,
As It Appears In The Writings Of The Privileged
Confidante Of The Sacred Heart. In Fact, The
Church, With All The Diligence That She
Employs When Raising Her Saints To The
Altars, Has Made A Careful And Minute
Examination Of All The Writings Of The Saint,
And Not Only Has Found Nothing Blameworthy,
But Has Fully Confirmed Them With Her
Authority, Permitting Their Publication For The
Benefit Of The Faithful. We Add That In The
Decree Of Canonization, The Holy Fathers,
Benedict Xv, Reports Textually The “Great
Promise” Remarking That “Precisely Such Were
The Words That Our Blessed Lord Addressed To
His Faithful Servant”. For Us The Opinion Of
The Church, The Infallible Teacher Of Truth, Is
More Than Sufficient, Because We Can Freely
Speak With The Profound Conviction Of Our
Mind.

What We Somehow Cannot Understand Is That

This Divine Promise Had Been Kept Unknown
Until 1869, The Year In Which Father Franciosi
Began To Propagate It. Probably It Was Feared
That Theologically It Could Not Be Sustained,
Or That The Faithful Would Abuse It, But It Has
Been Verified That These Fears Were
Unfounded; Since, From This Practice The
Faithful Became More And More Animated In
Doing Good; Which, The Most Learned
Theologians Have Proved With Solid
Arguments, That It Is Fully In Conformity With
The Doctrines Of The Church. This Reveals To
Us That In The Heart Of Jesus Is An Infinite
Ocean Of Divine Mercy.
If Anyone Should Ask: “How Are Such
Stupendous Results Possible From Such A
Slight Cause?” We Will Answer With The
Unknown Author Of The Priceless-Book,
“Manete In Dilectione Mea”, “And Have You Not
Thought That Between This Cause So Slight
And These Effects So Marvellous There Is An
Infinite Mercy?” Assured Of The Authenticity
And Divine Efficacy Of This Promise, Let Us
Now Try To Fully Comprehend Its Profound
Significance.

Brief Comment:
Jesus, Showing Himself To St. Margaret,
Pronounced These Solemn Words, “I Promise
Thee,” To Make Us Understand That, Dealing
With Such An Extraordinary Grace, He Intends
To Pledge His Divine Word, That Word Of Which
It Is Said In The Holy Gospel That “Heaven And
Earth Shall Pass Away, But My Words Shall Not
Pass Away”; And Then He Quickly Adds, “In The
Excessive Mercy Of My Heart,” So That We May
Reflect Well That This Is Not A Common
Promise, Fruit Of His Ordinary Mercy, But A
Promise So Great That It Could Only Come
From An Excess Of Mercy Truly Infinite.

As Though He Wished To Say: “O Souls,

Redeemed By My Blood, The Promise Which I
Make To You Is So Great That The Treasures Of
My Mercy Are Nearly Exhausted. It Is Up To You
To Know How To Take Advantage Of It.”

To Assure Ourselves, Then, That He Will Keep,

At Any Cost Whatsoever, His Promise, The
Sacred Heart Points To His All-Powerful Love,
To That Love That Can Do All In Favor Of These
Who Confide In Him. This Means That All The
Treasures Of The Devil Used To Snatch Away
The Soul Who Has Trusted In God’s Love, Will
Be Triumphantly Laid Bare By Him Who Is
Willing To Perform A Miracle, If Necessary, In
Order That They Who Have Made The Nine First
Fridays Shall Not Lose Their Souls.

When He Says That He “Will Grant The Grace

Of Final Penitence”, He Means That Last Grace,
The Most Treasured Of All, On Which Depends
Eternal Salvation. This Is Proved By The Words
Which Follow: “They Shall Not Die In My
Disgrace,” I.E., They Shall Attain The
Happiness Of Paradise.
The Promise That “They Will Not Die Without
Receiving The Sacraments”, Is Only Relatively
Understood. In Case The Dying Person Should
Be In Moral Sin. He Will Grant Him Forgiveness
Through A Good Confession; If A Sudden Illness
Should Deprive Him Of Speech, Or In Whatever
Way He Should Be Impeded From Receiving
The Sacraments. His Divine Omnipotence Will
Then Induce Him To Make An Act Of Perfect
Contrition And Thus Restore Him To His
Friendship. There Is Not A Single Exception
Made When He Says That His Adorable Heart
Will Be A Sure Refuge For Everyone In That
Extreme Hour.

CONDITIONS REQUIRED:
THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO
ATTAIN THE END OF THE “GREAT
PROMISE”, OR “THE KEY TO
HEAVEN,”ARE THESE:

1. To Make Nine Communions.

Therefore It Is Evident That Anyone Who Has
Made A Certain Number Of Communions, But
Has Not Made Nine, Is Not Fulfilling The
Condition

2. On The First Friday Of The Month.

Here It Is Helpful To Notice That These Nine
Communions Must Absolutely Be Made On The
First Friday Of The Month; Not Any Friday Of
The Month, And Not Any
Day Other Than Friday. Neither Must This
Devotion Be Confused, With That Of The First
Fridays Of Every Month. Not Even The
Confessor Can Alter The Day.
Should Anyone Do So, Since The Church Has
Not Granted This Privilege To Anyone, The
Dispensation Would Have No Effect And
Persons Making Use Of Such
A Dispensation Would Not Have Satisfied The
Conditions Required For The “Great Promise”.

3. For Nine Consecutive Months.

This Is The Third Condition And It Is Meant
That The Nine Communions Must Be Made On
The First Friday Of Nine Consecutive Months,
Without Interruption.They Who, After Having
Made Five, Six Or Even Seven Communions,
Should Even Involuntarily Omit One Month,
Either Because They Were Hindered, Or
Because Of Forgetfulness, Will Not Have
Committed Any Fault, But, Must Start From The
Beginning, And The Communions Already Made
Could Not Be Included In The Number. The
Practice May Be Begun In Any Month Of The
Year That Is Most Convenient. For Those
Attending School It Is Easily Carried Out If
Begun In October And Completed In June.
Behold A Large Field Of Activity Open To All
Teachers Who Have It In Their Power To
Propagate This Beautiful Devotion Among The
Pupils Who Surround Them Daily! The Hearts Of
The Young Are More Disposed Of Heed The
Loving Invitations Of Jesus, And These Souls,
Save By You, Will One Day Form A Splendid
Crown For You In Heaven.

4. With The Proper Disposition.

For This It Suffices That The Soul Be In The
State Of Grace. There Is No Need Of Any
Special Fervor.
It Is Self-Evident That Anyone Making Some Or
All Of These Communions In The State Of
Mortal Sin, Would Not Only Lose Heaven, But
By The Abusing Of The Divine Mercy Of God,
Would Render Himself Worthy Of The
Punishments Of God.It Is Advisable That One
Renew On Each First Friday The Intention Of
Wanting To Obtain The Fruit Of The “Great
Promise”, And Of Making Reparation To The
Heart Of Jesus For The Ingratitude And
Abandonment He Suffers In This Sacrament Of
Love. To This End, You May Use The Prayers In
This Book In Preparation And Thanksgiving For
Holy Communion.

Some Explanations:
1. In Order That Priests And Daily
Communicants Obtain The End Of The “Great
Promise”, They Have To Make The Intention Of
Receiving Holy Communion On The First
Fridays To Honor The Sacred Heart Of Jesus,
And To Repair For The Ingratitude And The
Outrages Which He Receives From So Many
Poor Sinners. It Is An Excellent Plan For Priests
And Those Who Communicate Daily, To
Continue This Series Of Nine Communions For
Life, Making The Intention Of Beginning Again
When The Preceding Series Is Completed. It Is
Sufficient To Make This Intention Once.It Is
Certainly A Good Practice For Everyone To
Repeat One Or More Times The Said
Communions, Particularly When There May Be
Any Doubts As To Their Having Been Made With
The Required Dispositions.
2. If Anyone Should Make These Communions
So That He May Afterwards Give Himself Up
More Freely To A Life Of Sin, He Would By This
Perverse Intention, Show His Affection For Sin,
And Therefore All His Communions Would Be
Sacrilegious And There Could Be No Hope Of
Obtaining The “Great Promise”. Father Garcia
Says That In This Case It Is Like An Insurance
Company Which When Insuring A House A Ship,
Etc., Insures Only For Cases And Accidents Not
Foreseen, And Not For Those Cases
Intentionally Determined And Premeditated
With Evil Intentions. In The First Case Only,
Would The Company Repair The Damages
Sustained.

3. Regarding Those, Who After Having Made

The Nine Communions With Good Intentions,
Should Unfortunately Pervert And Lead A Bad
Life, Since Jesus Has Made No Exceptions To
His “Great Promise”, We May Retain, With
Certainty, That They Too, Through The Merciful
Excess Of His All-Powerful Love, Will Have The
Grace Of Final Penitence And Thus Save Their
Souls, As Is Proved By So Many Wonderful And
Innumerable Conversions.

4. “Does Not This Practice,” Someone May Ask,

“Lead To Presumption, A Grievous Sin Against
The Holy Ghost?” The Question Might Prove
Embarrassing If There Were Not First, The
Unconditional Promise Of Jesus, Who Has
Induced Us To Place All Our Confidence In Him,
Rendering Himself As A Security For Our
Eternal Salvation Through The Infinite Merits
Of His Adorable Heart, Second The Authority Of
The Church Inviting Us To Profit By This Means
Of Reaching Eternal Life. We, Therefore, Do Not
Hesitate To Reply That This Practice Does Not
In Any Way Lead Into Presumption, Those Souls
Who Have The Right Intentions, But Rather, It
Revives In Them The Hope Of Attaining
Heaven, Notwithstanding Their Weaknesses
And Miseries.It Has Been Proved That This
Devotion Instead Of Leading To Presumption,
Renders Souls Always More Eager To Reach
Heaven By Doing Good Works And By Keeping A
Constant Watch Over Themselves, For The
Purpose Of Remaining In The State Of Grace.
This Is, Indeed, One Of The Best Fruits That
Can Be Derived From This Devotion. With What
Confidence, According To Our Way Of Thinking,
Will Our Soul Present Itself To St. Peter, To
Obtain Free Access To Heaven!

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS:
Now That You Have Made Up Your Mind, Gentle
Reader, To Assure The Soul’s Salvation, The
Devil Is Full Of Anger And Fury Because You
Will One Day Be Eternally Happy; He Puts
Before You Countless Difficulties To Seek To
Prevent The Successful Outcome Of Your
Plans.The First Difficulty Will Be That Of Going
To Confession And Receiving Holy Communion
On A Week-Day, For You Will Be Obliged To
Arrive At Your Occupation On Time, And Going
To Communion May Make You Late For Work.
This Is A Grave Situation, It Is True, But If You
Will Only Rise A Half Hour Earlier, You May Very
Well Fulfil The Requirements Of The “Great
Promise”, And At The Same Time, Be On Time
For Your Work. If You Realize The Special
Benefit Which Has Practice Will Bring To Your
Soul, You Will Know How To Impose Some Such
Little Sacrifice On Yourself.

Another Difficulty Which Often Arise, Is That Of

Not Finding The Confessor Ready, But This Too
Can Be Easily Overcome By Informing The
Priest Beforehand, Or To Be More Sure, By
Going To Confession The Day Before. At Times
It Would Seem That Even The Weather Is
Against You. Perhaps On Just That Morning On
Which You Are Going To Holy Communion, The
Rain Will Beat Down, Incessantly, Or, During
The Night, So Much Rain Will Have Poured
Down That The Streets Will Seem To Be Closed
To Pedestrians. Very Well, That Is Just The
Time To Prove That You Are Animated By A
Deep Spirit Of Faith And To Say To Yourself: “To
Gain Paradise Is Certainly Worth Some Little
Sacrifice On My Part. God, To Save My Soul,
Died For Me On The Cross, And Shall I Refuse
To Suffer A Little Cold Or A Little Rain For Love
Of Him, And Thereby Procuring The Eternal
Happiness Of My Soul?” Still Another Difficulty
Presents Itself, That Of Remembering The Day.
We Often Meet With Persons Who Say, “I Had
Already Made Six, Seven, Eight Communions,
And Then One Morning I Did Not Awaken, Or I
Forgot And So I Abandoned All.” What Shall We
Say Of These Souls? The Devil Has Played
Them A Mean Trick; Let Them Have Patience
And Begin Again. They Will Acquire Greater
Merit In The Eyes Of God. With Regard To The
Forgetting, Which Happens So Easily, It Would
Be Well If Three Or Four Persons Agreed To
Remind Each Other As The First Friday
Approaches. The Evil Spirit Will Present These
And Many Other Obstacles, For He Is The
Enemy Of Your Soul, But With God’s Help, And A
Firm Purpose, You Will Be Able To Overcome
Them All.

An Invitation To Priests:
Many Priests Are Worried Over The State Of
Affairs In Their Parishes, And After Having
Attempted Every Possible Meanings Of Doing
Some Good, Have Given Themselves Up To
Discouragement And Have Repeated In Their
Hearts The Words Of The Apostles: “We Have
Labored All The Night And Have Taken
Nothing.” We Would Like To Remind These Of
That Which Zealous Promoters Of This
Devotion Have Written, Namely, That Preaching
About The “Great Promise” Is One Of The Most,
If Not The Most Efficacious Means To Draw
Entire Parishes, Including The Men, To The
Reception Of The Sacraments. Try It, And See
For Yourselves. Only Be Eager And Solicitous To
Give To The Faithful The Means Of Going To
Confession And You Will Not Be Long In Seeing
Real Miracles Of Grace. The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus Will Triumph Over Coldness, Over Apathy,
Over Indifference, And Over Human Respect
Which Are The Wounds Of Modern Society, And
Faith And Good Habits Will Flourish Once More.
Of Course, This Cannot Be Brought About All At
Once As Though By The Touch Of A Magic
Wand, But By Degrees. To The First Eager Ones
Will Be Added Others As The Devotion
Becomes Known, And The Services Of The
First Friday Of The Month Will Become The
Most Consoling And The Most Devout Practice
Of The Parish. How Many Souls, Resisting
Every Other Impulse Of Divine Grace, And For
Many Years Away From God, Have Finally
Yielded To The Infinite Love Of The Heart Of
Jesus! How Many Discouraged Souls Have Felt
Hope Spring Up Anew Within Themselves On
Simply Gazing Upon His Sweet Image! How
Many Wandering Souls, After Having, Like The
Prodigal Son Of The Gospel, Squandered The
Gifts Of The Lord, Encouraged By His “Great
Promise”, Have Humbled Themselves And
Repeated Those Beautiful Words: “I Will Rise
And Go To My Father!”

“HAVE FAITH,” THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

REPEATS TO ALL, “I HAVE CONQUERED THE
WORLD!”
I, Too, Repeat, Have Faith, And You Will See The
Miracles Of Grace And Mercy Which The Divine
Heart Of Jesus Can Work.

Results Obtained By Preaching THE “GREAT

PROMISE.”
1. The “Great Promise” Is Ordinarily The Stroke
Of Grace Which Decides The Successful
Outcome Of A Mission.
2. It Draws Many Souls To The Communions Of
The First Fridays’.
3. Confession, Repeated For Nine Consecutive
Months, Loses That Fearful Aspect Which It
Has For Many Non-Practicing Christians.
4. The Fruit Of These Repeated Confessions Is
More Lasting.
5. It Often Restores Peace And Union To
Families Broken Up By Discord.
6. They Who Have Made The Nine Communions
Are No Longer Satisfied With Just Their Easter
Duty, But Approach The Sacred Heart Banquet
More Frequently And Gradually Even Receive
Daily.
7. It Causes Good Habits To Flourish Again, It
Renews The Fervor Of Catholic Associations,
Of Circles, Of The Children Of Mary, Of The
Christian Mothers, Instilling Into Their Souls
The Spirit Of The Devotion To The Sacred Heart
Of Jesus.

“These Results,” Mentions Fr. Garcia, “Have

Been Obtained In Belgium, But They Are Not
Exclusive To That Nation; They Follow Wherever
The “Great Power” Is Preached With Prudence
And Zeal.”
 A CONSOLING DOCTRINE:
Sr. Agnes, Sister Of The Little Flower Of Jesus,
In One Of Her Recent Publications, “Novissima
Verba,” Relates The Following Incident In The
Words Of The Saint Herself:
“Sr. Mary Of The Eucharist Wished To Light The
Candles For A Procession Not Having Matches,
She Approached The Little Lamp Which Is Kept
Burning Before Relics, But Found It Half
Extinguished. However, She Succeeds In
Lighting Her Candle And With It Those Of The
Entire Community.

Seeing This, (The Little Flower Continues), I

Made This Reflection: Who Shall Therefore
Glory Himself Because Of His Works? A Small,
Dim Lamp Has Been Able To Light Those
Beautiful Flames Which In Their Turn Could
Light An Infinite Number Of Others And Burn In
The Whole World. Where Shall We Look For The
First Cause Of This Conflagration? In The Little
Humble Lamp.

So It Is In The Communion Of Saints. Yes, A

Small Spark Could Produce Great Luminaries
Of The Holy Church, As For Example, The
Doctors Of The Church, And The Martyrs. Often,
Without Knowing It, The Graces And
Supernatural Lights We Receive, Are Due To A
Hidden Soul, Because The Good God Wishes
That The Saints Communicate Grace To Each
Other By Means Of Prayer, So That In Heaven
They May Love Themselves With A Great Love,
Greater Still Than That Of Any Family, Be It
Even The Most Ideal Family On Earth.”
The Communion Of Saints! What A Consoling
Doctrine This Is! You, O Poor Sinner Are
Discouraged: You Feel All The Horror Of The
Abyss That Your Sins Have Formed Between
You And Your God, And To You It Seems
Impossible To Ever Rise From Your Wretched
Condition. Round About You, You See Nothing
But Darkness, And You Feel Lost. Poor Soul,
Discard Such Thoughts And Take Courage.
Jesus Joyfully Opens His Arms To You, To Give
You The Kiss Of Pardon, With That Same Tender
Compassion With Which The Father Of The
Prodigal Son Received His Son, Who, Having
Repented, Returned To His Father’s House.

An Infinite Number Of Humble Souls, Who Live

Immolated, Pray, Suffer, Bear With Resignation
The Weight Of Their Crosses Are Happy To
Expiate With Their Sufferings, The Sins Of Poor
Sinners, And These Unknown Souls Whom You
Shall Know Only In Eternity, Shall Be For You
The Little Half-Burnt Lamp, Shall Help You To
Light Again The Fire Of Your Faith, To Leave The
Evil Path Of Sin, And To Place Yourself Once
More On The Way To Heaven.

Take Courage, You Are Not Alone. A Large

Number Of Holy Souls Who Shall Read These
Lines, Will Unite Their Prayers Also To Those Of
That Heart Which Has Extended Over This
Earth A Net Of Love, Joined By A Chain Of Gold
Which Unites All The Elect Of Heaven To Plead
For Your Salvation.

ARE YOU ALIVE OR DEAD?

To Answer This Question, You Must Reflect
That We Have Two Lives: A Natural Life, Which
Results From The Union Of Soul And Body, And
A Spiritual Life, Which Results For The Union Of
The Soul With God By Means Of Grace. The
First Ends At Death, Which Is A Separation Of
The Soul From The Body; The Second Is Killed
By Mortal Sin, Which Is The Separation Of The
Soul From God.

The Natural Life Is Nourished By The Daily

Bread, And The Spiritual Life By The
Eucharistic Bread, Aptly Called, “Food Of The
Soul”. This Is Why Our Lord Jesus Christ Has
Said: “I Am The Bread Of Life;” “If You Shall Not
Eat My Flesh And Drink My Blood, You Shall Not
Have Life;” “Whoever Eats This Flesh Shall Live
Forever.”
Now, Answer: Are You Alive Or Dead? If You Eat
Of This Bread, You Live; If You Do Not Eat Of It,
You Are Dead. How Many Are There Who Think
Themselves Alive And Are In Reality Dead; How
Many Corpses Are There, Deprived Of Spiritual
Life Because For Years They Have Refrained
From Eating The Bread Of Life! Are You Perhaps
Of The Number Of These Unhappy Ones? Are
You, Too, By Any Misfortune, A Dry Branch
Detached From The Tree Of Life And Destined
To The Eternal Fire? Think Well On It!

Unhappiness Of Poor Sinners:

There Is No One On Earth More Unhappy Than
He Who Has His Soul Disfigured By Mortal Sin.
How Can He Live Tranquilly In The Midst Of His
Disorders? There Is No Peace For The Wicked,
Says The Holy Ghost. A Deep Sadness And A
Subtle Remorse, Like A Poisonous Serpent,
Threatens His Very Existence. He Is Not Alive,
But Dead. Mortal Sin Has Snuffed Out The
Supernatural Life Of His Soul. He Is Therefore
No Less Repellent To The Eyes Of God, Than A
Corrupt And Fetid Corpse Can Be To Ours.
And As A Dead Body Can No Longer Act, So
Also, He Who Is In Mortal Sin Can Do Nothing
Which Will Avail Him For Life Everlasting. The
Sinner Might Possess All The Riches And
Treasures Of Earth, But His Soul Is Poorer And
Meaner Than That Of The Most Wretched
Beggar Who Stretches Forth His Hands For
Alms. The Sinner Is Bound To The Chain Of
Satan Who Makes Of Him His Slave. Woe To
Him If Death Should Overtake Him In This
State!
Sad And Unfortunate Condition! He Is
Suspended By A Fine Thread Over The Abyss Of
Hell, And That Thread Is Held In The Hands Of
The God, Whom He Continues To Offend! What
Shall Become Of Him When He Shall Present
Himself To The Tribunal Of The Eternal Judge?
Have You Considered All These Things? What
Do You Propose To Do?
God Desires To Admit You Once More To His
Friendship. He Desires To Press You To His
Sacred Heart. Shall You Continue Turning A
Deaf Ear To The Voice Of His Mercy?

REFLECT SERIOUSLY!

I Cannot Change!
Occasionally, One Hears Of Poor Sinners Who
Say To The Priest: “You Are Right, I, Too, Would
Like To Have A Little More Faith To Make These
Fridays Which You Suggest, But In Order To Do
This, I Must Go To Confession. I Must Receive
Communion, In A Word, I Must Be Converted,
And I Do Not Feel Like Changing My Manner Of
Living, I Cannot Be Converted. What Shall I
Do?” The Sacred Heart Of Jesus Which Is An
Infinite Ocean Of Mercy For All, And Desires
Only That The Sinner Be Converted And Live,
Suggests The Following Easy Practice.
Appearing To St. Martha Chambon, Whom We
Shall Mention Again In The Reading For The
Fourth Friday, Made This Solemn Promise:

“THE SINNER WHO SHALL SAY THE

FOLLOWING PRAYER: ‘ETERNAL
 FATHER, I OFFER THEE THE
WOUNDS OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST, TO HEAL THE WOUNDS OF
MY SOUL!’
WILL OBTAIN HIS CONVERSION. I
DESIRE THAT PRIESTS GIVE IT
OFTEN TO THEIR PENITENTS IN
THE SACRED TRIBUNAL.”

“I AM THE LIVING BREAD WHICH

CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN; WHO
EATS OF THIS BREAD SHALL LIVE
FOREVER””
The Second Part:

Practical Considerations

First Friday
Shall I Be Saved Or Shall I Be Damned?
Have You Ever Watched Children Paying At The
Game Of Picking Petals From Daisies In Order
To Learn Their Future? Here, For Example, Is A
Little Girl Who Wished To Know If She Will Go
To Heaven Or To Hell. As She Plucks Off And
Discards Each Candid Petal, She Repeats
Alternately: Heaven… Hell… Heaven… Hell…
Till She Comes To The Last Petal Which Is To
Decide Her Destiny. If Chance Has Been
Favourable And Bestowed Heaven At Such
Small Cost, She Is Delighted And Rejoices; If,
On The Contrary, The Innocent Little Flower
Has Had The Boldness To Condemn Her To Hell,
Then She Protests And Repeats The Game With
Other Flowers Until She Finds One Which Will
Give Her The Answer She Desires.

Cannot, Then, Our Life Be Compared To A

Flower From Which We Pluck The Petals Each
Day, Until, Cut Down By The Scythe Of Death,
We Shall Find Ourselves Before The Divine
Judge Who Will Pronounce Over Us The Final
Sentence; Either Heaven Or Hell? When
Children Question Their Destiny In The Above
Manner, They Know That They Are Playing A
Game And So Give No More Importance To It
Than The Game Calls For. But Are We Allowed
To Consider Our Life A Mere Game? Does Not
Faith Teach Us That Life Is For Us A Great Duty,
Filled With The Most Tremendous
Responsibilities? That Of All The Tasks We Are
To Accomplish Here Below, There Is Only One
Which Is Absolutely Necessary Which Is In
Truth The One Really Necessary Thing, And
That Is The Salvation Of Our Soul? Do We Ever
Seriously Think Of This? And If We Have Truly
Pondered Over It, Have We Ever Asked
Ourselves This Question: “Shall I Be Saved Or
Lost? Shall I One Day Be An Angel Clothed In
Light And Immortal Glory In Heaven, Or Rather
An Angel Of Darkness, Girl With Flames And
Tortured By Eternal Pains In Hell?”

The Saints Used To Tremble With Fear At This

Thought, And Can We Stay In Peace When Our
Conscience Is Burning With So Many Sins? Do
We Not Know That One Mortal Sin Is Enough To
Render Us Deserving Of Hell? And If We Should
Be Struck By A Sudden Death?

Now, Jesus With His Great Promise Comes To

Draw Us Out Of This Fearful Nightmare By
Letting Us Hear This Consoling Reply: “You Will
Have The Grace Of Final Penitence, That Is You
Shall Not Die In My Disgrace, Nor Without
Receiving The Sacraments, If You Will
Communicate On The First Friday For Nine
Consecutive Months.”
Behold Then, Jesus Places In Your Hands, At
This Moment, A Passport To Heaven, And Gives
You The Golden Key Which Will One Day Open
To You The Gates Of Heaven. It Depends Upon
You To Profit By This Extraordinary Grace
Which His Merciful Heart Offers You.

Animated By These Thoughts, Receive Holy

Communion With Great Faith And Fervently
Recite The Following:

Prayer
“O Sweetest Heart Of Jesus, Thou Who Hast
Redeemed My Poor Soul At The Price Of Thy
Precious Blood, Grant That I May Fully Realize
How Great Is The Grace Thou Dost Wish To
Grant Me With Thy “Great Promise”, So That
Overcoming All The Obstacles Which The Devil
Will Seek To Put In My Way, I May Receive With
True Sentiments Of Faith, Love, And
Reparation, These Nine Communions And Thus
Assure The Safety Of My Soul. Sacred Heart Of
Jesus, I Believe In Thy Love For Me, And I Am
Sure That Thou Will Not Abandon Me.”

Reading
Apparition Of The Divine Child
Read, Devout Reader, This New Prodigy
Wrought By The Infinite Love Of Your God, So
That On Making Your Communions For The First
Fridays, Your Love May Increase Each Time And
Your Faith May Be Strengthened In The Real
Presence Of Jesus In The Sacred Host.

On The 20Th Of April, In The Year 1905, From

What Appears In The Spanish Newspapers Of
The Time, There Took Place An Apparition Of
The Infant Jesus At Manzeneda, A City Of
Spain, In The Presence Of An Entire
Congregation. It Was At The Close Of The
Spiritual Exercises Which Had Been Conducted
By The Redemptorist Fathers. The Pastor, Rev.
Peter Rodriguez, Had Exposed The Blessed
Sacrament, And The Large And Devout
Assembly, After Reciting The Rosary, Was
Listening To The Exhortations Of Father
Mariscal, One Of The Missionaries. All At Once
The Preacher Stopped Abruptly. The
Congregation, Until Then Attentive, Seemed
Stirred By A Mysterious Agitation. Those Who
Had Been Seated, Stood Up, Climbing On
Footstools And Kneelers; Others Stood On
Their Toes That They Might See The Better,
While A Soft Murmur Went Round The Church.

The Preacher Who Could Find No Cause For

This Excitement, Made Sign To The People To
Remember That They Were In The Presence Of
The Majesty Of God, Truly Present In The
Adorable Sacrament Of The Altar, And Thus
Succeeded In Obtaining A Momentary Calm.
But Behold, A Child Of Seven Years, Eudossia
Vega Di Esconrida, With Her Silvery Voice
Began To Cry Out: “I, Too, Want To See The
Infant!”

At That Cry The Faithful Could No Longer Be

Restrained.

Father Mariscal Turned Toward The Altar, Where

All Eyes Were Fixed, And Was Himself Able To
See The Miracle Which Had So Moved The
People.
The Pastor Also, Kneeling Before The Altar,
Was Rapt In The Contemplation Of The
Beautiful Apparition. On The Altar, In Place Of
The Ostensorium, Was An Infant Of About Six
Or Seven Years, Clothed In A Garment Whiter
Than Snow, Who Was Lovingly Smiling Upon
The Faithful, Stretching Towards Them His Tiny
Hands. From His Divine Countenance Of
Enchanting Beauty, Issued Rays Of Brightest
Light, While His Eyes Shone Like Twin Stars. It
Was Noticed That On His Breast Was A Wound
From Which Flowed A Stream Of Blood Which
Left Its Traces On The Spotless Garment.

The Vision Lasted For Some Time And Then

Disappeared. Devotions That Evening
Continued With Tears And Sobs, The
Confessionals Were Crowded Until Midnight,
For All Wished To Become Reconciled With God
In Order To Receive On The Following Day In
Holy Communion, The Beautiful Infant Who Had
Appeared On The Altar.

This Event Also Was Reported By The

Messenger Of The Sacred Heart Of 1906.
A Youth Suddenly Regains Consciousness On
The Eve Of The First Friday
In The Month Of May, 1913, In Genoa, A Pious
Boy Of Thirteen, Became Ill With A Disease
Which Attacked Him So Violently That From
The Beginning He Became Unconscious And
There Was No Hope Of His Regaining
Consciousness Before The End: The Poor
Mother Was Inconsolable, Fearing That The Boy
Would Die Without Receiving The Sacraments
And Perhaps Be Lost For All Eternity. Would To
God That All Mothers Loved Their Children With
Such Real Love! However, The Boy Had Been
Greatly Devoted To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus
And Had Already Begun The Devotion Of The
First Fridays. Could Jesus Abandon Him In
These Last Moments? After Remaining In
Delirium For Fifteen Days, On June 5Th, Eve Of
The First Friday, He Suddenly Awoke, And To
Everyone’s Surprise, Asked: “What Day Is
Tomorrow?”
“The First Friday,” Replied The Mother. “And
How Can I Go To Holy Communion If I Am In
Bed?”

“Do Not Fear, My Son,” She Answered Rejoicing.

“Jesus Is So Good That He Will Come Himself
To Visit You, Since You Are Not Able To Go To
The Church.”
His Confessor Was Summoned Immediately, To
Whom The Boy Made His Confession With
Perfect Clarity, And After A Brief Prayer,
Relapsed Into Unconsciousness Until The Next
Day, When Holy Communion Was Brought To
Him. After A Short Thanksgiving, He Once More
Became Delirious, And For The Fifteen Days
During Which He Continued To Live, Gave No
More Signs Of Recognition. On June 18 He
Rendered His Beautiful Soul To God, Who,
Faithful To His Promise, Welcomed Him, We May
Be Sure, To The Kingdom Of His Glory.

The Event, Related By Father Ardito In His

Book, “Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Trust In Thee,”
Is Reported During His Lifetime In The
“Settimana Religiosa” Of Genoa, And Was
Testified By Trustworthy Persons.

Ejaculation: “Heart Of Jesus, Hope Of Those

Who Die In Thee, Have Mercy On Us!”

The Second Friday

“God Is Love”
“God Is Love: Deus Caritas Est, And To Love
Means To Give Oneself. Now God Has Given Us
All That We Have… Behold The Creation; To
Love, Is To Manifest One’s Thoughts, And God
Has Spoken Through The Prophets And
Through His Same Divine Son… Behold,
Revelation; To Love, Is To Render Oneself Like
To The Beloved, And God Became Our Brother
Through The Incarnation. Love Suffers For The
Loved One, And God Immolated Himself For Us
On The Cross… Behold, The Redemption; To
Love Is To Remain Always Near The Loved
One… Behold The Eucharist; Love Identifies
Itself With The Beloved… Behold Holy
Communion; To Love Is To Share One’s Own
Happiness With The Loved One… Behold, At
Last, Paradise!” (From “Manete In Dilectione
Mea”).

Ah! How Incomprehensible Is God’s Love For

Us! Consider What Christ Has Done For Us. We
Were Slaves Of The Devil, And He Has Made Us
Children Of God; We Were Deserving Of Hell,
And He Has Opened To Us The Gates Of
Heaven; We Were Filled With Iniquity, And He
Has Washed Us In His Blood. His Love For Us
Caused Him To Renounce The Happiness Of
Paradise, His Glory, His Dignity, And To Become
A Tiny Infant! For Us He Suffered Cold, Hunger,
Thirst, Poverty, Exile, Humiliations, Calumnies
And The Most Vile Accusations. He Was Tied To
A Pillar, Scourged, Spat Upon, Derided, Struck,
Crowned With Thorns, Preferred To Barabbas,
Condemned To Death, Crucified Between Two
Thieves. He Has Given Us His Grace, His
Teachings, His Divine Merits, His Blood, Even
Bequeathing To Us, When Nothing Else
Remained To Be Given, His Own Mother As A
Mother To Us.

But His Infinite Love For Us Does Not End Here.

Not Wishing To Leave Us Orphans On This
Earth, He Accomplished The Greatest Of His
Miracles By Giving Himself Entirely To Us In
The Adorable Sacrament Of The Altar. Thus He
Rendered Himself Our Companion, Our
Physician, Our Advocate, Our Food, Our Victim,
Being Offered Up Continually In The Holy
Sacrifice Of The Mass.

Jesus Can Very Well Repeat To Each Of Us The

Words Of The Prophet: “What More Could I
Have Done For My Vineyard That I Did Not Do?”
But To Such Boundless Love, Many Men
Respond With Indifference, With Apathy, And
With Ingratitude. He Then Appears To The
Apostle Of His Love, And Disclosing His Divine
Heart Pierced With A Sword, Speaks These
Words: “Behold This Heart Which Has So Loved
Men That It Spared No Sacrifice, Not Even
Death And Annihilation, In Order To Testify Its
Love For Them, And In Return I Receive From
The Greater Part Of Mankind Only Ingratitude,
By Reason Of The Contempt, Irreverence,
Sacrileges, And Coldness Which They Offer Me
In This Sacrament Of Love.”

In Manifesting His Divine Heart Filled With

Grief, Jesus Wished To Let Us Understand To
How Great An Extent He Loved Men And How
Fearful Is The Ingratitude Of Those Who Live
Unmindful Of Him And Neglecting Their Eternal
Salvation. Our Blessed Lord Appeared More
Than Eighty Times To St. Margaret Mary,
Repeating To Her In Accents Filled With
Sadness, These Loving Words: “My Daughter,
Have Mercy On Me. I Am Sad Because I Am Not
Loved!”

One Day, Mother L. Margherita, (Died At Vische

Canavese In 1915) Meditating On The Infinite
Love Of God For His Creatures, Spoke Of Him
Thus: “Tell Me, Jesus, Why Thy Heart
Possesses So Much Love And Why Thou Dost
Extend It Thus To Your Unworthy Creatures?”
And Jesus Replied: “My Heart Is The Living
Tabernacle Of Divinity, Enclosing It In Its
Fullness, And Divinity Is Love. Do You Not
Comprehend That Love, Ever Active, Is Like An
Overflowing River Which Needs Must Empty
Itself?”
“Yes, Love Must Diffuse Itself But Why On A
Miserable Creature Like Me?”

“It Is Your Helplessness That Draws Me To You,

Because I Am Mercy Itself; Your Weakness
Attracts Me, Because I Am The Holy, Having
Sanctified Myself For You. Let Me Pour Over
Your Heart The Excess Of My Love.”

“If, However, We Wished To Express In One

Word, What Jesus Is, We Must Record The
Answer Given To Sr. M. Giuseppina, Adorer Of
The Sacred Heart. Having Asked: “Who Is
Jesus?” She Received The Answer: “Jesus Is
Love!”
Prayer
O Jesus, I Believe In Thy Infinite Love For Me!
All That I Have And All That I Am I Owe To
Thee; Thou Hast Drawn Me Out Of Nothingness;
Thy Love Preserves Me Continually; Thy Love
Has Freed Me From The Slavery Of Satan; It Is
Thy Love Which Gave Itself Up For Me On
Calvary And Continues To Be Offered Up Each
Day On Our Altars. They Love Has Bathed The
Wounds Of My Soul, Nourished Me In Holy
Communion, And Prepared For Me A Reward Of
Immortal Glory In Heaven.
“O Infinite Love Of God, Dwelling In The Heart
Of Jesus, Make Thyself Known To Men So That
They May Love Thee As Thou Dost Wish To Be
Loved!
(Mother L. Margherita).
Reading
Even A Desire Is Rewarded

Towards The End Of The Year 1913, A Young

Priest Was Sent As Curate To A Little Village Of
Piedmont, Italy. To Draw Souls To The
Reception Of The Sacraments, He Began To
Preach And Spread The Devotion To The Most
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Putting Special
Emphasis On The “Great Promise”. God So
Blessed His Zeal, That After Three Months,
There Were 500 Persons Who Practised The
Devotion Of The Nine First Fridays. During The
Easter Season A Man Who Was Then In His
Thirties, And Who Had Not Yet Taken Part In
This Practice, Was Privately Exhorted By The
Priest To Join The Other Faithful In Doing So.
The Man Replied: “Father, Now That I Have
Fully Understood, I Promise You That When
Summer Months Are Passed, And With Them
The Great Amount Of Work To Be Done In The
Fields, I, Too, Will Begin The Nine First Fridays I
The Month Of October. I Intend To Keep My
Word, For It Is Worth Practicing This Devotion
In Order To Insure The Salvation Of One’s Soul.”

“This Man Was Then In The Best Of Health And

Vigour And Continued To Work Until The
Evening Of August 8. On The Following Day, He
Was Forced To Take To His Bed. There Seemed
To Be Nothing Serious, But Towards Nine
O’clock Of The Evening, He Insisted On Having
A Priest Called Because He Wished To Go To
Confession And Receive The Last Sacraments.
His Relatives Were Astonished, And Persuaded
Him To Let It Go Until Morning As It Seemed
Out Of Place To Disturb A Priest At That Hour
Of The Night Especially Since The Case Was
Not Urgent. But He Persisted And The Mother
Herself Went To Seek The Curate, Excusing
Herself, Saying She Had Been Forced, To Do So
In Order To Calm The Sick Man Lest He Pass A
Bad Night. The Priest Tarried No Longer, But
Hastened To The Bedside And Was Greeted
With A Smile Of Inexpressible Joy And
Gratitude.

“Oh, How I Thank You Father,” He Said. “I

Longed To See You. Do You Remember That I
Promised To Make My First Fridays? But Now I
Must Tell You That I Can Make Them No Longer.
The Sacred Heart Of Jesus Told Me To Send For
You And To Receive The Sacraments
Immediately, For I Am Dying.”
The Good Priest Prudently Asked For No
Further Explanations, But Comforted Him,
Praising The Sentiments He Fostered And
Urging Him To Place All His Trust In The Sacred
Heart Of Jesus. He Heard His Confession, And
Since The Sick Man Insisted On It, He Brought
Him Holy Viaticum. It Was Midnight. At Four
O’clock In The Morning The Priest Returned To
Visit The Sick Man Who Welcomed Him With A
Heavenly Smile, Grasping His Hand, But Saying
Nothing. A Short While After Midnight He Had
Lost The Power Of Speech And Did Not Regain
It. He Received Extreme Unction With Great
Fervour And Towards Two O’clock In The
Afternoon, His Soul Went To God To Sing The
Mercies Of The Heart Of Jesus, Who Rewarded
The Simple Desire Of Making The Nine
Communions By Granting Him The Grace To Die
A Holy Death. The Strange Circumstances
Accompanying This Fact Induced The Man’s
Relatives To Make The First Fridays To Insure,
For Themselves Also The Salvation Of Their
Souls.
(P. Parsinetti: La Grande Promissa.)

Ejaculation: “Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Believe

In Thy Love For Me.”(300 Days Indulgence)

The Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus Triumphant

If You Wish To Know How Faithful Our Lord Is In
Keeping His “Great Promise” Read This Other
Incident As It Is Narrated By The Author
Himself, Who After His Return To God, Became
An Ardent Apostle Of The Sacred Heart By
Spreading His Devotion Everywhere.
“I Wish To Be Known That Like The Prodigal
Son, I Abandoned The Fold Of The Good
Shepherd… Ungrateful One That I Was… For Me
Were The Richest Pastures, For Me The
Greatest Care, For Me The Tenderest
Affections. Ungrateful One! I Abandoned Him; I
Fled Far From Him Who Was Pursuing Me, Who
Was Calling Me By The Dearest Names Which
Love Alone Can Inspire… Ungrateful One!...
After Having Finally Overtaken Me, I Drove Him
Back, Maltreated Him, Trampled Upon Him,
Crucified Him… Ungrateful One That I Was! And
I Lived For Years, For Many Years, Without Even
Thinking Of The Good Shepherd… Ungrateful…
But One Day, I Suddenly Recalled Something:
Without Wanting To, I Went Back In Thought To
The Happy Days Of My Childhood, I Once More
Saw Myself, For Nine First Fridays, Kneeling
Before The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, To Receive
Him In Holy Communion. The “Great Promise”
Of The Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus Triumphs.
Jesus Is The Excessive Mercy Of His Love,
Remembered His Stray Lamb. Today I Finally
Fulfilled The Promise Which I Then Made, That
Of Having This Grace Published So As To
Persuade All People, That He Who Will
Communicate On The Nine First Fridays In
Honour Of The Sacred Heart Will Not Be Lost,
Because Jesus Will Always Be Faithful To His
“Great Promise”.
Feast Of The Patron Of Assisi, 1923. Salvatore
Of The Heart Of Jesus Tertiary Of The Friars
Minor.

The Third Friday

“Love Asks For Love”

Jesus As We Have Seen, Is Love, All Love And

Nothing But Love For Us; He Lives By Love, He
Delights In Love; He Has Come To Bring This
Divine Fire Of His Love To Earth, And Desires To
Inflame All Hearts With It. It Was His Infinite
Love For Us That Made Him Condescend To
Come To Earth, That Keeps Him A Prisoner In
Our Tabernacles. It Is This Love Which Spurs
Him To Give Himself Entirely To Those Who
Seek Him; That Makes Him Fear For The Sinner;
That Forces Him To Go In Search Of The Stray
Sheep; To Bring It Back To The Father’s Fold;
That Causes Him To Lament Over The
Blindness Of So Many Poor Sinners Who Live
Forgetful Of Him And Who Are On The Brink Of
Eternal Damnation! O Faithful Soul And Lover
Of Jesus, You Who Understand The Agony Of
His Heart, Must Comfort Him And Repay Him
For His Infinite Love. The Best Means To Do
This Is To Give Him Countless Souls Which You
Can Save Through Your Prayers And Sacrifices.

“The World Is Growing Cold,” Thus Spoke Our

Lord One Day To Mother L. Margherita.
“Selfishness Fills The Hearts Of Men Who Have
Wandered Far From The Centre Of Love, But I,
The God Of Love, Am Very Near. I Have Become
Man To Unite Myself To Man; I Died To Save
Him. My Sacrifice Was Powerful Enough To
Redeem Humanity; It Was Infinitely Greater,
But Man, Being Free, Must Co-Operate In The
Work Of His Redemption. The Superabundance
Of My Merits Gives Him Sufficient Grace To
This End, But Alas! How Many Reject My Grace!
Because Of This, I Select Chosen Souls, I Put
Them, In Possession Of Myself… In Them I
Continue My Passion… And Making Use Of
Them As Purified Channels Of Grace, Through
Them I Pour Into The World A New Abundance
Of Grace And Pardon” (From: “In The Service Of
Jesus, Priest”).

To Pray And Sacrifice Oneself For Sinners Is

Most Pleasing To Jesus. This Was The Secret
Which Raised Saint Theresa Of The Child Jesus
To Such High Sanctity: This Is The Invitation
Which Jesus Extends To All The Souls Dear To
His Heart, And Repeats To All Those Who Are
Able To Understand His Love.

Jesus Asks Of You Too: “My Son, Do You Love

Me? Give Me Souls! Know That In The World
There Are Countless Sinners Who Are Lost!
Even At This Moment Many Are Passing Into An
Eternity Of Torments. Have You No Pity For The
Lot Which Awaits Them? Have You No Souls
Dear To You Who Are Now On The Way To
Perdition? Your Prayers And Sacrifices Can
Save Them, Can Open The Door Of My Mercy To
Them, Can Give Them The Merits Of My Blood,
And Will You Deny Your God This Consolation Of
Being Able To Associate Yourself In The Work
Of Their Salvation?

Pray For Poor Sinners, And To Your Prayers Add

Sacrifices. Prayers Said In My Name Are
Powerful, But When It Comes To The Salvation
Of Souls, It Is Sacrifice Which Triumphs Over
All.”
Let Not These Words Of Our Lord Fall In Vain,
But Pray And Offer Some Act Of Self-Denial For
All Poor Sinners, Especially For Your Relatives,
Parents And Friends. Rest Assured That Your
Prayer Will Not Go Unheard. May Everything We
Do, Be Done From A Motive Of Pure Love,
Imitating That Holy Friar, St. Gerard Majella, A
Tailor, Who While Sewing, Would Repeat At
Each Stitch: “My God, I Love Thee. Save A
Soul.”

Prayer
O Merciful Heart Of Jesus, Have Pity On So
Many Poor Sinners Who Live Away From Thee,
With Their Souls Stained By So Many Crimes,
And Who Do Not Reflect That They Are
Standing Over The Abyss Of Hell Into Which
They May At Any Moment Be Hurled. O Most
Gracious Redeemer Of Our Souls, O Lamb Of
God Who Takest Away The Sins Of The World,
Have Mercy On Them, Through The Infinite
Merits Of Thy Most Holy Wounds And Thy Most
Precious Blood, So That Drawn By Thy Infinite
Goodness, They May Detest Their Faults And
Return To Thee.
Reading
Prefers The Loss Of A Hand To The Loss Of
Holy Communion On First Friday
An Old Pupil Of Ours, Now Bishop Of Pengpu,
China, Mons. Berruti, S.J., Reports In The
Periodicals Reports In The Periodical Entitled,
“Missions Of The Society Of Jesus,” Of The
Month Of December, 1926, That He Now Has
About One Hundred New Converts Who
Approach The Sacraments On Every First
Friday, Notwithstanding The Fact That Many
Have To Travel Ten, Fifteen, And Even Thirty
Miles To Reach The Mission Chapel. We Who
Find It Troublesome To Walk Fifteen Minutes
And Who Cannot Impose Upon Ourselves Some
Slight Penance, Should Take Example From
These Converted Savages.
Another Missionary, Fr. Scruler, S.J., Of Idaho,
Relates The Following Touching Event:
An Indian, Of The Tribe Of The “Hearts Of Awl”,
Now Converted To The Faith And Fervent
Catholic, Called Cipra, One Day Badly Wounded
His Hand. The Doctor, Having Examined The
Wound, Declared It Would Be Necessary For
The Indian To Remain With Him For A Few Days
As He Feared He Would Have To Amputate The
Hand.
“I Cannot Stay!... To-Morrow Is The First Friday
Of The Month And I, Together With The Whole
Tribe, Must Go To The Mission Of The
Blackrobe To Receive Holy Communion. I Shall
Return Later.”
“But Afterwards Will Be Too Late, And I Shall
Be Obliged, If The Infection Spreads, To Cut Off
The Hand. Do You Realize This?”
“Come What Will,” Answered The Fervent
Indian, After Having Considered A Moment,
“You Shall Cut Off My Hand, But It Shall Never
Be That Cipra Does Not Go With The Others To
Receive Holy Communion On The First Friday
Of The Month.” And He Went.
On His Return, He Called On The Doctor Who,
As Soon As He Saw The Wound, Said:
“Just As I Had Told You! Now I Must Amputate
Three Fingers!”
“Very Well,” Said The Indian, And Stoically
Underwent The Operation, Believing All The
While That This Was A Small Price To Pay For
The Communion He Had Received.
What Do You, O Devout Reader, Think Of This
Savage Who Was Disposed To Lose A Hand
Rather Than A Communion? Is It Not Perhaps A
Severe Reprimand To Your Negligence And
Coldness In The Service Of The Lord?
Read, Too, The Following Incident:
Heroic Love Of A Child Of Four
Fr. Crawley Tells This In His “Evangelical
Treatises”.
“Some Time Ago, At Biarritz, A Missionary Told
Me The Following Remarkable Episode: The
Father Was Preparing Some Little Chinese Girls
For First Communion. The Class Was Divided In
Two: One Was A Class Of Girls From Seven To
Twelve Years Of Age Who Were To Receive Holy
Communion Soon; The Other Class Was Made
Up Of About Twenty Smaller Girls Who Simply
Attended The Explanation Of The Catechism.
‘You Know,’ He Says. ‘That In The Tabernacle, In
The Golden Ciborium, In The White Host,
Dwells Jesus. He Is There, He Loves You, And Is
Eagerly Waiting To Give Himself To You
Because He Loves The Little Ones And You Are
All Little.’
Among The Girls Was One Only Four Years Old.
After The Instructions, She Asked The Sister In
Charge, If She Might Go And Speak To Father.
Having Obtained Permission, She Knocked At
The Priest’s Door.
‘What Are You Doing Here?’
‘Father, I Have Something To Tell You… You
Have Taught Us That Jesus Is In The
Tabernacle… He Is There Waiting… He Loves
The Little Ones… Then He Must Love Me More
Than The Others, For I Am The Smallest One…
And Then, I Desire… We Must Not Make Him
Wait… Give Him To Me!’
The Missionary Was Perplexed.
‘It Is True,’ He Said, Finally. ‘Jesus Is Waiting
For Little Girls, But Not For Those Who Are Too
Little.”
‘Too Little? What Does Being Too Little Mean,
Father? I Know My Catechism As Well As The
Others.’
The Priest Is Once More Preoccupied. To Avoid
Giving Any Answer, He Asked:
‘How Old Are You?’
‘I Do Not Know.’
‘Let Me See Your Teeth.’
She Showed Him Her Two Rows Of White Baby
Teeth.
‘But You Still Have Your Baby Teeth! You Are Too
Small.’
The Child Is Silent For A Moment. Then:
‘And When I Shall Not Have These Teeth Any
More, Do You Promise You Will Give Me Jesus?’
‘Yes, I Promise You.’
‘Will You Give Him To Me Every Day?’
‘Yes.’
The Child Went Away And Returned Within Ten
Minutes, But How Disfigured! Trembling, With
Tearful Eyes And Her Mouth All Blood-Stained;
With A Stone She Had Crushed Out All Her
‘Baby Teeth’.
‘I Wept,’ She Said To The Missionary. At These
Words He Took Her In His Arms.
‘If It Were Morning,’ He Told Her, ‘I Would Give
You Jesus Immediately. But Come To-Morrow
Morning And You Shall Receive Him.’
‘Will You Give Him To Me Every Day?’
She Asked.
‘Yes, Little One, Every Day.’
On The Following Day, With Her Tiny Head All
Bandaged, She Came Full Of Joy, And Into That
Tiny Mouth, Wounded For Love Of Him, Jesus
Came To Place His Kiss Of Love.”
What Confusion Should We Feel When We Are
Confronted With Such Great Love In The Heart
Of A Child, Daughter Of Pagans, And A Child Of
Only Four Years! Ah! Let Us Beg Jesus To
Inflame Our Hearts Also With A Generous Love,
So That We May Sacrifice Ourselves For Him.
Ejaculation: Heart Of Jesus, Burning With Love
For Us, Inflame Our Hearts With Love For Thee!
Fourth Friday
Infinite Condescension Of Jesus Towards Souls
Who Can Describe The Infinite Goodness And
Tenderness Of The Heart Of Jesus For Our
Souls? It Was His Love For Souls That Drew
Him To Earth, That Led Him To Work Until He
Arrived At The Age Of Thirty, In The Humble
Workshop Of Nazareth, To Encounter So Many
Humiliations And Sufferings In His Passion And
Death On The Cross. He Spent His Life In Doing
Good To All, And In The Effusion Of His Divine
Love, Gathering All To Himself, But Those Who
Were His Delight Were The Pure And Innocent
Souls Of The Children. He Loved To Remain
With Them; He Used To Caress Them, To Bless
Them; He Used To Caress Them, To Bless
Them, To Press Them Lovingly To His Heart.
They Were His Dearest Friends, His Well-
Beloved, His Benjamins.
And, As When He Lived On This Earth, So
Across The Centuries, It Is The Pure And
Innocent Souls Which He Has Favoured With
His Choicest Graces. We Read Of The
Childhood Of Sr. M. Giuseppina (Died At Turin In
1917).
“My Jesus,” She Writes, “Used To Surprise Me
By Visiting Me At My Work And At My Play. One
Day, At Lusignano, As I Was At Work Carrying
Stones For A Building, My Wheelbarrow Was
Heavy That I Could Draw It Neither Forward
Nor Backward. I Was On The Point Of Giving
Up, When I Saw Jesus Standing Near Me…
Jesus, Who Was Looking At Me… Troubled By
That Look, I Said To Him: “O Lord, Thou Who Art
All-Powerful, Wilt Thou Not Help Me A Little?”
And Immediately He Took The Wheel-Barrow On
One Side, And I Took The Other. It Became So
Light That I Could Not Believe My Eyes.
“Poor Child,” Jesus Said To Me, “Why Did You
Not Call Me Sooner? See What Fools Men Are?
In Their Extreme Weakness They Have At Their
Disposal Strength Itself, And Yet They Fail To
Use It.” And He Continued Giving Her Precious
Instructions. Who Does Not Feel Moved Upon
Considering Such Sweet Condescension On
The Part Of Our Lord Who Does Not Disdain To
Come Down From Heaven To Help A Little Girl
In Her Play? Could God Show Greater
Tenderness For His Creatures?
If Jesus Lowers Himself To Such A Degree For
Us, Let Us, Too, After His Example, Humble
Ourselves And Be Condescending And Helpful
To Our Neighbour, Remembering That He
Recognizes As Done To Himself What Is Done
To The Least Of Our Brethren Who Is In Some
Necessity. This Is The Best Manner In Which
We Can Correspond To His Love And Become
Worthy Of His “Great Promise”.
We Read Also That Jesus Used To Treat So
Familiarly With That Lily Of Purity, St. Rose Of
Lima, As To Walk Up And Down With Her In The
Paths Of Her Garden, Picking Flowers And
Presenting Them To Her. One Day, The Little
Saint, Having Formed A Crown With These
Flowers, Placed It On Our Lord’s Brow, But He,
Removing It, Placed It Instead On The Head Of
The Innocent Child, Saying:
“No, My Little Spouse, For You Is The Crown Of
Roses: For Me Is The Crown Of Thorns.”
If Jesus To Treasures The Simplicity And
Innocence Of Childhood, Let Us Promise That
We Too Shall Practice These Beautiful Virtues,
Fleeing With Horror All That Would In The
Least, Soil The Spotless Purity Of Our Souls,
And So, We Too Shall Enjoy The Ineffable
Delights Of His Divine Love.
Prayer
O Sweetest Heart Of Jesus, Who Hast Loved
Children With Such Tenderness Because Of
Their Purity And Innocence, Have Mercy On
The Youth Of To-Day, Exposed To So Many
Dangers And Attraction, And Do Not Allow It To
Become Perverted By The Mire Of Corruption
Which Surrounds It. Call Back, O Jesus, To The
Observance Of Thy Law, Those Prodigals Also
Who Have Fled From Their Father’s House To
Give Free Rein To Their Passions, So That All
May One Day Come To Sing Thy Praises In
Heaven.
Reading
Affability Of The Heart Of Jesus
It Is Impossible To Given Even A Brief Summary
Of The Many Incidents Which Reveal The
Infinite Condescension Of Jesus Towards
Souls. In The Life Of Sr. M. Martha Chambon Of
The Visitation Convent Of Chambery, Who Died
On March 21, 1907, At The Age Of 63 Years, We
Read That From The Day Of Her First
Communion To Her Death, The Infant Jesus
Used To Appear To Her Whenever She Received
Holy Communion. Not Satisfied With Bestowing
Such A Special Grace, Jesus Became The
Inseparable Companion Of Her Youth; He Used
To Follow Her To Her Work In The Fields, Talk
With Her On The Way, And Accompany Her To
Her Home.
“We Were Always Together! Oh! How Happy I
Was! I Carried Heaven In My Heart,” She Used
To Say, As At The Close Of Her Life She
Recalled These Memories Of Former Years.
While She Was Receiving These Extraordinary
Favours, She Never Once Thought Of Confiding
The Knowledge To Others, Thinking, In Her
Ingenuousness That All Were Favoured In Like
Manner.
The Other Incident Here Recorded Is Told By Fr.
Crawley In His Book, “Meeting The King Of
Love”.
A Child Of Eight Years, Who Was Being Directed
By Him, Was Being Prepared For First Holy
Communion. To Prove Her Ardent Love For
Jesus, She Deprived Herself Of Fruit And All
Other Refreshment For The Entire Summer. But
Jesus, Who Does Not Allow Himself To Be
Surpassed In Generosity, Rewarded The Heroic
Love Of The Child By Giving Her Sensible
Communications During Holy Communion.
This “Little Flower” Of The Heart Of Jesus
Addresses Him Even As A Little Sister Does To
Her Little Brother, While Jesus Answers With
The Same Tenderness And Familiarity.
One Day, Jesus Asked Her:
“Tell Me, Little Sister, Do You Love Me?”
“My Dear Jesus, You Should Not Ask Such
Questions.”
“And Why Not, Little Sister?”
“Because, My Jesus, You Know Very Well That I
Love You And My Heart Is All Yours!”
“Yes, I Knew It, But You See, I Love To Hear It
Repeated, And That Is Why I Ask You.”
Some Time After The Young Girl Had Forgotten
Her Talk With Jesus. In Her Turn, She Feels The
Need Of Asking Jesus:
“My Jesus, Do You Love Your Little Sister?”
And Jesus Replies:
“My Little Sister, You Should Not Ask Such
Questions.”
“Why?” She Asks With Simplicity.
“Because You Well Know That My Divine Heart
Belongs Entirely To You.”
“Do You Know, Dear Jesus, I Feared That I Had
Displeased You In Something. Now I Am
Happy.”
Ejaculation: Heart Of Jesus, Full Of Goodness
And Love, Have Mercy On Us!
Fifth Friday
The Merciful Heart Of Jesus And Poor Sinners

Jesus Declared Many Times In The Gospel That

He Came On Earth Moved By Compassion For
Poor Sinners… “For I Am Not Come To Call The
Just, But Sinners.” “I Do Not Wish The Death Of
The Sinner, But That He May Be Converted And
Live.” His Divine Heart Is The Refuge Wherein
Sinners Find Salvation; It Is The Fount And
Ocean Of Mercy. All His Labours, His
Humiliations, All The Spasms Of His Passion
And Death Had Nothing Else In View But The
Salvation Of Sinners.
He Is The Good Shepherd Who Leaving The
Ninety-Nine In Safety, Hastens Through Cliffs
And Valleys In Search Of The Lost Sheep, And
Finding It, Places It On His Shoulders And
Brings It Back To The Fold. The Sheep That Are
Safe May Be Compared To The Angels In
Heaven Whom He Left To Come On This Earth
In Search Of Sinful Humanity.
He Is The Loving Father Who Weeps Over The
Miserable Lot Of The Prodigal Son, And Finds
No Peace Until He Sees Him Returning To His
Paternal Home. It Is Then That He Hastens
Joyously To Meet Him, Presses Him To His
Heart, And Invites All His Friends To Feast And
Make Merry With Him Saying: “This My Son Was
Dead, And Is Come To Life Again; He Was Lost,
And Is Found.”
He Is The Defender Of The Adulteress Against
Her Accusers, To Whom He Says: “He That Is
Without Sin Amongst You, Let Him Cast The
First Stone.” And Then Turning To Her,
Pronounces Those Consoling Words: “Woman,
Hath No Man Condemned Thee? Neither Will I
Condemn Thee. Go In Peace And Sin No More.”
His Heart Is All Compassion And Does Not Find
Any Greater Joy Than In Pardoning Sinners And
Reconciliating Them To His Eternal Father. It
Pardons Zaccheus, Honoured By Our Lord’s
Presence At His Home; It Pardons Magdalen,
The Public Sinner, Who During A Banquet Casts
Herself At His Feet, Washing Them With A
Torrent Of Tears; It Pardons The Samaritan
Woman, Revealing Her Guilt; It Pardons Peter
Who Had Shamefully Denied Him, Simply By
Casting Upon Him A Compassionate Look.
When Raised On The Cross, It Pardons The Very
Executioners, Excusing Them Before His
Heavenly Father For They Know Not What They
Do; It Pardons The Good Thief And Makes That
Consoling Promise: “This Day Thou Shalt Be
With Me In Paradise.”
One Day, Jesus Showing Hell To Sister Benigna,
Said To Her:
“Nigna, Do You See These Flames? In Order
That Souls May Not Fall Into His Abyss, I Have
Spread Over It A Net, As It Were, Of My Mercy,
And Yet They Who Want To Be Damned, Go
There, And With Their Own Hands Break The
Threads So As To Fall In, And Once In, Not Even
My Goodness Can Save Them. These Souls Are
Pursued By My Mercy More Than A Criminal Is
By Police, But They Fly From My Mercy. The
Door Of My Mercy Is Not Locked Under Key; It
Is Only Half-Shut. It Needs Only A Slight Touch
To Open It; A Little Child Or A Feeble Old Man
Can Do It. The Door Of My Justice, However, Is
Securely Fastened, And I Open It Only When
Forced To Do So. Of My Own Accord, I Would
Never Open It” (From The “Life” Of Sr. Benigna
Consolata).
Oh, How Dear To His Heart Are Poor Sinners!
How He Yearns To Press Them To His Heart And
Give The Kiss Of Pardon! Has He Not Shed All
His Blood For Them? And For This Reason, No
Other Prayer Is More Gratifying To Him Than
That For Poor Sinners. In The Life Of Sr. M.
Giuseppina, Previously Mentioned, We Read
This Beautiful Account Which Reveals The
Yearnings Of His Heart.
One Day, While Studying In The Sacred
Scriptures The Chapter Dealing With The Time
When Noe Sent The Dove From The Ark, She
Was Suddenly Interrupted By A Penetrating
Look… It Was He!... Jesus!
“Wilt Thou Not Always Be My Dove?”
“Ah! Yes… But Then, Wilt Thou Not Give Me
Wings To Fly To Thee Speedily?”
“Seek In The First Place To Accomplish Thy
Mission. Behold, The Dove Did Not Return To
The Ark Until It Had The Olive Branch, Which Is
The Symbol Of Peace. I Wish To Set Thee As A
Mediatrix Between God And Man… Pray,
Supplicate, Atone; I Crave To Pardon, Do Thou
Crave To Beseech And To Obtain My Pardon.”
Prayer
O Most Merciful Jesus, Filled With Goodness
And Tender Mercy For Poor Sinners, I Offer To
Thee, Today, My Humble Prayer, Knowing That
This Is Most Pleasing To Thy Divine Heart,
Which Was Pierced By A Lance In Order To Give
To Them The Very Last Drop Of Thy Blood. O
Jesus, Touch These Hardened Hearts: Let
Them Understand The Terrible Fate Which
Awaits Them If They Do Not Repent, And
Through The Merits Of Thy Most Holy Wounds,
Through The Anguish Of Thy Bitter Agony,
Through Thy Ignominious Death, Grant That
Those Souls May Not Be Lost, Who Have
Caused Thee So Much Pain. O Jesus, Grant
Pardon And Mercy For Each And Every One, But
Especially For The Hardened Sinners Who Are
Now At The Moment Of Death.
Reading
Conversion Of A Popular Freemason
On April 14, 1909, At Ventimiglia Atty. G.B.
Ferrari, Who For Many Years Had Been A Most
Ardent Upholder Of The Socialist Party In That
City, Lay At The Point Of Death.
As A Youth, He Had Received A Catholic
College Education From The Jesuit Fathers,
And Had Been Very Faithful To His Nine First
Fridays In Honour Of The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus. Having Completed His High School
Course, He Entered The Public School At St.
Remus, And Soon Abandoned All Religious
Practice And Gave Himself Freely To The Full
Satisfaction Of Those Wild Passions Which
Draw Inconsiderate Young People So Miserably
To Perdition.
Meanwhile He Enrolled In The Socialist Party.
He Zealously Spread Its Propaganda Among
The Working Classes, And So Great Was This
Misguided Zeal, That It Was Necessary To Keep
Him Under Special Supervision Even When At
The Lyceum.
During His University Days, He Became A
Member Of The “Persistenti”, A Masonic Lodge
Then Existing At Ventimiglia. Finally He
Received His Degree In Law And Dedicated
Himself To The Proletarian Cause. Since He
Was Young And Popular, He Was Called To Take
Part In All The Public Administrations Of The
Province, And While This Feverish Activity
Dulled His Conscience, Yet, In The Depths Of
His Heart, A Fierce Battle Was Being Waged. It
Was The Sacred Heart Who, Notwithstanding
The Ungrateful Refusals, Did Not Cease To
Recall Him From That Dreadful Road Of Sin Into
Which He Had Led Himself. Because Of His
Gaiety And Cheerfulness, His Liveliness And
Happy Exterior, One Would Have Judged Him
The Most Tranquil And Happy Man In This
World. But What Peace Can One Who Lives Far
From God Enjoy?
One Day He Met With A Father, His Former
Prefect, And When In The Course Of The
Conversation, He Was Reminded Of His Past
Devotion To The Sacred Heart, Of That Peace
And Serenity Which Then Possessed His Soul
Living In The Grace Of God, Suddenly The Man
Let Fall That Mask Of Artificial Happiness And
He Burst Into Tears.
“Ah, Father, I Am Unhappy, I Am A Miserable
Man!... Hell Is In My Heart; I Cannot Bear It Any
Longer.”
The Father Sought To Take Advantage Of That
Moment Of Grace To Induce Him To Return To
God, But In Vain.
“Ah, No, Father, It Is Impossible! I Am Under
Strong Obligations. What Will My Comrades
Say?... No… No…” He Repeated, Drying His
Tears And Pulling Himself Together As If
Repenting What He Termed A Show Of
Weakness, But Which Was In Reality, Sincerity.
Thus For Years He Continued To Deaden The
Remorse Which The Sacred Heart Continually
Awakened In Him To Urge Him To Repentance.
The Day Finally Dawned Upon Which He Was To
Yield To God’s Grace. He Left The Socialist
Party, Resigned From Public Office, And Did
Not Seek To Hide His Sentiments Regarding
Religion. In 1905, God, By Means Of Certain
Circumstances, Frightened Him Thoroughly
With The Thought Of Eternal Damnation, And It
Was At That Time That He Made A General
Confession (As He Himself Told His Brother) To
Mons. Daffra, Bishop Of Ventimiglia, To Whom
He Consigned All The Documents Relating To
Masonry. The Holy Death Of His Good Mother,
Which Occurred Two Years Later, Brought Him
Closer To God; But It Was By Means Of Illness
That The Heart Of Jesus Finally Triumphed
Over Him.
On May 6, 1908, While Studying At Court The
Case Of A Poor Man Whom He Was To Defend,
He Was Surprised By The First Discharge Of
Blood. The Disease Made Rapid Progress, While
His Spirit Of Piety And Patience Increased So
That He Edified All With Whom He Came In
Contact At The Sanatorium. Whenever Able, He
Served The Sunday Mass In The Sanatorium
Chapel. During The Dark And Bitter Hours Of
Suffering, He Prayed To The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus With Great Fervour. Even The Medical
Treatments Caused Him Much Suffering But He
Never Uttered A Sigh Or Complaint.
“Ah! I Tremble At The Thought Of These Little
Pains,” He Wrote, “Which I Bore Without A
Murmur… Not As A Spartan, But To Offer To
God A Less Unworthy Expiation Of My Sins.”
Brought Back To Ventimiglia, During Those Last
Few Days Of His Life, His Soul Was In Constant
Union With God In The Fervour Of Prayer And
With Holy Thoughts. Eyes Turned To Heaven,
Bathed In Tears Of Repentance He Offered His
Life To The Lord In Reparation For His Sins,
Asking Only That He Might Not Die Before He
Was Completely Purified, And Before He Had,
By His Good Example, Repaired The Evil He
Had Done.
It Is Well To Record Here A Touching And
Eloquent Circumstance. Towards The End Of
His College Career, He Had Resolved To Wear
With Him The Images Of The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus And Mary As A Perpetual Protest Of His
Devotion. His Superior, In Giving Them, Wrote:
“May The Hearts Of Jesus And Mary Guide You
To Heaven.” He, Having Received Them, Added
In His Own Handwriting: “Most Holy Mary, Pray
For Me.” Despite The Unhappiness Of Miserable
Years, He Never Separated Himself From Those
Pictures. He Treasured Them Safely In The
Drawer Of His Desk. It Was During His Last
Illness, But More So During The Last Hours Of
His Earthly Life, That He Carried These Same
Images To His Lips Repeatedly, Kissing Them
In Deep Gratitude And Reparation. Finally,
Having Pressed Them To His Heart, With The
Calm Serenity Of The Just, In The Peace Of A
Firm Christian Hope, He Rendered His Beautiful
Soul To God.
At The Time Of His Conversion, Atty. Ferrari
Used To Repeat:
“I Wish To Have Known By All That I, Of My Own
Free Will, And With Great Consolation, Returned
To The Practice Of My Religion, In Which, At
Least From Now On, I Purpose To Live Till It
Pleases God, And In Which I Wish To Die” (From
“Men Of Character”).
Ejaculation: Heart Of Jesus, Victim For Sinners,
Have Mercy On Us!
Sixth Friday
The Sacred Heart Invites Us To Pray For
Sinners And To Sacrifice Ourselves For Them
The Heart Of Jesus Is The Most Sensible And
Delicate Of All Hearts, And For This Reason, It
Cannot But Be Moved To Pity For All Our
Miseries, For All Our Anxieties, For All Our
Sorrows. Not A Tear Falls From Our Eyes, Not A
Moan Escapes Out Of Our Lips, Not A Sign
Leaves Our Breast, But It Tenderly Wounds His
Heart. And This Tenderness Is Not Only For
Those Souls Who Follow Him Closely, Who
Sacrifice Themselves For Him, But It Embraces
All Creatures Not Excluding Its Very Enemies.
In Fact It Can Be Said That Its Very Most
Delicate Tenderness And Vehement Sighs Are
For The Latter. Hence, No One Is God’s Enemy,
Only He Who Outrages Him By Mortal Sin, He
Who Renews Daily The Sufferings Of His
Passion And Death. Then, It Is For These
Prodigal Children Who Drifted Away From Their
Father’s House That He Is Most Solicitous; To
Them He Grants The Gentlest Proofs Of His
Love.
The World, Even As At The Time Of Noe, Needs
To Be Purified Of Its Wickedness, But Not By A
Deluge. It Is By Fire… That Fire Of Love Which
Glows Out Of His Heart Filled With Goodness
And Mercy For Men. Behold Then, Jesus,
Turning To His Friends And To All Generous
Souls, Seems To Say:
“Do You Not See How Many Unhappy Souls
Walk Along The Way Of Perdition Without A
Thought To The Frightful Abyss Which Is About
To Engulf Them For Ever?... Do You Not See
How Great Is Their Number?... For Years And
Years Have I Called Them… My Voice Has
Become Hoarse By The Continuous Calling, But
They Have Not Heeded Me… They Coldly
Turned Their Backs… They Cried To Me: ‘We
Need Thee Not… We Know Thee Not!’ And Yet,
It Is For Them I Died On The Cross; For Them I
Daily And Hourly Renew The Unbloody
Sacrifice On The Altars! Alas! My Good Friends,
Have Pity On Them, Have Pity On Me! Pray For
Them, They Are Your Brothers; They Also Are
Children Of My Blood. Unite To Your Prayers,
Your Sacrifices, Your Pains, Your Tears, Till The
Measure Of Mercy Be Filled And Grace
Overflows, And They Are Saved. Many At This
Very Moment Are About To Fall Into The Flames
Of Hell; You Can Hold Them Back; You Can
Obtain For Them One More Grace; You Can
Open For Them The Gates Of Heaven!”
Do Not These Heart-Rending Sighs Of The Most
Merciful Heart Of Jesus Move You? Have You
No Souls To Save? Do You Not See How Easily
You Can Save A Great Number Of Them By
Making Yourselves True Apostles Of This
Devotion Of The Nine First Fridays, With Which
You Give Them A Pledge Of Heaven?
Let Us Reflect With St. Ambrose That To Save A
Soul “Is A Greater Work Than To Create; It Is A
Most Glorious Work Than To Raise To Life; It Is
An Assurance Of Eternal Life”.
And With St. Augustine: “Have You Saved A
Soul? You Have Predestined Your Own!”
We Read That The Blessed Bartolomea
Capitanio Would Have Given Her Life Willingly
Were It For The Salvation Of A Single Soul.
Moreover, She Asked Her Confessor’s
Permission To Rise Every Night To Visit Jesus
Crucified For Those Who At That Hour Slept In
Mortal Sin To Obtain For Them The Grace Of
Conversion.
Father M. Crawley Was Commissioned To
Preach In A City Where Freemasons And
Incredulous Sects Had Already Extinguished
Every Religious Sentiment. Upon Inviting Him,
The Archbishop Remarked: “Were I To See Even
One Soul Prostrate Before The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus, I Should Call It A Miracle.” In Order To
Assure The Success Of His Mission, Fr.
Matthew Implored The Prayers Of Many Good
Souls. He Wrote To A Religious Community
Asking For Its Prayers And Sacrifices For The
Good Of Those Souls. “There Is A Cemetery To
Raise To Life,” He Wrote. The Mission Proved
Wonderfully Successful. Every One, Including
The Most Wicked, Attended The Sermons, And
On The Fourth Day, It Was Not One Man But
Every Man Who Prostrated Himself Before The
Sacred Heart Of Jesus With Marks Of Deepest
Sorrow.
There Were Many And Stupendous Conversion,
Among Which That Of An Apostate Who For
Twenty Years Was Living A Scandalous Life. To
The Archbishop, Who Could Not Explain Such
Marvellous Success, Fr. Crawley Said:
“Excellency, You Will Not Be Long In Learning
The Secret.” In Fact, At That Time, Fr. Crawley
Received A Letter From The Religious Whose
Prayers He Had Sought. It Read: “We All Prayed
Earnestly And Offered Works Of Expiation,
Especially Sister Mary, Who Offered Her Life By
An Heroic Act For The Resurrection Of Your
Sinners. Jesus Accepted Her Sacrifice And We
Have Just Returned From Her Funeral…”
To Sacrifice Oneself For The Salvation Of
Souls… Behold The Infallible Key To Their
Salvation!
One Day, Jesus, Exhorting Sister Benigna To
Pray For Poor Sinners, Said To Her.
“Ask Of Me… And You Shall Obtain What You
Ask, I Have Ordained You As Mediatrix Between
Your Heavenly Bridegroom And Poor Sinners:
Plead Their Cause; Say To Me: My Jesus, Will
Thou Permit All Those Souls To Perish For
Whom Thou Didst Die On The Cross? Thou Art
The Resurrection And The Life; Do Thou Be
Thus Also For The Many Souls Who For A Long
Time Now Lie Buried In The Shadows Of
Death.”
Do You Wish To Know With What Result This
Privileged Confidante Of The Sacred Heart
Offered Herself Entirely For The Salvation Of
Souls? It Was Jesus Himself Who Revealed It To
Her In 1916, The Year Of Her Death, With These
Words:
“He Who Saves One Soul, Saves His Own, And
You Have Saved More Than One Million!”
(From Her “Life”.)
Prayer
O My Sweet Jesus, I Am Deeply Touched On
Hearing The Passionate Cries Of Thy Heart
While Beholding The Miserable Lot Of Sinners!
Ah! Remember, O Jesus, That For Them Thou
Didst Descend From Heaven To Earth; That For
Them Thou Didst Ascend The Infamous Gibbet
Of The Cross; That For Them Thou Didst Shed
All Thy Blood. Ah! No. Grant That The Fruit Of
Thy Redemption May Not Be Lost, And By A
Miracle Of Thy Omnipotent Love, Snatch Them
From The Claws Of Satan And Change Them
Into Glorious Trophies Of Thy Mercy! Accept, O
Lord, To This End, My Sufferings, And I Shall
Bless Thy Divine Heart Forever.
Reading
How To Ransom Souls With The Gold Coin Of
Suffering
The Same Father Matthew Crawley, In A Course
Of Sermons Delivered To Young Catholic Girls
Of Naples, After Having Explained In A
Conference The Secret Of Converting Souls,
Which Secret Consists In These Three Things:
1. Frequent Communion Received With Great
Faith In His Love;
2. A Confidence So Strong, Blind And
Unlimited, As To Exclaim In The Most Difficult
Moments: The More Desperate The Case, The
More I Trust In Thee, O Jesus;
3. To Ransom Souls With The Gold Coin Of
Suffering Accepted With Love, Hiding Behind A
Smile The Crosses, Contradictions, Sufferings,
Hardships, Disappointments Of Every Day; Then
He Proceeded To Relate This Beautiful
Incident:
“I Knew A Virtuous Woman Who Had A Prodigal
Son To Convert. This Boy Had Been Led Astray
By A Companion, And Withdrawing From Home
Ever So Often, Gave Himself Up To A Sinful
Life. The Sorrowing Mother, Thinking That Her
Son Would Later Be Separated From Her For All
Eternity, Was Seized By A Desperate Sorrow.
She Came To Me For A Word Of Comfort, Or At
Least, To Receive A Counsel. I Listened
Carefully To Her Story, And Then Said:
‘Madam, Will You Promise To Fulfil These Three
Conditions For The Conversion Of Your Son?’
‘Father, Whatever You Ask Of Me, No Matter The
Sacrifice, If Only I May One Day See My Son
Safe.’
I Then Revealed To The Woman The Secret
Which I Have Given You. The Good Lady Began
To Receive Her Lord Every Morning, Acquired A
Strong And Unshaken Confidence, Embraced
Her Daily Crosses And Contradictions Joyfully,
Concealing Them With Smiles. Fifteen Long
Years Of Prayer, Faith And Suffering Passed. At
Last The Good Woman Received A Telegram
Announcing That Her Son Was Seriously Ill, But
That He Did Not Wish To See Her. She, In Turn,
Sent To The Boy An Uncle Who Had Received
His First Holy Communion The Preceding Day,
A Man Of About Sixty Years. As Soon As The
Uncle Saw The Boy, He Said To Him:
‘I Left Your Mother Prostrated Before The
Image Of The Sacred Heart Praying For You!’
The Young Man, Blaspheming, Replied
Desperately:
‘I Do Not Want Mother, I Do Not Want God, I Do
Not Even Want To Confess Myself. Go Away
From Me!’
The Invalid’s Condition Grew Daily Worse. The
Mother, Upon Being Notified Answered:
‘He Must Come Here; Take Him By Main Force; I
Wish It. He Must Die In My Arms. I Must See
Him Die Reconciled To God.’
The Patient Was Transferred In A Reserved
Care. He Was Then Placed In An Ambulance
And Driven To The Villa. There On The Balcony
Stood The Poor Mother With Waxen Features: A
Martyr, Awaiting The Miraculous Return Of Her
Prodigal Son.
As Soon As The Son Perceived Her, He Cried
Out:
‘I Do Not Want To See Her! Take Me To The
Chauffeur’s Lodge!’
Since Excitement Might Prove Fatal, They Rode
To The Lodge. The Mother Ordered That In The
Room Where He Lay Be Prepared Opposite His
Bed An Altar With The Picture Of The Sacred
Heart, A Vigil Light, And Flowers. Meanwhile
She Remained With Me, Praying With Increased
Fervour:
‘O Jesus, Thou Art My Jesus. Thou Art
Omnipotent. I Love Thee And Have Full
Confidence In Thy Help For Thou Art The Father
Of Boundless Mercy. Thou Seest My Hopeless
Case. My Son Blasphemes Thee At The Moment
Of His Death. He Does Not Wish To See Me, But
I Trust In Thee. I Shall Not Lose My Trust,
Because I Am United With Thee, I Receive Thee
Daily In My Heart, I Do Believe. Behold In My
Hands The Gold Coin Of Suffering With Which
To Purchase The Soul Of My Son. I Made
Reparation For The Sorrow He Has Caused
Thee! Heart Of Jesus, I Trust In Thee!’
The Sick Man Was Left Alone In The Room. His
Uncle Withdrew Behind A Screen So As To See
What Impression The Image Of The Sacred
Heart Would Have On The Nephew. In A Little
While The Consumptive Man Fixed His Gaze On
The Image Of The Sacred Heart… Then Two
Tears Fell… Later, With Some Effort, He Sat Up
In Bed, And With Arms Out Stretched Cried Out:
‘Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Forgive Me, Forgive
Me!’
‘What Is The Matter? What Are You Doing?’
He Answered:
‘I Want A Priest.’
I Was Immediately Sent For. In An Instant I
Found Myself At The Bedside Of The Dying Man,
And I Confessed The Prodigal Son Of God, Yes,
The Mother’s Own Prodigal Son. It Was Truly A
Confession Of Repentance. After The
Confession I Added:
‘Now You Should Ask Pardon Of Your Mother.’
‘Yes, Yes… Pardon.
While He Was Repeating These Words, The
Mother, With Face Wreathed In Smiles, But At
The Same Time Bearing The Imprint Of A Great
Sorrow, Entered, Supported On Each Side. The
Son Sees Her, Extends His Arms To Her, And
With Sobs And Tears Implores Her Pardon. I
Now Administered Holy Viaticum To The Dying
Man Safe In His Mother’s Arms. As Soon As He
Received Our Lord, The Invalid Said One Word:
‘Pardon!’ And Then Expired. It Was A Sublime
Scene.”
(From The Pamphlet “Adveniat Regnum Tuum,”
By M. Rosaria D’ocre.)
The Prayer Of The Innocent Weighs Great
Power Over The Heart Of God
The Same Apostle Of The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus, Wishing To Reassure Himself As To
Whether Or Not A Little Girl Who Was Under His
Spiritual Direction Really Did Receive
Extraordinary Manifestations After Holy
Communion, As She Stated, Told Her:
“To-Morrow After Your Holy Communion You
Shall Ask A Gift From Jesus.”
“What Gift, Father?”
“You Shall Say To Him: ‘My Dear Jesus, My
Confessor Told Me To Ask You For A Soul As
Proof That It Is You Who Speaks To Me’.”
“Which Soul?”
“It Matters Not That You Know This, My Child.
Simply Ask Him For A Soul Most Difficult To
Convert.”
The Next Time That She Came To Confession,
She Said: “Father, It Is Granted!”
I Pretended That I Did Not Understand. She
Explained:
“But Do You Remember Having Told Me To Ask
Jesus For A Proof?” Very Well, Jesus Said: ‘My
Little Sister, It Is Granted!’ And Then He Added:
‘Ask Me For More Souls And I Shall Grant Them
To You. Tell Father To Ask Me For More And He
Will Have Them. But You Must Always Remain A
Child, Always Obedient, Always Loving; You
Must Make Sacrifices To Obtain Them. Above
All, Do Not Do Anything Of Your Own Accord;
You Must Ask Your Confessor’s Permission. If
He Permits, Very Well; If He Does Not, You
Know That I Prefer Obedience.’
“Father, This Soul Is Coming; Please Hurry.
Give Me Absolution, For Jesus Said He Would
Come On The Day Of My Confession.”
I Sought To Distract Her, Speaking Of Other
Subjects, But She, Taking Advantage Of A
Moment Of Silence, Said:
While The Little Girl Directed Her Steps
Towards The Altar To Perform Her Penance, I
Came Out Of The Confessional And Saw Before
Me A Door Opening. The Stately Figure Of A
Prominent Person, An Impious Man, Whom No
One Had Ever Seen Kneeling, Advanced.
“Father,” He Said, “I Do Not Know How It
Happens; I Am Urged By Grace: I Fell That I Am
An Entirely Different Being… I Come To Make
My Confession.”
Ah! How Touching Was This Confession Made In
The Midst Of Tears!
‘I Do Not Know How, I Do Not Know Why…’ He
Went On Repeating. I Could Have Presented
The Little Girl Humbly Kneeling At The Altar-
Railing, Performing Her Penance. I Could Have
Said: “You Are A Conquest; Her Conquest; You
Owe It To Her Prayers.”
Behold What Power Innocent Souls Have Over
The Sacred Heart Of Jesus. It Cannot Refuse
Them Anything, For They Abide In It.
Ejaculation: Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Bruised For
Our Sins, Have Mercy On Us!
Seventh Friday
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Trust In Thee!
One Of The Most Terrible Temptations Which
Often Assails Even Holy Souls, Is That Of
Discouragement And Diffidence. By Means Of
These, The Devil Presents God As A Very
Austere Master, A Judge Without Mercy, Who
Holds The Sword Of His Inexorable Justice
Ready To Cast Upon Them The Thunder Bolts
Of His Vengeance.
“Who Knows,” Whispers The Tempter, “Whether
God Has Pardoned You!... Besides, Are You Sure
Of Having Made A Good Confession?... Of
Having Sincerely Detested All Your Sins?... Of
Being It He State Of Grace?... No, No!... It Is
Not Possible That God Has Forgiven You…” The
Best Remedy Against These Temptations Is To
Receive The Spirit Of Faith For It Sets Before
Us The All-Good And Merciful God, Ever Waiting
To Receive The Penitent Sinner And More
Anxious To Pardon The Sinner Than Is A Mother
Snatching Her Child From The Flames.
To Pardon Is A Need, A Glory, A Joy For The
Merciful Heart Of Jesus. It Is A Need, Because
God Cannot Exercise His Mercy If There Be No
Miseries To Destroy; It Is A Glory, Because
Sinners Saved By His Love “Will Shine Like
Gems And Will Be The Triumph Of His Divine
Mercy”; It Is A Joy, Because All The Heavenly
Court Will Rejoice And Be Glad At The
Conversion Of A Sinner.
However Great Be The Iniquity Of The Sinner,
His Guilt Will Be Lost In The Ocean Of His
Mercy Even As A Drop Of Water Cast Into The
Sea. Though His Ingratitude And Abuse Of
God’s Grace Be Great, Though The Number Of
His Sins Be Countless, They Can Never Surpass
The Greatness Of God’s Mercy, For That Is
Infinite. To Doubt, Then, That God Can, And
Does Long To Pardon Us, Is To Commit The
Greatest Offence Against His Love. Let Us
Reflect For Our Own Comfort, On What We Read
In The Writings Of The Privileged Sister
Benigna:
“Write, O Benigna, Apostle Of My Mercy! Write
That What I Especially Desire To Be Known Is
That I Am All Love, And That The Greatest Pain
One Can Inflict On My Heart Is To Doubt Of My
Goodness. My Heart Not Only Sympathizes, But
The More It Has To Repair, The More It
Rejoices, Provided There Be No Malice. If You
Only Knew The Change I Would Bring About In
A Soul, Even One Full Of Miseries, If That Soul
Would Only Let Me Do So! I Love Souls So
Much! As Fire Feeds On Fuel, So Is My Mercy
Nourished By Consuming The Miseries Of Man;
And The More Wretchedness It Finds, The
Brighter The Flame, Just As Fire Burns The
More Brightly As More Fuel Is Thrown Upon It.
Oh, My Benigna! If One Could Only Know How
My Heart Rejoices When One Believes In My
Love; There Is Too Little Faith, Far Too Little!...”
“If Men Only Knew The Wrong They Do God
When They Doubt Of His Infinite Mercy! Though
The Sins Of My Creatures Be Ever So Grievous,
Horrible, And Numerous, I Am Always Ready
Not Only To Forgive Them, But Even To Forget
Them, If Only Sinners Will Return To Me… The
Devil Causes The Greatest Harm To Souls
When, After He Has Plunged Them Into Sin, He
Inspires Them To Mistrust Me. So Long As A
Soul Has Confidence, The Way Is Open; But If
The Wicked Enemy Succeeds In Closing The
Heart Against Me By Mistrust, Oh, What Efforts
I Must Make To Win That Soul Again!
Write, My Benigna, Write That All May Know It:
It Is Certain That One Hundred Sins Offend Me
More Than Only One; But If That One Sin Be A
Sin Of Mistrust, It Wounds My Heart More Than
The Other Hundred. Mistrust Wounds My Heart
To The Quick, For I Love Mankind So Dearly!”
These Words Confirm Those Revealed By Jesus
Himself To St. Catherine Of Siena:
“Those Sinners Who At The Moment Of Death
Despair Of My Mercy, Offend Me More
Grievously, And Displease Me More With This
Act, Than With All Their Sins Committed In The
Past. My Mercy Is Infinitely Greater Than All
The Sins That Can Be Committed By A Simple
Creature.”
Spurred On By These Divine Instructions, Let
Us Repeat With The Greatest Confidence The
Following:
Prayer
(To Obtain An Unlimited Confidence)
“My Sweetest Jesus, Most Infinite And Merciful
God, Most Tender Father Of Souls, But In
Particular Of The Weak Whom Thou Dost
Tenderly Bear In Thy Divine Arms, I Come To
Beseech Thee To Grant Me, By Thy Love And By
The Merits Of Thy Sacred Heart, The Grace To
Rest Securely For Time And For Eternity In Thy
Sacred Loving Arms.”
(From The Writings Of Sr. Benigna.)
Reading
A Firm Hope Exerts Powerful Influence On The
Heart Of Jesus
From A Distant Region In Italy, Which We Are
Not Free To Disclose, A Fervent Apostle Of The
“Great Promise” Who, In A Very Short Time, Has
Succeeded In Circulating Hundreds Of Copies
Of The Book, Reaping Everywhere The Most
Consoling Results, And To Whom We Shall
Always Be Grateful, Forwarded In June, 1929,
The Following Incident, Which While Revealing
Her Great Devotion To The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus, Convinces Us Of The Great Power Which
A Firm Trust Exerts Over The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus.
“I Am Happy To Fulfil At Length, My Promise By
Making Known To You, A Priest, The Great
Graces That Jesus Has Been Pleased To
Bestow Upon My Family. Without Formality, I
Shall Write Our Story, And Would That I Might
Be Able To Express In Suitable Language The
Intimate And Profound Drama, Which Has
Unfolded Itself On Our Surroundings, So That
You May Appreciate The Exact Value Of What I
Am About To Relate. Jesus Will Be Able, As
Always, To Supply For My Wants.
Last Year, In The Month Of January, Owing To
Very Serious Circumstances, Our Brother-In-
Law Found Himself Involved In A Very Critical
Situation Regarding His Inheritance. A Most
Complete Reversal Of Fortune Threatened His
Family, A Ruin Which Would Have Included Us
Who Had Invested Large Sums. We Could See
That A Glorious Past Was About To Be Wiped
Out, And, Humanly Speaking, There Was No
Hope, Whatever, Of Avoiding The Disaster. I
Repeat And Firmly Assert: “All Was Lost!”
I Cannot Fully Express Our Sorrow. With An Act
Of Faith We Consecrated All Our Possessions
Of Our Lady Of Lourdes. I Placed The Key Of
The House In The Hands Of The Blessed Virgin,
Whose Statue Stands In Our Garden. She, The
All-Holy, The All-Pure One, Deigned To Accept
Our Humble Act Of Confident Trust Which She
In Turn Presented To The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus, Her Divine Son, And This In A Marvellous
Manner.
It Was The Month Of August; We Were Then
Living In The Mountains, Still Heavily Burdened
With The Weight Of That Heavy Cross. One Day,
When Discouragement Seemed To Be Gaining
The Upperhand, We All Visited The Small
Chapel Where The Blessed Sacrament Was
Being Kept For That One Day. With An Act Of
Lively Faith, We Had Our Two Children, One Of
Three Years, And The Other Of Five, Climb On
The Altar To Knock At The Tabernacle Door And
Repeat With Us:
“Do You Hear, Jesus? Do Not Say No To Your
Little Friends, N… And N…”
In The Meantime We All Knelt Before Jesus In
The Blessed Sacrament And Begged For A
Miracle, Promising To Consecrate Our Lives To
The Extending Of The Reign Of The Sacred
Heart Especially In The Form Of The Nine First
Fridays. From That Day We Noticed A
Succession Of Real Miracles In Our Home.
The Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus Was Pleased
To Work Wonders, Bearing Us, As It Were, In His
Arms Hour By Hour, And Granting Us The
Strength And The Grace To Overcome
Insurmountable Obstacles. There Is No
Exaggeration In This My Affirmation. Persons
Who Had An Interest In The Affair, Cannot
Understand The Reason Of Such Changes, And
They Unite With Us To Confirm Our History As A
Miracle Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus. Not Only
Did Every Threatening Danger Disappear, But
Jesus Knew So Well How To Solve The
Complicated Problem, That On The First Friday,
We Were Able To Form A Splendid Contract,
Which Thing Had Really Been Despaired Of. To
Give Us Further Proofs That All Had Been
Obtained Through His Mercy, On Another First
Friday. He Was Pleased To Grant Us A Still More
Important Grace. Having Made Our Promise At
The Feet Of Jesus, We Thought It Best To Fulfil
It At Once. It Was Then, That For The First
Time, The “Great Promise” Came To My
Attention. I Procured About One Hundred
Copies Which, Together With The Picture Of The
Sacred Heart, I Distributed To Every Family Of
That Village Among The Mountains, Asking
Each One To Unite In The Novena Of First
Fridays.
Those Mountain Folk Were Ordinarily Rather
Indifferent In Matters Of Religion, And Slow To
Approach The Sacraments, But Jesus So
Disposed Their Hearts That They Understood
And Received With A Joyful Enthusiasm The
Devotion Of Reparation Of The Nine First
Fridays. Thus, Starting With The First Friday Of
September, We Began Our Novena Which Was
Carried Out, Earnestly, To The End. It Closed
With The Feast Of The Sacred Heart.
Remember, That For Some Of Those People, It
Was More Than Twenty Years Since They Had
Approached The Sacraments! How Pleased
Jesus Must Have Been To Receive The Humble
Homage Of Reparation From These Good
Simple Souls!
During This Time, Always By Means Of The
“Great Promise”, Was Spread The Devotion Of
The Nine First Fridays In Neighbouring Towns,
Meeting Every Where With Great Results. Thus,
To This Day, Continues The Novena In The Two
Factories Of… Jesus Wants An Absolute Reign
Over Every Heart And I Am Grateful And Happy
To Diffuse This Devotion In So Many Towns.
Even To This Little Village From Which I Am
Writing, Jesus Has Made Known The Promise
Of His Mercy, And The Nine First Fridays Have
Been Started. We Are Now At The Third First
Friday, And From Twenty Communions, The
Number Has Increased To Ninety. It Is Really
Wonderful For This Little Village. I Have Briefly
Stated Our Great Grace, Which Could Be Called
A Compendium Of Grace, For Every Day Jesus
Was So Good With Us.”
What Can We Say In The Presence Of So Many
Graces? God’s Hour Has Come, Do Co-Operate,
Zealous Apostle Of The Sacred Heart; Labour
For His Love, And Do Not Rest Till Jesus Reigns
In All Hearts.
The Mysterious Paths Of Grace
Infinite Are The Means Of The Sacred Heart To
Convert Poor Sinners. Listen To This Other:
A Course Of Spiritual Exercises For Working
Men Was Being Conducted By Father Lorenzini,
S.J. Among The Many Assembled There, Was
Also An Old Man Of 82 Years, Who For Sixty
Years Had Neglected His Easter Duty. To
Induce Him To Take Part In The Exercises
Those Who Invited Him Had Said:
“Come; We Eat, We Drink, And We Do Not Pay
Anything. What More Do You Want?”
He Accepted. The Spiritual Director, Knowing
That The Old Man Had Defective Hearing,
Offered Him The First Pew. He Did Not Accept,
Thinking He Would Be Too Exposed There, So
He Favoured The Back Part Of The Chapel. The
Exercises Were To Last Three Days. The Man
Was Punctual At Meal Time And For The
Instructions, But During The Sermons He Slept.
On The Second Day, His Friends Went To
Confession And Asked Him To Do Likewise, But
In Vain! The Same Invitation Was Offered By
The Spiritual Director With No Better Result.
During The Last Sermon, He Slept As Usual. At
The Most Interesting Part, The Priest Struck
The Table With His Fist, And The Old Man
Awoke. The Priest Was At The Very Moment
Talking Of The Infinite Goodness Of The Sacred
Heart Of Jesus For Sinners, And Pointing To
The Open Side Of The Crucifix, He Said:
“Behold, This Divine Heart Has So Loved You As
To Give For You All Its Precious Blood!”
At These Words, A Thrill Of Commotion Passed
Through The Little Old Man, And Large Tears
Fell From His Eyes. The Sermon Ended, All Filed
Out Kissing The Feet Of The Large Crucifix
Which Was Placed At The Exit. When The
Church Was Vacant, The Old Man Moved Out
His Place, Took A Chair, And Placed It Under
The Crucifix. Trembling, He Stood On The Chair
And Imprinted A Great Kiss On The Heart Of
Jesus. Going Out, The Other Men Surrounded
Him And Asked:
“Why Did You Kiss The Heart Of Jesus? Was It
Not Enough To Kiss His Feet?”
“If He Be As Good As The Father Said, What
Harm Is There?”
And Disputing Among Themselves, Some Of
Them Insisted That It Was Not Right. Father
Lorenzini Who, Himself Unobserved Had
Witnessed The Whole Scene, Approached The
Old Man, And Touching Him On The Shoulder
Said:
“You Did Very Well To Kiss The Heart Of Jesus.”
And Then Added:
“If You Have So Great Confidence In Jesus And
Have Shown Such Love For Him, Why Then Do
You Refuse To Console His Heart Which Bears
So Much Love For You, And Wants To Grant You
Its Pardon?”
The Poor Man Could Not Reply: He Was
Conquered. The Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus
Had Triumphed By The Power Of His Love. He
Went To Confession, Received Holy
Communion, And Continued Doing This Weekly
During The Remaining Four Years Of His Life,
And Finally Died A Holy Death. In Truth, The
Heart Of Jesus Is Full Of Infinite Tenderness
And Mercy For Sinners!
Ejaculation: Heart Of Jesus, Abounding In
Mercy For Those Who Invoke Thee, Have Mercy
On Us!
Eighth Friday
The Merciful Love Of Jesus Converts Even Our
Sins Into Founts Of Grace
It Is Impossible For The Heart Of Jesus To
Repel A Soul Which Wishes To Reconcile Itself
To Him. Zaccheus Magdalen, The Adulteress,
The Samaritan Woman, St. Peter, The Good
Thief, Who All Obtained So Generous A Pardon
From Him, Are But Small Proofs Of That
Inexhaustible Source Of Goodness And
Tenderness Which His Divine Heart Holds For
Poor Sinners. Jesus Is More Disposed To Grant
Forgiveness To The Sinner, Than The Sinner Is
To Receive It.
We Read Of St. Jerome, That One Day, While He
Was Praying Before The Crucifix, Jesus Asked
Him:
“Jerome, Do You Wish To Make Me A Gift?”
“Yes, Lord, I Give Thee All The Penances Which
I Have Performed In This Solitude. ‘Art Thou
Satisfied?”
“I Desire Something More.”
“Well, Then, I Offer Thee All My Labours, All The
Works I Have Written To Make Thee Better
Known And Loved. Art Thou Satisfied, O
Jesus?”
“Yes, But Have You Not A Better Gift To Make
Me?”
“But What Else Can I Give, O Jesus, I, Who Am
Filled With Misery And Sin?”
“Ah, Then,” Quickly Replied Our Lord, “Give Me
Your Sins So That I May Once More Wash Them
In My Blood And Experience The Divine Joy Of
Forgiving Them.”
Read What We Find Written In The Life Of Sister
Benigna Consolata:
“When Sins Have Been Pardoned, They Become
For The Soul So Many Fountains Of Grace,
Because They Are Perpetual Sources Of
Humility… Everything Contributes To The
Advancement Of A Soul, Everything. Even Its
Imperfections Are In My Divine Hands Like So
Many Precious Stones, Because I Change Them
Into Acts Of Humility Which Inspire That Soul
To Make… If Those Who Built Houses Could
Transform The Debris And All That Obstructs
Their Work Into Material For Construction, How
Fortunate They Could Consider Themselves!
Now This Is Just What The Faithful Soul Does
By The Help Of My Grace, And Her Faults, Even
The Greatest And Most Shameful, Become The
Foundation Of The Edifice Of Her Perfection.”
One Day The Holy Religious Had Placed A
Statuette Of Jesus On The Sheet Of Paper On
Which She Was Writing; A Slight Movement
Caused It To Fall. She Raised It Immediately,
And Kissed Jesus, Saying:
“If You Had Not Fallen, You Would Not Have
Received That Kiss.”
And Jesus With Great Sweetness, Replied:
“So It Is, My Benigna; When You Involuntarily
Commit A Fault, You Do Not Offend Me, But The
Acts Of Humility And Love Which You
Afterwards Make Deliberately, Form The Kiss
Which You Would Not Have Given Me If You Had
Not Committed That Imperfection.”
And On Another Occasion:
“My Love Is Fed By Consuming Miseries. The
Soul Which Has The Most Miseries, Provided It
Be Contrite And Humble, Is The One That
Pleases Me Most, Because She Gives Me An
Opportunity For Discharging More Fully My
Office Of Saviour. But What I Particularly Wish
To Say To You, My Benigna, Is That The Soul
Ought Never To Be Afraid Of God, Because God
Is All-Merciful. The Greatest Pleasure Of The
Sacred Heart Of Your Jesus Is To Lead To His
Father Numberless Sinners; They Are My Glory
And My Jewels. I Love Poor Sinners With An
Infinite Love. Listen, My Benigna, My Joy, Write
This: The Greatest Pleasure Souls Can Give Me
Is To Believe In My Love; The More They
Believe In It, The Great Is My Pleasure; And If
They Wish That My Pleasure Should Be
Immense, Let Them Place No Limits To Their
Faith In My Love.”
Oh! If All Sinners Would Read And Reflect Upon
These Tender Effusions Of The Heart Of Jesus!
Even They, Instead, Of Fostering Discouraging
Thoughts, Should Repeat With The Great
Confidante Of The Sacred Heart, The Angelic
Sister Benigna: “I Rejoice In Being An Abyss Of
Iniquity Because I Thereby Give More Work To
Thy Mercy.”
(From The ‘Vademecum’.)
Prayer
O Divine Heart Of Jesus, Who Lovest Sinners
So Much That, Were It Necessary, Thou Wouldst
Be Disposed To Leave Heaven Once More And
Come To Earth To Endure All The Sufferings Of
Thy Passion And Death; Obtain From Us All,
The Grace To Detest Our Past Sins, Which Have
Caused Thee So Much Anguish.
O Jesus, Forgive The Outrage Which We Have
Committed Against Thy Heart, And Grant That
We May No Longer Offend Thy Boundless
Mercy, But Only Live To Love Thee With All The
Ardour Of Our Souls.
Remember, Sweetest Jesus, That If It Be True,
That Abyss Calls To Abyss, Then Abyss Of Our
Iniquity Calls To The Boundless Abyss Of Thy
Infinite Mercy.
Reading
I Want No Priests!
This Fact, Of Which For Certain Reasons More
Minute Particulars Cannot Be Given, Occurred
On January 4, 1912, In A City Of Northern Italy.
As A Result Of His Disorderly Life, A Young Man
Of Only Twenty-Three Years Lay Dying Of
Consumption, And Amid The Anguish Of His
Parents Who Had Vainly Tried Every Means To
Induce Him To Receive The Last Sacraments.
While A Boy At Boarding School, He Had
Practised With Great Devotion The Nine First
Fridays In Honour Of The Sacred Heart, But
Later, Leaving The Church And The
Sacraments, He Had Given Himself Over To A
Scandalous Life. Employed In A Bank, He Had
Squandered All He Had Earned. Leaving His
Homeland, He Had Gone To England, Where, In
Order To Earn A Living He Had Worked As A
Waiter. After Many Tribulations, Stricken With
The Dread Malady, He Turned His Steps
Homeward.
Unhappy Man! With A Conscience Laden With
Many Sins, He Was Rushing Headlong Into The
Abyss Of Eternal Damnation, And He Not Only
Had No Idea Of Making Amends And Of
Returning With A Contrite Heart Of God, But He
Also Indignantly Refused The Invitation To
Amendment Which Was Repeatedly Offered To
Him. But, Watching Over Him, Was The Merciful
Jesus, Who Has Promised To Be The Salvation
Of All Those Who Have Practiced The First
Fridays. Therefore He Would Not Be Lost.
A Priest, An Old School Friend Of His, Under
The Cloak Of Friendship, And Urged
Undoubtedly, By The Loving Heart Of Jesus,
Was Permitted To Visit The Sick Man, And In A
Kind Manner, He Attempted To Persuade Him To
Make His Peace With God.
“If You Have Nothing Else To Talk About,
Interrupted The Dying Man, You May Go. Yes, As
A Friend I Accept Your Visits, But As A Priest
No, No! Go, Go Away. I Was No Priests…!”
The Minister Of God Vainly Tried To Calm The
Man.
“Stop It, I Said. I Want No Priests… Go Away!”
“Ah Well, If You Really Wish Me To, I Shall Go.
Good-Bye, My Unfortunate Friend.”
But Just As He Was Crossing The Threshold, He
Turned And Gave The Man A Last Look Of
Compassion, Saying:
“This Shall Be The First Time That The ‘Great
Promise’ Of The Sacred Heart Shall Not Be
Verified!”
“What Did You Say,” Asked The Sick Man With
Calmer Voice.
The Priest Returning To The Bedside,
Repeated:
“I Said That This Shall Be The First Time That
The ‘Great Promise’ Of The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus, Of Granting A Happy Death To All Those
Who During Their Life Shall Have Made A
Novena Of Communions On The First Friday Of
Every Month, Shall Not Be Verified.”
“How Does That Concern Me?”
“Oh, How Does It Concern You? Do You Not
Remember, Dear Friend, That In School We
Received Together These Communions On The
Nine First Fridays? At That Time You Received
Communion With Sincere Devotion Because
Then You Loved The Sacred Heart Of Jesus,
And Do You Now Dare To Resist His Grace, With
Which He Invites You With Infinite Mercy To Ask
Pardon?”
While The Priest Was Speaking, The Man Began
To Weep, And When The Priest Had Finished, He
Said Between Sobs:
“Oh, Friend, Help Me! Help Me: Do Not Abandon
This Wretch! Go, Call One Of The Friars Of The
Nearby Church.”
He Received With Edifying Piety The
Sacraments And Died A Few Days Later,
Blessing The Sacred Heart, So Full Of Mercy,
Who Had Given Him A Sure Sign Of His Eternal
Salvation.
(P. Parsinetti: La Grande Promessa.)
Ejaculation: Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Trust In
Thee!
Ninth Friday
My Name Is Written In Heaven!
O Soul, Devoted To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus,
For Nine Months You Have Been Faithful In
Approaching The Communion Rail Every First
Friday To Insure For Yourself The “Great
Promise”; Be Happy To-Day And Rejoice. But
First Of All, Express With Tears Of
Acknowledgement, All The Gratitude Of Your
Soul To Jesus, Who Has Inspired You To Such A
Beautiful Devotion And Has Helped You To
Practice It To The End. You Have Done Your
Part; Now It Is Up To Jesus To Do His. Can You
Doubt That He Will Fulfil His Promise? Can You
Doubt That He Will Mislead A Soul Which Has
Trusted In Him? Certainly Not. God Has Given
His Word; Heaven And Earth Will Pass Away,
But His Words Will Never Pass Away. Rejoice
Then, With Holy Joy, At The Thought Of The
Happy Lot Which Is Yours For All Eternity. True
It Is That Your Passions May Still Rebel Against
The Spirit; That The Demon May Increase His
Furious Assaults; That Your Fragile Nature May
Yield To The Temptations Of The Senses; But
Still Have Confidence, For Jesus Shall Always
Be At Your Side Watching With The Tenderness
Of A Most Affectionate Friend, Always Ready To
Extend His Hand To Lift You When You Fall. He
Shall Never Abandon You Until He Shall See You
Enter Safely Into The Harbour Of Salvation. You
Must Feel As Certain Of Your Salvation As A
Person Does Who Holds In His Hands, The
Admittance Ticket To The Eternal Fatherland,
And Jesus Himself Has Assured You Of It In His
“Great Promise”.
In The Life Of St. Theresa Of The Child Jesus,
We Read That One Evening, This Same Little
Saint, During A Walk With Her Father, Stopped
To Contemplate The Glorious Spectacle Which
The Bright Sky Presented. She Was Surprised
To Find That A Group Of The More Brilliant
Stars Formed A “T” (The Initial Of Her Name).
Turning To Her Father, Radiant With Joy, She
Exclaimed:
“Look, Father, My Name Is Written In Heaven!”
Theresa Was Then Talking With The Simplicity
Of A Child, But At The Same Time, Not Knowing
It, She Was Making A Magnificent Prophecy.
Yes, Her Name Was Really Written In Heaven:
She Was Already Inscribed In The Book Of
Privileged Souls.
Today You Too, May Repeat A Similar
Expression: “My Name Is Written In Heaven!”
Nay, You May Say Something Greater: “My
Name Is Written In The Adorable Heart Of
Jesus, And No One Shall Ever Efface It!”
Prayer
What Joy, O My Dear Jesus, Fills My Soul At
This Moment! What Have I Done That Thou
Shouldst Grant So Great A Grace As To Inspire
Me To Practice The Nine First Fridays, With
Which Devotion, Thanks To Thy “Great
Promise”, Thou Dost Assure Me Of Eternal
Salvation? Ah! All Eternity Shall Not Suffice To
Prove My Gratitude To Thee! O My Sweetest
Jesus, Help Me To Live Always In Thy Grace By
Observing Exactly All Thy Commandments And
Those Of Thy Church. May I Never Again Put
Thee Out Of My Heart By Mortal Sin, But With
Thy Divine Grace, May I Persevere In Thy
Service Until Death.
O Jesus, I Believe In Thy Infinite Love For Me, A
Poor And Miserable Sinner, And I Ask Of Thee
The Grace To Confide Always In Thee,
Abandoning Myself In The Arms Of Thy Divine
Mercy In Time And In Eternity. Amen.
Reading
The Sacred Heart Of Jesus Watches Lovingly
Over Those Devoted To Him
In The First Place The Sacred Heart Watches
Over The Health Of Body. Father Crawley
Narrates That One Day He Was About To Take
The Train For Bordeaux Where He Was To
Preach A Series Of Sermons. Having Reached
The Station, He Boarded A Train And Seated
Himself. He Waited For Some Time, But The
Train Never Started.
“How Is It,” He Asked, “That The Train Is So
Late In Leaving?”
“Where Are You Bound For?” Asked The
Conductor?
“For Bordeaux,” Said Father.
“Bordeaux? That Train Left Some Time Ago?”
Father Crawley Was Annoyed At The Mistake. A
Short Time Elapsed, And A Telegram Brought To
The Station Master Announced A Grave
Disaster. The Bordeaux Train Had Been
Derailed. There Were Many Victims, Both Death
And Wounded. What Would Have Happened To
The Priest If He Had Left With The Other
Passengers? Our Lord Had, In This Way, Saved
Him Who Was So Zealous For The Propagation
Of The Devotions To The Sacred Heart.
But He Watches With Greater Care The
Interests Of The Soul. Read The Following Fact
Which Occurred In The City Of Louvain, In
Belgium, And Which Was Told By A Priest,
Witness Of The Singular Grace Bestowed By
The Sacred Heart Upon A Holy Woman Of That
City.
The Lady One Day Felt Slightly Indisposed, And
As It Was The First Friday Of The Month, A Day
On Which She Always Received Holy
Communion, She Sent For The Priest As She
Wished To Confess Herself And Receive The
Last Sacraments. Doctor Levebre, A Renowned
Professor Of The Catholic University Of
Louvain, Was Called. At His Arrival, The Lady
Said:
“Doctor, I Am Near My End. I Wish To Receive
The Last Sacraments.”
“Madam,” Answered The Doctor, “In Order To
Receive The Last Sacraments There Must At
Least Be Some Danger Of Death, And In Your
Ease There Is Absolutely No Danger. I Can In
No Way Give My Consent.”
The Patient Insisted And Begged So Much To
Be Consoled, That The Priest, Preoccupied By
The Certainty With Which The Woman Kept
Repeating That She Would Shortly Die, Brought
Her Holy Communion. A Few Minutes After She
Had Received, The End Was Certainly Near, And
There Was Scarcely Time To Administer
Extreme Unction. After This, She Said: “Now I
Must Leave All.” And Indeed, She Was Leaving
Much: A Husband Who Was Goodness Itself,
Four Children, And A Very Large Inheritance
Which Gave Her An Annual Income So Large As
To Enable Her To Distribute Yearly 50,000
Francs For Charity.
“It Is Necessary To Leave All,” She Repeated.
“It Is The Will Of God; My Heart Is In Peace.”
Shortly After This, She Expired In The Hope Of
Gaining Paradise As Promised By Jesus To All
Those Devoted To His Sacred Heart.
Ejaculation: Heart Of Jesus, Delight Of All
Saints, Have Mercy On Us!

Picture Of The Sacred Heart

“Take Ye And Eat, This Is My Body”

Part Third
Pious Practices : In Honour Of The Sacred
Heart
Preparation For Confession
Preparatory Prayer
Behold, O My Jesus At Thy Feet, A Poor Sinner,
Who Has So Often Offended Thee. Have Mercy
On Me, O My Amiable Redeemer; Give Me The
Grace To Know All My Sins And Grant Me True
Sorrow, So That Detesting And Confessing
Them Sincerely, I May Receive Thy Pardon.
Most Holy Virgin, Refuge Of Poor Sinners, Pray
For Me.
Our Father, Hail Mary.
Examination Of Conscience
1. – Against God: How Long Is It Since Your
Last Confession? Are You Satisfied With Your
Past Confessions? Have You Always Been
Sincere In Confession? Have You Kept Back
Some Sin From Shame Or Forgetfulness? Have
You Always Said Your Morning And Night
Prayers? Have You Ever Had Any Doubts
Concerning The Truths Of Our Religion? Have
You Ever Been Ashamed To Profess Your Faith?
Have You Ever Taken Part In Conversations
Against The Catholic Religion, The Pope, The
Priests? Have You Read Bad Or Immodest
Books Or Papers? Did You Talk Or Laugh In
Church? Have You Taken God’s Name In Vain,
Mentioned With Little Or No Respect The Name
Of Our Blessed Mother Or Of The Saints? Have
You Murmured Against The Providence Of God?
Have You Ever Cursed? Have You Missed Mass
Or Worked On Sundays And Holy-Days? Have
You Ever Taken False Or Unnecessary Oaths?
2. – Against Your Neighbour: Have You Always
Respected And Obeyed Your Parents And
Superiors? Have You Ever Caused Them Great
Sorrow? Have You Told Lies? Have You Stolen
From Your House Or Elsewhere? Have You
Damaged Other People’s Property Or Injured
Your Neighbour’s Character? Have You Hated
Anyone? Have You Taken Revenge? Have You
Judged Or Suspected Anyone Rashly? Have You
Given Scandal By Your Words, Actions,
Counsels Or Dress? Have You Committed
Impure Acts Or Said Impure Jokes With Others?
Have You Given Bad Books To Be Read? Have
You Murmured About Anyone? Have You Wished
Evil To Anyone?
3. – Against Yourself: Have You Wilfully Had
Immodest Thoughts? Did They Please You?
Have You Had The Desire To Do Immodest
Actions? Have You Looked At Indecent Pictures
Or Things? Have You Committed Any Impure
Act Alone? Have You Frequented Dangerous
Places, Dances Or Shows? Are You
Superstitious? Do You Wear Immodest
Dresses? Have You Eaten Meat On Fridays Or
Other Days Of Abstinence? Have You Abstained
Or Fasted On The Days Appointed? Have You
Gone With Bad Company? Have You Been Proud
Or Vain? Have You Been Jealous Of Others?
Have You Been Intemperate In Eating Or
Drinking? Did You Perform As Well As You Were
Able The Duties Of Your State Of Life? Do You
Realize That Birth Control Is A Serious Evil?
Motives For Sorrow
To Excite A True Sorrow For Your Sins,
Consider:
1. That You Have Offended God, Infinite
Goodness, Who Has Showered You With Graces
And Continues To Do So; Who Had Died For You
On A Cross.
2. That You Have Lost Heaven.
3. That You Have Deserved The Eternal Pains
Of Hell.
Confide In The Merciful Heart Of Jesus;
Promise To Flee The Near Occasion Of Sin And
Then Recite The Following:
An Act Of Contrition
O Jesus, Burning With Love For Me, Would That
I Had Never Offended Thee! O My Dear And
Loving Jesus, I Wish To Offend Thee Again. My
Jesus Mercy!
Confession
After Having Made These Acts, Present
Yourself To The Priest To Confess Your Sins.
Remember That You Are Talking To God’s
Minister, Who, With Authority Received From
Him, And In His Name, Absolves You From Your
Sins.
Remember Always That Only Those Who Have
True Sorrow For Their Sins And Confess
Themselves Sincerely, Make A Good
Confession. As The Priest Absolves You, Renew
The Act Of Contrition.
After Confession
Perform The Penance Given You As Soon As
Possible, And Thank God For Having Been So
Merciful To You.
Preparation For Communion
O My Adorable Jesus, I Believe That Thou Art
Truly Present In The Most Holy Sacrament Of
Thy Love, And I Acknowledge Thee As My
Creator, Redeemer, And My Greatest And Only
Good.
Thou, O My Jesus, Hast So Loved Me As To
Come To Earth To Shed All Thy Precious Blood
For Me. Oh! Why Have I Not Always Loved
Thee? Why Have I Preferred The False Joys Of
The World To Those That Thou Hast Prepared
For Those Who Love Thee? Why Have I So Often
Insulted And Embittered Thy Adorable Heart?
Forgive Me, O Lord, According To The Multitude
Of Thy Tender Mercies, And Accept The
Promise Which I Now Make To Love No One But
Thee Keeping Myself Faithful In The
Observance Of Thy Holy Laws.
And Now, O My Amiable Redeemer, Deign To
Come Into My Heart Which So Ardently Desire
Thee, And Look Not At My Profound Misery, But
At The Inexhaustible Goodness Of Thy Most
Tender Heart. O My Dear Jesus, If Thou Wilt
Say Only One Word, My Soul Shall Be Saved.
I Intend To Receive This Communion As A
Reparation Of Thy Divine Heart For So Many
Insults Which It Receives In This Adorable
Sacrament And Especially To Obtain Thy “Great
Promise”.
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Place My Trust In
Thee, And I Am Certain That I Shall Not Be
Confounded Forever.
Thanksgiving After Holy Communion
I Believe, O My Jesus, That Thou Hast Come
Into My Heart. I Adore Thee As The Shepherds,
The Magi, And Thy Own Blessed Mother Mary
Adored Thee In The Stable At Bethlehem; And
From The Depths Of My Heart, I Thank Thee For
This Extraordinary Favour Of Having Given
Thyself To Me.
What Joy, O My Jesus, To Be With Thee. Now
That Thou Hast Taken Possession Of My Heart,
Remain Always In Me With Thy Divine Grace
And Permit Me Never To Be Separated From
Thee.
Jesus, Thou Hast Given Thyself To Me, And Now
Let Me Give Myself To Thee! I Offer Thee All My
Thoughts, Desires, Affections, Actions, And
Sorrows, And All That I Possess. I Consecrate
Myself To Thee Without Reserve And I Accept
From Thy Hands All The Trials Which It Shall
Please Thee To Send Me In Expiation For My
Sins And For The Salvation Of Poor Sinners. I
Want To Be Thine Now And Always, For All
Eternity.
I Would Like To Ask Many Things Of Thee, Dear
Jesus, But I Am So Wretched That I Do Not
Know The Graces I Need. Thou Knowest My
Needs; Grant Me Those Graces Which Thou
Seest More Expedient For The Salvation Of My
Soul. Grant That I May Always Be Resigned To
Thy Holy Will, That I May Always Shun Sin, And
That I May Be Ever Faithful In Performing All
My Duties.
Finally, O My Dear Jesus, I Ask Of Thee The
Grace To Perform Well This Practice Of The
Nine First Fridays, Receiving Thee Always With
The Proper Dispositions And Conquering All
The Difficulties Which The Enemy Of My Soul
Shall Try To Set Before Me. O Most Sacred
Heart Of Jesus, Saviour Of All Those Who Hope
In Thee, I Abandon Myself With Full Confidence
Into Thy Merciful Arms.
Prayer Before A Crucifix
Look Down Upon Me, O Good And Gentle Jesus,
Whilst Before Thy Face I Humbly Kneel, And
With Burning Soul, Praised And Beseech Thee
To Fix Deep In My Heart Lively Sentiments Of
Faith, Hope And Charity, True Contrition For My
Sins, And A Firm Purpose Of Amendment;
Whilst I Contemplate With Great Love And
Tender Pity Thy Five Precious Wounds,
Pondering Over Them Within Me, Whilst I Call
To Mind The Words Which David, Thy Prophet,
Said Of Thee, My Jesus: “They Have Pierced My
Hands And My Feet; They Have Numbered All
My Bones” (Plenary Indulgence Once A Day, If
Said After Holy Communion, Before A Crucifix,
And Praying For The Intention Of The Holy
Father).
The Prayer Of St. Ignatius
Soul Of Christ, Sanctify Me; Body Of Christ,
Save Me; Blood Of Christ, Inebriate Me; Water
From The Side Of Christ, Wash Me; Passion Of
Christ, Strengthen Me; O Good Jesus, Hear Me;
Within Thy Wounds, Hide Me; Permit Me Not To
Be Separated From Thee; From The Malignant
Enemy Defend Me; In The Hour Of My Death
Call Me; And Bid Me Come To Thee, That With
Thy Saints, I May Praise Thee For Ever. Amen.
Prayer To Obtain The End Of The Great Promise
O My Sweetest Jesus, Who In The Excess Of
Thy Infinite Mercy And Omnipotent Love, Hast
Promised The Grace Of Final Penitence To All
Those Shall Receive Holy Communion On The
Nine First Fridays, For Nine Consecutive
Months, Grant Me Also, Who Have This Day
Received Thee In My Heart, The Grace Of Final
Perseverance In Order That Having Confided In
Thy Goodness While On Earth, I May Enter Into
The Heavenly Realms To Sing The Infinite
Mercies Of Thy Most Loving Heart.
Prayer To Christ The King
O Christ Jesus, I Acknowledge You As
Universal King. All That Has Been Made, Was
Created For You. Exercise Over Me All The
Rights That You Have. I Renew My Baptismal
Promises, Renouncing Satan, His Works, And
His Pomps, And I Promise To Live As A Good
Christian. Especially Do I Pledge Myself, By All
The Means In My Power, To Bring About The
Triumph Of God And Of Your Church.
Divine Heart Of Jesus, I Offer You My Poor
Actions To Obtain That All Hearts May
Recognize Your Consecrated Kingship And That
Thus The Kingdom Of Your Peace May Be
Established Throughout The Whole World.
Amen.
One Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
(On Feb.21, 1923, The Sacred Penitentiary
Granted A Plenary Indulgence To Be Gained
Daily By All The Faithful Who Would Devoutly
Recite The Above Prayer Under The Usual
Conditions: Confession, Communion, Visit To A
Church, And Prayers For The Intention Of The
Pope.)
Prayer For The Increase Of Daily Communion
O Sweetest Jesus, Who Camest Into This World
To Give To All Souls The Life Of Thy Grace, And
Who, In Order To Preserve And Increase It In
Them, Didst In The Most August Sacrament Of
The Eucharist Give Thyself To Be A Salutary
Remedy For Our Infirmities And Divine Food,
Sustain Our Weakness; We Humbly Beg Of Thee
Merciful To Pour Out Upon All Men Thy Holy
Spirit, Which May Enable Them, If Stained With
Any Mortal Sin, To Recover The Life Of Grace
They Have Lost, And Return To Thee; While
Those Who Through Thy Love Already Live This
Divine Life, May Daily, If Possible, Approach
Thy Sacred Table, Where They May Find
Strength, And An Antidote For Their Daily
Faults May Nourish The Life Of Grace Within
Them, And, Being More And More Purified, May
Attain To Everlasting Happiness In Heaven.
Amen.
(300 Days Indulgence, Once A Day.)
Prayer To Escape Purgatory
Eternal Father, I Offer Thee The Most Sacred
Heart Of Jesus With All Its Love, All Its
Sufferings, And All Its Merits.
1. To Expiate For All The Sins Which I Have
Committed This Day And During My Whole Life.
Glory Be To The Father, Etc.
2. To Purify The Good Deeds Which I Have Done
Badly In This Day And During My Whole Life.
Glory Be, Etc.
3. To Satisfy For All The Good Deeds Which I
Should Have Done And Did Not Do This Day And
During My Whole Life. Glory Be, Etc.
(A Religious Of The Poor Clares Appeared After
Death, To Her Superior, Assuring Her That She
Had Escaped The Flames Of Purgatory
Because She Had Recited The Above Prayer
Daily.)
Shout That The Whole World May Hear You!
“O My Benigna, Make Yourself The Apostle Of
My Love! Cry Aloud That The Whole World May
Hear That I Hunger, I Thirst, I Die Of Longing To
Be Received By My Creatures. I Am In The
Sacrament Of My Love For My Creatures, And
They Make So Little Of It!” (From Her Writings.)
Salutary Thoughts
1. Without Faith It Is Impossible To Be Pleasing
To God.
2. God Is Everywhere, He Knows All, Sees All,
Even Your Thoughts.
3. Listen To What Jesus Says:
“What Doth It Profit A Man To Gain The Whole
World If He Lose His Soul?”
4. If You Save Your Soul, All Is Saved; But If You
Lose It, All Will Be Lost And Forever.
5. Momentary Is The Pleasure Which Delights
Us, But Eternal The Pain That Torments Us (St.
Augustine). Do You, For A Moment’s Pleasure,
Wish To Suffer An Eternal Punishment?
6. The Tree Falls On The Side Toward Which It
Inclines, And To What Side Are You Inclining:
Heaven Or Hell?
7. Eternity: What A Terrible Word! When As Many
Centuries Shall Have Passed As There Are
Grains Of Sand, Blades Of Grass, And Drops Of
Water In The Sea, Eternity Shall Just Be
Beginning. Do You Sometimes Think Of This?
8. He Who Prays Shall Certainly Be Saved; And
He Who Does Not Pray, Shall Certainly Be Lost
(St. Alphonsus). Do You Pray Morning And
Night?
9. Remember That Some Day You Must Present
Yourself At The Judgment Seat Of God To
Render An Account Of Your Life.
10. God Never Rejects Anyone Who Returns To
Him: Were He Even The Greatest Of Sinners.
Trust In Him And You Shall Be Saved.
The Priest Renews On The Altar The Sacrifice
Of The Cross
Holy Mass Is The Scene Of Christ’s Death On
The Cross; It Is Good Friday Perpetuated Down
The Course Of The Centuries. Our Faith
Teaches This. It Is Because Of This Great
Sacrifice That The Fruits Of The Redemption
Are Applied More Copiously And It Is The
Compendium And Centre Of Our Religion. St.
John Chrysostom Assures Us That The Holy
Mass Has The Same Value As The Death Of
Jesus Christ On The Cross. For This Reason
Holy Mass Is The Devotion Of Devotions, At
Which We Should Assist Daily Since It Is The
Source Of The Choicest Graces.
How Deserving Of Pity Are Those Catholics,
More Pagan Than Christian, Who Either Do Not
Care At All, Or At Least On Sundays; Who,
Under The Slightest Pretext, Excuse
Themselves From Attending Mass; Who Do Not
Know When Or How To Kneel Before The
Infinite Majesty Of God During The Most Sacred
Part Of The Mass—The Consecration—And Who
Appear Before His Divine Presence In
Unbecoming Dress!
To Revive Your Faith In This Great Mystery Of
The Infinite Love Of The Heart Of Jesus For Us,
Read And Meditate On This Occurrence Of
Which We Learned Recently From The Same
Great Apostle, Fr. Matthew Crawley:
“I Had Been Invited To Celebrate Mass In The
Private Chapel Of A Distinguished Family. The
Members Of This Same Family Had Invited To
Assist At The Divine Sacrifice, A Friend Who
Was A Mason And Atheist, Who Had Never Set
Foot In A Church. When, Dressed In The Sacred
Vestments, I Entered The Chapel, I Saw There
One Man Standing Erect, Arms Folded On This
Breast, And On Either Side Of Him, Two
Gentlemen Devoutly Kneeling. It Was The
Scene Of Mt. Calvary Reversed. On Calvary,
Christ Was Between Two Malefactors, Here One
Malefactor Was Between Two Good Souls.
I Began Mass, And He, The Superman, With A
Defiant Air, Remained Standing. At The Moment
Of Consecration, Suddenly As Though
Overcome By A Supernatural Force, He Fell On
His Knees, To The Great Astonished Of Those
Present, Fixedly Watching The Altar, While His
Eyes Began To Fill With Tears.
What Had Happened? When Mass Was Over, He
Asked To Be Presented To Me As He Wished To
Speak To Me.
‘Father,’ He Said, ‘What Did You Come To Do In
This Hall?’
‘What Have I Come To Do? To Celebrate The
Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass.’
‘What Is The Mass?’
‘Pardon Me: Are You A Believer?’
‘No, I Do Not Believe.’
‘Very Well; Here Is The Explanation. Man Has
Sinned, And God, In Order To Pardon Him, Sent
To Earth His Divine Son, Who After Having
Preached His Sacred Doctrine, After Having
Confirmed It With The Greatest Miracles, Was
Captured By His Enemies And Put To Death On
A Cross In The Midst Of The Most Atrocious
Spasms And Torments.’
‘But What Has This To Do With The Mass?’
‘The Mass Is This And Nothing Else But This:
The Renewal Of The Sacrifice Offered On The
Cross For Our Salvation.’
‘The Atheist Looked At Me Stupefied.’
‘Then Tell Me, Who Is He Who Took Your Place?’
‘I Do Not Understand.’
At A Certain Point, When The Bell Was Rung,
(At The Consecration) You Disappeared And
Another Gentleman Took Your Place. He Had A
Majestic, Yet Sad Aspect, So Sad, And He Was
Completely Covered With Wounds. He Kept His
Arms Extended And From His Lacerated Hands,
Blood Kept Continually Dripping Into… The
Metallic Cup On The Altar…
The Chalice?
Yes In The Chalice. I Have Never Seen A More
Touching Scene And I Felt Myself Trembling In
His Presence. After A Short Time, (After The
Priest’s Communion) He Disappeared And You
Returned In His Place. Tell Me, Who Was He?
“It Was Jesus! Jesus Scourged By His Enemies;
Jesus, Crowned With Thorns; Jesus, Covered
With Wounds; Jesus, Who Was Mailed To The
Cross; Jesus, Who Has Died For Our Salvation;
Jesus, Who Wishes To Grant You His Pardon
And Give You His Love…!”
And So The Poor Sinner, Converted By This
Great Miracle, Fell Penitent At The Feet Of The
Minister Of God And In The Blood Of The Lamb
Who Washes Away The Sins Of The World, He
Purified His Soul.

Picture Of The Crucifix

“The Holy Mass Is The Perennial Renewal Of

The Sacrifice Of The Cross”

The Holy Mass

In Honour Of The Sacred Heart
In The Mass, There Is A Part Which Is The
Same For All Days Of The Year, And Which Is
Called The “Ordinary Of The Mass”, And
Another Part, Called The “Proper Of The Mass”,
Which Changes According To The Feast Of The
Day. Here The Proper Of The Mass Is Marked
With An Asterisk (*) And Is Taken From The
New Mass Of The Sacred Heart.
At The Foot Of The Altar
P. In The Name Of The Father, And Of The Son,
And Of The Holy Ghost. Amen. I Will Go Unto
The Altar Of God.
S. To God Who Giveth Joy To My Youth.
P. Judge Me, O God, And Distinguish My Cause
From The Nation That Is Not Holy; Deliver Me
From The Unjust And Deceitful Man.
S. For Thou, O God, Art My Strength Why Hast
Thou Cast Me Off, And Why Do I Go Sorrowful
Whilst The Enemy Afflicts Me?
P. Send Forth Thy Light And Thy Truth; They
Have Conducted Me And Brought Me Unto Thy
Holy Mount And Into Thy Tabernacles.
S. And I Will Go Unto The Altar Of God, To God,
Who Giveth Joy To My Youth.
P. I Will Praise Thee On The Harp, O God, My
God. Why Art Thou Sorrowful, O My Soul, And
Why Dost Thou Disquiet Me?
S. Hope In God, For I Will Still Give Praise To
Him Who Is The Salvation Of My Countenance,
And My God.
P. Glory Be To The Father, And To The Son, And
To The Holy Ghost.
S. As It Was In The Beginning, Is Now, And Ever
Shall Be, World Without End. Amen.
P. I Will Go Unto The Altar Of God.
S. To God, Who Giveth Joy To My Youth.
P. Our Help Is In The Name Of The Lord.
S. Who Hath Made Heaven And Earth.
P. (Says The Confiteor.)
S. May The Almighty God Have Mercy On Thee,
Forgive Thee Thy Sins, And Bring Thee To Life
Everlasting.
P. Amen
S. I Confess To Almighty God, To Blessed Mary,
Ever Virgin, To Blessed Michael The Archangel,
To Blessed John The Baptist, To The Holy
Apostles, Peter And Paul, To All The Saints, And
To You, Father, That I Have Sinned Exceedingly
In Thought, Word, And Deed, Through My Fault,
Through My Fault, Through My Most Grievous
Fault. Therefore I Beseech The Blessed Mary
Ever Virgin, Blessed Michael The Archangel,
Blessed John The Baptist, The Holy Apostles,
Peter And Paul, All The Saints And You, Father,
To Pray To The Lord Our God For Me.
P. May The Almighty God Have Mercy On You,
Forgive You Your Sins, And Bring You To Life
Everlasting.
S. Amen.
P. May The Almighty And Merciful Lord Grant Us
Pardon, Absolution, And Remission Of All Our
Sins.
S. Amen.
P. Thou Wilt Turn Again, O God, And Quicken Us.
S. And Thy People Shall Rejoice In Thee.
P. Show Us, O Lord, Thy Mercy.
S. And Grant Us Thy Salvation.
P. O Lord, Hear My Prayer.
S. And Let My Cry Come Unto Thee.
P. The Lord Be With Thee.
S. And With Thy Spirit
P. Take Away From Us Our Iniquities, We
Beseech Thee, O Lord; That We May Be Worthy
To Enter With Pure Minds Into The Holy Of
Holies. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
We Beseech Thee, O Lord, By The Merits Of Thy
Saints Whose Relics Are Here, (He Kisses The
Altar) And Of All Thy Saints, That Thou Wouldst
Vouchsafe To Forgive Me All My Sins. Amen
Introit*
The Thoughts Of His Heart Are To All
Generations: That He May Deliver Their Souls
From Death And Feed Them In Famine. Rejoice
In The Lord, O Ye Just; Praise Becometh The
Upright. Glory Be To The Father, And To The
Son, And To The Holy Ghost. As It Was In The
Beginning, Is Now, And Ever Shall Be, World
Without End. Amen.
Kyrie Eleison
Lord, Have Mercy On Us. (Three Times.)
Christ, Have Mercy On Us. (Three Times.)
Lord, Have Mercy On Us. (Three Times.)
Gloria
Glory Be To God On High, And On Earth Peace
To Men Of Good Will. We Praise Thee; We Bless
Thee; We Adore Thee; We Glorify Thee. We Give
Thee Thanks For Thy Great Glory, O Lord God,
Heavenly Kind, God The Father Almighty. O
Lord Jesus Christ, The Only-Begotten Son; O
Lord God, Lamb Of God, Son Of The Father, Who
Takest Away The Sins Of The World, Have
Mercy On Us; Thou Who Takest Away The Sins
Of The World, Receive Our Prayers; Thou Who
Sittest At The Right Hand Of The Father, Have
Mercy On Us. For Thou Only Art Holy; Thou Only
Art The Lord; Thou Only, O Jesus Christ, With
The Holy Ghost, Art Most High In The Glory Of
God The Father. Amen.
P. The Lord Be With You.
S. And With Thy Spirit.
Oremus*
O God, Who In The Heart Of Thy Son, Wounded
For Our Sins, Dost Deign Mercifully To Lavish
Upon Us The Treasures Of Thy Love; Grant, We
Beseech Thee, That With The Devout Homage
Of Our Piety We May Also Offer Him Worthy
Service Of Reparation. Through The Same
Christ Our Lord Who With Thee Liveth And
Reigneth For Ever. Amen.
Epistle*
Taken From The Epistle Of St. Paul To The
Ephesians (Ch.Iii, 8-19).
Brethren, To Me, The Least Of All The Saints, Is
Given This Grace, To Preach Among The
Gentiles The Unsearchable Riches Of Christ,
And To Enlighten All Men, That Ye May See
What Is The Dispensation Of The Mystery
Which Hath Been Hidden From Eternity In God
Who Created All Things; That The Manifold
Wisdom Of God May Be Made Known To The
Principalities And Powers In Heavenly Places
Through The Church, According To The Eternal
Purpose Which He Made In Christ Jesus Our
Lord; In Whom We Have Boldness And Access
With Confidence By The Faith Of Him. For This
Cause I Bow My Knees To The Father Of Our
Lord Jesus Christ, Of Whom All Paternity In
Heaven And Earth Is Named; That He Would
Grant You According To The Riches Of His
Glory, To Be Strengthened With Might Unto The
Inward Man, That Christ May Dwell By Faith In
Your Hearts; That, Being Rooted And Founded
In Charity, You May Be Able To Comprehend
With All The Saints, What Is The Breadth And
Length And Height And Depth, To Know Also
The Charity Of Christ, Which Surpasseth All
Knowledge; That You May Be Filled Unto All
The Fullness Of God.
S. Thanks Be To God.
Gradual *
The Lord Is Just And Merciful; Therefore Will
He Give A Law To Sinners In The Way. He Will
Guide The Mild Judgment, He Will Teach The
Meek His Way. Alleluia, Alleluia. Take My Yoke
Upon You And Learn Of Me, For I Am Meek And
Humble Of Heart; And You Shall Find Rest To
Your Souls. Alleluia.
Prayer Before The Gospel
Cleanse My Heart And My Lips, O Almighty God,
Who Didst Cleanse The Lips Of The Prophet
Isaias With A Burning Coal: And Vouchsafe,
Through Thy Gracious Mercy, So To Purify Me,
That I May Worthily Proclaim Thy Holy Gospel.
Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
The Lord Be In My Heart And On My Lips, That I
May Worthily And In A Becoming Manner
Announce His Holy Gospel. Amen.
P. The Lord Be With You.
S. And With Thy Spirit.
Gospel *
P. The Continuation Of The Gospel According To
John (Ch. Xix, 31-37).
S. Glory Be To Thee, O Lord.
P. At That Time, The Jews, Because It Was The
Parasceve, That The Bodies Might Not Remain
Upon The Cross On The Sabbath-Day, For That
Was A Great Sabbath-Day, Besought Pilate That
Their Legs Might Be Broken And That They
Might Be Taken Away. The Soldiers Therefore
Came, And They Broke The Legs Of The First
And Of The Other That Was Crucified With Him.
But After They Were Come To Jesus, When They
Saw That He Was Already Dead, They Did Not
Break His Legs. But One Of The Soldiers With A
Spear Opened His Side, And Immediately There
Came Out Blood And Water. And He That Saw It
Hath Given Testimony, And His Testimony Is
True. And He Knoweth That He Saith True, That
You Also May Believe. For These Things Were
Done That The Scripture Might Be Fulfilled: You
Shall Not Break A Bone Of Him. And Again
Another Scripture Saith: They Shall Look On
Him Whom They Pierced.
S. Praise Be To Thee, O Christ.
Creed
I Believe In One God, The Father Almighty,
Creator Of Heaven And Earth, And Of All Things
Visible And Invisible. And In One Lord Jesus
Christ, The Only Begotten Son Of God, Born Of
The Father Before All Ages. God Of God; Light
Of Light; True God Of True God; Begotten, Not
Made; Consubstantial With The Father, By
Whom All Things Were Made, Who For Us Men,
And For Our Salvation, Came Down From
Heaven, And Was Incarnate By The Holy Ghost,
Of The Virgin Mary: And Was Made Man (Here
Kneel Down). He Was Crucified Also For Us,
Suffered Under Pontius Pilate And Was Buried.
The Third Day He Rose Again According To The
Scripture; And Ascended Into Heaven, And
Sitteth At The Right Hand Of The Father, And
He Shall Come Again With Glory To Judge The
Living And The Dead; Of Whose Kingdom There
Shall Be No End.
And I Believe In The Holy Ghost, The Lord And
Life-Giver, Who Proceedeth From The Father
And The Son: Who Together With The Father
And The Son Is Adored And Glorified; Who
Spoke By The Prophets. And One, Holy,
Catholic, And Apostolic Church. I Confess One
Baptism For The Remission Of Sins. And I Look
For The Resurrection Of The Dead, And The Life
Of The World To Come. Amen.
Offertory *
My Heart Hath Expected Reproach And Misery,
And I Looked For One That Would Grieve
Together With Me, But There Was One, And For
One That Would Comfort Me, And I Found None.
Alleluia.
The Priest Offers The Host
Accept, O Holy Father, Almighty, Eternal God,
This Immaculate Host, Which I, Thy Unworthy
Servant, Offer, Unto Thee, My Living And True
God For My Innumerable Sins, Offences, And
Negligences, And For All Here Present; As Also
For All Faithful Christians, Both Living And
Dead; That It May Be Profitable For My Own
And For Their Salvation Unto Life Eternal.
Amen
The Priest Pours Water And Wine Into The
Chalice
O God, Who In Creating Human Nature, Didst
Wonderfully Dignify It, And Hast Still More
Wonderfully Renewed It; Grant That, By The
Mystery Of This Water And Wine, We May Be
Made Partakers Of His Divinity, Who
Vouchsafed To Become Partaker Of Our
Humanity, Jesus Christ Thy Son, Our Lord, Who
Liveth And Reigneth With Thee In The Unity Of
The Holy Ghost, World Without End. Amen.
Offering Of The Chalice
We Offer Unto Thee, O Lord, The Chalice Of
Salvation, Beseeching Thy Clemency, That In
The Sight Of Thy Divine Majesty, It May Ascend
With The Odour Of Sweetness For Our
Salvation, And For That Of The Whole World.
Amen.
In The Spirit Of Humility, And With A Contrite
Heart, Let Us Be Received By Thee, O Lord,
And Grant That The Sacrifice We Offer Thee
This Day, May Be Pleasing In Thy Sight, O Lord
God.
Come, O Sanctifier, Almighty, Eternal God, And
Bless This Sacrifice, Prepared To Thy Holy
Name.
The Lavabo
I Will Wash My Hands Among The Innocent, And
Will Encompass Thy Altar, O Lord. That I May
Hear The Voice Of Praise, And Tell Of All Thy
Marvellous Works. I Have Loved, O Lord, The
Beauty Of Thy House, And The Place Where Thy
Glory Dwelleth. Take Not Away My Soul, O God,
With The Wicked, Nor My Life With Bloody Men.
In Whose Hands Are Iniquities; Their Right
Hand Is Filled With Gifts. As For Me, I Have
Walked In My Innocence; Redeem Me, And
Have Mercy Upon Me. My Foot Hath Stood In
The Right Path; In The Churches I Will Bless
Thee, O Lord. Glory Be To The Father, And To
The Son, And To The Holy Ghost, As It Was In
The Beginning, Is Now, And Ever Shall Be,
World Without End. Amen.
Prayer To The Most Blessed Trinity
Receive, O Holy Trinity, This Oblation, Which We
Make To Thee In Memory Of The Passion,
Resurrection, And Ascension Of Our Lord Jesus
Christ, And In Honour Of The Blessed Mary
Ever Virgin, Of Blessed John Baptist, The Holy
Apostles Peter And Paul, Of These And Of All
The Saints; That It May Avail To Their Honour
And Our Salvation; And May They Vouchsafe To
Intercede For Us In Heaven, Whose Memory We
Celebrate On Earth. Through The Same Christ
Our Lord. Amen.
Orate Fratres
P. Pray, Brethren, That May Sacrifice And Yours
May Be Acceptable To God The Father
Almighty.
S. May The Lord Receive The Sacrifice From
Thy Hands, To The Praise And Glory Of His
Name, To Our Benefit, And To That Of All His
Holy Church.
Secret *
O Lord, We Beseech Thee, Look Upon The
Inconceivable Love Of The Heart Of Thy Dear
Son; So That Our Offering May Be To Thee An
Acceptable Gift, To Us The Expiation Of Sin.
Through The Same Christ Our Lord.
Preface *
P. World Without End.
S. Amen.
P. The Lord Be With You.
S. And With Thy Spirit.
P. Lift Up Your Hearts.
S. We Have Lifted Them Up To The Lord.
P. Let Us Give Thanks To The Lord Our God.
S. It Is Meet And Just.
P. It Is Truly Meet And Just, Right And Availing
Unto Salvation, That We Should At All Times
And In All Places Give Thanks Unto Thee, O
Holy Lord, Father Almighty, Everlasting God.
Who Didst Will That Thy Son When Hanging On
The Cross Should Be Pierced With A Soldier’s
Lance, So That His Heart, The Treasury Of
Divine Bounty, Should Be Opened To Pour Out
Upon Us The Streams Of Divine Mercy, And
That, Burning With Never-Failing Love For Us, It
Should Become The Resting-Place Of Pious
Souls, The Refuge Of Salvation To The Penitent.
And Therefore With Angels And Archangels,
With Thrones And Dominations, And With The
Whole Army Of The Heavenly Host, We Sing A
Hymn To Thy Glory And Unceasingly Repeat:
Sanctus
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Of Hosts. Heaven
And Earth Are Full Of Thy Glory. Hosanna In
The Highest. Blessed Is He That Cometh In The
Name Of The Lord. Hosanna In The Highest.
Te Igitur
Wherefore, We Humbly Pray And Beseech Thee,
Most Merciful Father, Through Jesus Christ Thy
Son, Our Lord, To Accept And To Bless These
Gifts, These Presents, These Holy Unspotted
Sacrifices Which, In The First Place, We Offer
Thee For Thy Holy Catholic Church, To Which
Deign To Grant Peace; As Also To Protect,
Unite, And Govern It Throughout The Whole
World, Together With Thy Servant N. Our Pope,
And N. Our Bishop, As Also All Orthodox
Believers And Professors Of The Catholic And
Apostolic Faith.
Memento Of The Living
Remember, O Lord, Thy Servants And
Handmaids, N. And N. And All Here Present,
Whose Faith And Devotion Are Known Unto
Thee, For Whom We Offer Or Who Offer Up To
Thee This Sacrifice Of Praise For Themselves,
Their Families And Friends, For The
Redemption Of Their Own Souls, For The Hope
Of Their Safety And Salvation, And Who Pay
Their Vows To Thee, The Eternal, Living And
True God.
Communicantes
Communicating With, And Honouring In The
First Place, The Memory Of The Glorious And
Ever Virgin Mary, Mother Of Our Lord And God
Jesus Christ, As Also Of The Blessed Apostles
And Martyrs, Peter And Paul, Andrew, James,
John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew, Simon And Thaddeus, Linus, Cletus,
Clement, Xystus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence,
Chrysogonus, John And Paul, Cosmas And
Damian, And Of All Thy Saints; By Whose Merits
And Prayers Grant That We May Be Always
Defended By The Help Of Thy Protection.
Through The Same Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Hanc Igitur
Wherefore, We Beseech Thee, O Lord,
Graciously To Accept This Oblation Of Our
Service, As Also Of Thy Whole Family; Dispose
Our Days In Thy Peace, Command Us To Be
Delivered From Eternal Damnation And To Be
Numbered In The Flock Of Thy Elect. Through
Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Before The Consecration
Which Oblation Do Thou, O God, Vouchsafe In
All Things To Make Blessed, Approved, Ratified,
Reasonable, And Acceptable, That It May
Become To Us The Body And Blood Of Thy Most
Beloved Son Jesus Christ Our Lord. Who The
Day Before He Suffered, Took Bread Into His
Holy And Venerable Hands And With His Eyes
Lifted Up Toward Heaven, To God His Father
Almighty, Giving Thanks To Thee, Did Bless,
Break, And Give To His Disciples, Saying: Take,
And Eat Ye All Of This.
Consecration Of The Bread
This Is My Body
And In Like Manner, After He Had Supped,
Taking Also This Excellent Chalice Into His
Holy And Venerable Hands, And Giving Thee
Thanks, He Blessed And Gave To His Disciples,
Saying: Take And Drink Ye All Of This.
Consecration Of The Wine
For This Is The Chalice Of My Blood Of The New
And Eternal Testament: The Mystery Of Faith;
Which Shall Be Shed For You And For Many To
The Remission Of Sins.
As Often As You Do These Things, Ye Shall Do
Them In Commemoration Of Me.
After The Consecration
Wherefore, O Lord, We Thy Servants, As Also
Thy Holy People, Calling To Mind The Blessed
Passion Of The Same Christ Thy Son Our Lord,
His Resurrection From The Grave, And Glorious
Ascension Into Heaven, Offer Unto Thy Most
Excellent Majesty Of Thy Gifts And Presents, A
Pure Host, A Holy Host, An Immaculate Host,
The Holy Bread Of Everlasting Life, And The
Chalice Of Eternal Salvation.
Upon Which Vouchsafe To Look, With A
Propitious And Serene Countenance, And To
Accept Them As Thou Wert Pleased To Accept
The Gifts Of Thy Just Servant Abel, And The
Sacrifice Of Our Patriarch Abraham And That
Which Melchisedech The High Priest Offered To
Thee, A Holy Sacrifice, An Immaculate Host.
We Most Humbly Beseech Thee, Almighty God,
To Command These Things To Be Carried By
The Hands Of Thy Holy Angel To Thy Altar On
High, In The Sight Of Thy Divine Majesty, That
As Many Of Us As, By Participation At This
Altar, Shall Receive The Most Sacred Body And
Blood Of Thy Son, May From Heaven Be Filled
With All Blessings And Graces. Through The
Same Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Memento Of The Dead
Remember Also, O Lord, Thy Servants And
Handmaids, N. And N. Who Are Gone Before Us,
With The Sign Of Faith, And Who Sleep The
Sleep Of Peace (Pray For The Dead). To These
O Lord, And To All That Rest In Christ, Grant,
We Beseech Thee, A Place Of Refreshment,
Light, And Peace. Through The Same Christ Our
Lord, Amen.
Nobis Quoque Peccatoribus
To Us Also Thy Servants, Though Sinners,
Hoping In The Multitude Of Thy Mercies,
Vouchsafe To Grant Some Part And Fellowship
With Thy Holy Apostles And Martyrs: With John,
Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, Ignatius,
Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas,
Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecily,
Anastasia, And With All Thy Saints, Into Whose
Company We Beseech Thee To Admit Us, Not
Weighing Our Merits, But Freely Pardoning Our
Offences. Through Christ Our Lord.
Through Whom, O Lord, Thou Dost Always
Create, Sanctify, Quicken, Bless And Give Us
All These Good Things.
Through Him, And With Him, And In Him, Is To
Thee, God The Father Almighty, In The Unity Of
The Holy Ghost, All Honour And Glory.
At The Pater Noster
P. World Without End.
S. Amen.
P. Let Us Pray: Instructed By Thy Saving
Precepts, And Following Thy Divine Institution,
We Presume To Pray:
Our Father, Who Art In Heaven, Hallowed Be
Thy Name; Thy Kingdom Come; Thy Will Be
Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven. Give Us This
Day Our Daily Bread, And Forgive Us Our
Trespasses, As We Forgive Those Who Trespass
Against Us, And Lead Us Not Into Temptation.
S. But Deliver Us From Evil.
P. Amen.
Deliver Us, We Beseech Thee, O Lord, From All
Evils, Past, Present, And Future, And By The
Intercession Of The Blessed And Glorious Mary
Ever Virgin, Mother Of God, Together With Thy
Blessed Apostles Peter And Paul, And Andrew,
And All The Saints, Mercifully Grant Peace To
Our Days, That By The Assistance Of Thy Mercy
We May Be Always Free From Sin, And Secure
From All Disturbance. Through The Same Jesus
Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord, Who With Thee In
The Unity Of The Holy Ghost, Liveth And
Reigneth God.
P. World Without End.
S. Amen.
P. The Peace Of The Lord Remain Always With
You.
S. And With Thy Spirit.
May This Commingling And Consecration Of
The Body And Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Be To Us, Who Receive It, Unto Life Everlasting.
Amen.
Agnus Dei
Lamb Of God, Who Takest Away The Sins Of The
World, Have Mercy On Us.
Lamb Of God, Who Takest Away The Sins Of The
World, Have Mercy On Us.
Lamb Of God, Who Takest Away The Sins Of The
World, Grant Us Peace.
Prayers Before Communion
Lord Jesus Christ, Who Didst Say To Thy
Apostles: Peace I Leave You, My Peace I Give
You; Look Not Upon My Sins, But Upon The
Faith Of Thy Church; And Vouchsafe To It That
Peace And Unity Which Is Agreeable To Thy
Will; Who Livest And Reignest God For Ever And
Ever. Amen (This Prayer Is Omitted In Masses
For The Dead).
Lord Jesus Christ, Son Of The Living God, Who
According To The Will Of The Father, Through
The Co-Operation Of The Holy Ghost, By Thy
Death Hast Given Life To The World, Deliver Me
By This Thy Most Sacred Body And Blood From
All My Iniquities And From All Evils, And Make
Me Always Cleave To Thy Commandments And
Permit Me Never To Be Separated From Thee,
Who With The Same God The Father And Holy
Ghost, Livest And Reignest God World Without
End. Amen.
Let Not The Participation Of Thy Body O Lord
Jesus Christ, Which I All Unworthy, Presume To
Receive, Turn To My Judgment And
Condemnation, But Through Thy Goodness,
May It Be To Me A Safeguard And Remedy, Both
Of Soul And Body. Who With God The Father, In
The Unity Of The Holy Ghost, Livest And
Reignest God For Ever And Ever. Amen.
At The Communion
I Will Take The Bread Of Heaven And Call Upon
The Name Of The Lord. O Lord I Am Not Worthy
That Thou Shouldst Enter Under My Roof; Say
But The Word And My Soul Shall Be Healed (To
Be Said Three Times).
May The Body Of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Preserve My Soul Unto Life Everlasting (Priest
Receives Communion).
What Shall I Render To The Lord For All He Has
Rendered To Me? I Will Take The Chalice Of
Salvation And Call Upon The Name Of The Lord,
And I Shall Be Saved From My Enemies.
May The Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Preserve My Soul To Everlasting Life. Amen
(Priest Receives The Blood).
After Communion While Priest Purifies The
Chalice
Grant, O Lord, That What We Have Taken With
Our Mouth, We May Receive With A Pure Mind;
And Of A Temporal Gift May It Become To Us An
Eternal Remedy.
May Thy Body, O Lord, Which I Have Received,
And Thy Blood Which I Have Drunk, Cleave To
My Innermost Being, And Grant That No Stain
Of Sin May Remain In Me, Who Have Been
Refreshed With Pure And Holy Sacraments.
Who Livest And Reignest Forever. Amen.
The Communion *
A Soldier With A Spear Opened His Side And
Immediately There Came Forth Blood And
Water.
Oremus *
May Thy Holy Mysteries Kindle Divine Fervour
In Us, O Lord, So That Having Experienced The
Sweetness Of Thy Most Loving Heart, We May
Learn To Despise The Things Of Earth And To
Cleave To Those Of Heaven. Who Livest And
Reignest Forever. Amen.
P. Go, The Mass Is Ended.
S. Thanks Be To God.
The Last Blessing
O Holy Trinity, Let The Performance Of My
Homage Be Pleasing To Thee; And Grant That
The Sacrifice Which I, Unworthy, Have Offered
Up In The Sight Of Thy Majesty, May Be
Acceptable To Thee, And Through Thy Mercy Be
A Propitiation For Me, And All Those For Whom I
Have Offered It. Through Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
P. May Almighty God, The Father, Son And Holy
Ghost, Bless You.
S. Amen.
Last Gospel
P. The Beginning Of The Gospel According To
St. John.
S. Glory Be To Thee, O Lord.
In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word
Was With God, And God Was The Word; The
Same Was In The Beginning With God. All
Things Were Made By Him, And Without Him
Was Made Nothing That Was Made; In Him Was
Life, And The Life Was The Light Of Men; And
The Light Shineth In Darkness, And The
Darkness Did Not Comprehend It. There Was A
Man Sent From God, Whose Name Was John.
This Man Came For A Witness, To Give
Testimony Of The Light, That All Men Might
Believe Through Him. He Was Not The Light,
But Came To Give Testimony Of The Light. He
Was The True Light Which Enlighteneth Every
Man That Cometh Into This World. He Was In
The World, And The World Was Made By Him
And The World Knew Him Not. He Came Unto
His Own, And His Own Received Him Not. But
As Many As Received Him, To Them He Gave
Power To Become The Sons Of God; To Those
That Believe In His Name, Who Are Born Not Of
Blood, Nor Of The Will Of The Flesh, Nor Of The
Will Of Man, But Of God. And The Word Was
Made Flesh (Here All Kneel), And Dwelt Among
Us; And We Saw His Glory, As It Were The Glory
Of The Only-Begotten Of The Father, Full Of
Grace And Truth.
S. Thanks Be To God.
After Mass
Hail Mary To Be Said Thrice By The Priest And
People; Then:
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother Of Mercy, Our Life,
Our Sweetness And Our Hope. To Thee Do We
Cry, Poor Banished Children Of Eve; To Thee Do
We Send Up Our Sighs, Mourning And Weeping
In This Valley Of Tears. Turn, Then, Most
Gracious Advocate, Thine Eyes Of Mercy
Toward Us, And After This Our Exile, Show Unto
Us The Blessed Fruit Of Thy Womb, Jesus. O
Clement, O Loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary!
P. Pray For Us, O Holy Mother Of God.
S. That We May Be Made Worthy Of The
Promises Of Christ.
Let Us Pray
O God, Our Refuge And Our Strength, Look
Down In Mercy On Thy People Who Cry To Thee;
And By The Intercession Of The Glorious And
Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother Of God, Of St.
Joseph, Her Spouse, Of Thy Blessed Apostles,
Peter And Paul, And Of All The Saints, In Mercy
And Goodness Hear Our Prayers For The
Conversion Of Sinners, And For The Freedom
And Exaltation Of Holy Church. Through Christ
Our Lord. Amen.
Holy Michael Archangel, Defend Us In The Day
Of Battle; Be Our Safeguard Against The
Wickedness And Snares Of The Devil. May God
Rebuke Him, We Humbly Pray; And Do Thou, O
Prince Of The Heavenly Hosts, By The Power Of
God, Cast Into Hell Satan And All The Evil
Spirits Who Roam About The World Seeking The
Ruin Of Souls. Amen.
Ejaculation: (To Be Said Three Times): Most
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Have Mercy On Us.
(Indulgence Of Seven Years And Seven
Quarantines.)
The Nine Offices - In Honour Of The Sacred
Heard
This Devotion Is One Of The Most Widely-
Spread Practices In Honour Of The Divine
Heart Of Jesus. It Consists In Nine Offices,
Corresponding To The Nine Choirs Of Angels.
Nine Persons, Devoted To The Sacred Heart,
Assemble And Draw By Lot The Office Which
Each Has To Recite During The Entire Month.
On The First Friday Of Each Month, The
Selection Of Offices Is Renewed. Each Person,
Out Of Love For The Sacred Heart, Takes Upon
Himself These Duties, Which, Do Not Bind
Under Pain Of Sin, So That If Not Performed,
They Do Not Constitute Even A Venial Sin:
1. To Recite Daily The Office Drawn;
2. To Receive The Sacraments Frequently,
Especially On The First Fridays Of The Month,
In Order To Insure The “Great Promise”;
3. To Pray In A Special Manner For His
Companions That The Sacred Heart May
Shower His Choicest Blessings On Them And
On Their Families.
Offering To Be Made Each Day
My Lord Jesus Christ, In Union With Thy Infinite
Merits, I Offer Thee All My Thoughts, Actions,
And Sufferings Of This Day For The Remission
Of My Sins, For The Wants Of Holy Church, For
The Spread Of Thy Kingdom On Earth, For The
Conversion Of Sinners, And For The Souls In
Purgatory.
Most Holy Virgin, My Sweet Mother, Obtain For
Me A Tender Devotion To The Heart Of Thy
Divine Son Jesus.
Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I Believe That Thou Art Truly Present
In The Most Blessed Sacrament. I Love Thee
Above All Things And I Desire To Receive Thee
Into My Heart. Since I Cannot Receive Thee
Sacramentally, Come At Least Spiritually Into
My Heart. As Already Come, I Embrace Thee
And I Unite Myself Entirely To Thee. Never
Permit Me To Be Separated From Thee.
First Office
The Lover
In Union With The Choir Of Seraphim
Offering As On Page 176.
Affections: A Lover Of Jesus! And Whom Shall I
Love, O Jesus, If I Do Not Love Thee, Who Hast
So Loved Me As To Die For Me To Pay At The
Price Of Thy Precious Blood The Enormous
Debt Contracted By Me With Thy Most Divine
Justice? Whom Shall I Love If Not Thee, O
Infinite Goodness, Delight Of All Saints, Source
Of All Happiness? Whom Shall I Love, If I Do
Not Love Thy Adorable Heart Which Knows
Only How To Love, To Bless, To Save? Whom
Shall I Love, If I Do Not Love Thee, Who,
Forgetful Of Thy Glory, Hast Annihilated
Thyself, In This Sacrament Of Thy Love, In
Order To Remain Always Near Us?
Visit: O My Sweet Jesus, Divine Lover Of Our
Souls, I Believe In Thy Love For Me. In Loving
Thy Creatures, Is Thy Life, Thy Action, Thy
Pleasure, Thy Divine Food, Thy Sweet And
Ineffable Repose. “If Thou Shouldst Cease To
Be God,” Because Thou Art That Love Which
Gives Itself Without Measure. O Jesus, Thou
Dost Love Us So Much, And Thy Love Is So
Little Repaid! I Myself Love Thee So Little! Ah!
Tear From My Heart Every Earthly Affection;
Inflame It With Thy Holy Love, So That I May
Love But Thee With All The Powers Of My Soul.
(Say Nine Times The Glory Be To The Father,
Etc.,) Repeating After Each One:
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Implore That I May
Ever Love Thee More And More (Indulgence Of
300 Days).
Spiritual Communion As On Page 176.
Invocation To The Seraphim: O Blessed
Seraphim Of The Heavenly Court, You Who Burn
With Such Pure Flames Of Love, Allow Me To
Unite Myself To You In Loving, Praising, And
Thanking Our Infinite Love. Obtain For Me That
Each Beat Of My Heart Be An Act Of Love, And
A Protestation Of Love To That God Who Has So
Loved Me. Amen.
Second Office
The Adorer
In Union With The Choir Of Cherubim
Offering As On Page 176.
Affections: O My God, Immense, Eternal,
Omnipotent, I Adore Thy Infinite Majesty,
Hidden Under The Eucharistic Species. Why
Are There So Few Who Adore Thee In Spirit And
In Truth? Why Do Even I, Favoured By Thee With
So Many Graces, So Seldom Think Of Thee,
While I Forget So Easily That I Owe All To Thee,
My Adorable Creator? Grant That Henceforward
I May Repeat At Each Moment This Cry Of Love:
I Adore Thee Every Moment, O Living Bread Of
Heaven, Great Sacrament!
Visit: Here Before The Tabernacle, O Jesus,
Celestial Spirits Bow Down In Adoration.
Accept My Adorations, Though So Imperfect, In
Union With Those Which With So Much Ardour.
Thy Most Holy Mother, Thy Angels, And All The
Saints Of Paradise Offer Thee, And With Whom I
Join My Voice In Saying: Glory Be To The
Father, And To The Son, And To The Holy Ghost,
As It Was In The Beginning, Is Now, And Ever
Shall Be, World Without End. Amen.
Repeat The Glory Be, Etc., Nine Times,
Alternating With:
“My God, May Every Spirit Adore Thee, May
Every Heart Love Thee, May Every Will Obey
Thee, May All Things Bow Down To Thy Divine
Majesty” (300 Days Indulgence Each Time.
Taken From The Writings Of The Blessed
Capitanio).
Spiritual Communion As On Page 176.
Invocation To The Cherubim: O Blessed
Cherubim, Chosen Princes Of The Heavenly
Court, You Who Have Such Profound Knowledge
Of The Infinite Majesty Of God, And Of The
Infinite Tenderness Of His Love, Obtain For Me
That I May Always Conduct Myself With Great
Respect Before The Most Blessed Sacrament
Of The Altar, And That From Now On, I May
Receive It In Holy Communion With Great Spirit
Of Faith And Love, To Make Reparation For The
Irreverence And Coldness I Have Shown Up To
Now. Holy Angels, Adore Jesus For Me; Adore
Him Day And Night For All Creatures On Earth.
Third Office
The Promoter
In Union With The Choir Of Thrones
Offering As On Page 176.
Affections: O Heart Of Jesus, Burning With Zeal
For The Salvation Of Souls, Grant That My
Heart Also May Burn For Love Of Thee And With
Zeal For The Salvation Of My Brothers. Thou
Seest, O Jesus, What Numbers Of Infidels Still
Lie Buried In The Shades Of Death; Thou Seest
How Many Nations Still Groan Under The Yoke
Of Satan; Thou Seest How Many Souls Are
Miserably Lost! Dispel, O Good Jesus, The
Darkness Of Error, Sever The Chains Of Satan,
Lead All To The Truths Of Faith, So That All The
Earth May Sing Thy Praises And Exalt The
Infinite Tenderness Of Thy Love.
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Thy Kingdom Come!
(300 Days Each Time.)
Visit: Eucharistic Heart Of Jesus, Throbbing
With Love For Us In This Great Sacrament, I
Adore Thee With All The Powers Of My Soul,
And Since My Adoration Is So Imperfect, I
Unite It To That Which Thou Receivest From All
The Angelic Spirits And Especially From The
August Choir Of Thrones, That It May Find
Favour Before The Throne Of Thy Divine
Majesty, And Together With Them I Repeat:
Holy, Holy, Holy, Is The Lord God Of Hosts; All
Earth Is Filled With His Glory. Glory Be To The
Father, Glory Be To The Son, Glory Be To The
Holy Ghost, Now And Forever. Amen.
Nine Glory Be, Etc. With The Ejaculations:
Divine Heart Of Jesus, Bless And Prosper The
Work Of The Propagation Of The Faith.
Divine Heart Of Jesus, Bless And Increase The
Work Of The Holy Childhood Association.
Divine Heart Of Jesus, Enlighten The Infidels.
Spiritual Communion As On Page 176.
Invocation To The Thrones: O Glorious Choir Of
Thrones, Who Represent The Infinite Majesty
Of God, Who Burn With So Holy A Zeal For His
Glory, Obtain For Me That I May Be Able To
Spread Abroad The Kingdom Of His Love, So
That From One End Of The Earth To The Other
May Resound A Hymn Of Love And Adoration
And Gratitude To The Divine Heart Which Has
So Loved Us!
Fourth Office
The Faithful Servant
In Union With The Choir Of Dominations
Offering As On Page 176.
Affections: How Great An Honour It Is, O My
Sweet Jesus, To Be Admitted Among The
Servants Of Thy Divine Majesty! What Great
Sorrow Fills My Heart At The Thought Of My
Past Slothfulness, Indolence, Ingratitude In Thy
Service! Grant That Henceforth I May Detest
My Monstrous Ingratitude And Serve Thee With
Faithfulness And Love.
Visit: Heaven And Earth Obey Thy Commands,
O My God, And Man Alone Rebels Against Thy
Will! And Yet Thy Service Is Not Hard, Heavy,
Dishonourable, But Rather It Is Sweet, Easy,
Glorious. Thou Hast Said It: “To Serve God Is To
Reign, My Yoke Is Sweet And My Burden Light.”
And I, O My Sweet Redeemer, Have So Often
Shaken Off The Yoke Of Thy Service. Forgive
Me And Accept My Firm Purpose Of Serving
Thee Faithfully.
Nine Glory Be, Etc., With The Invocation:
May Thy Will Be Done On Earth, O Lord, As It Is
In Heaven.
Spiritual Communion As On Page 176.
Invocation To The Dominations: O Spirits Of
The Celestial Dominations, Ever Ready To
Execute The Commands Of The Divine Will,
Since You Fully Realize That “To Serve God Is
To Reign”, You Who Consider Yourselves So
Fortunate In Hastening To Do His Bidding,
Obtain For Me A Great Promptness In The
Divine Service, So That I May One Day Deserve
To Hear That Sweet Invitation:
“Come, Thou Faithful Servant, Thou Hast Been
Faithful In Little Things, Enter Into The Joy Of
The Lord.”
Fifth Office
Victim
In Union With The Choir Of Virtues
Offering As On Page 176.
Affections: Many, O Jesus, Desire To Reach
Heaven, But Few Consider That There Is But
One Road That Leads There, Namely, The Way
Of The Cross. “All Yearn To Rejoice With Thee
Someday, But Few Desire To Suffer Something
For Thee. Many Follow Thee Up To The
Breaking Of Bread, But Few To The Drinking Of
The Chalice Of The Passion.” Many Are Faithful
To Thee Till Thou Leavest Them In Prosperity,
But They Easily Fall Away When Any Sickness,
Deception, Or Tribulation Whatsoever, Befalls
Them.
I, Too, O Lord, Have Up To Now Been One Of
These Misguided Ones. Let Me Now
Understand That Without Suffering I Can
Neither Please Thee, Nor Arrive At Eternal
Salvation.
Visit: O My Adorable Saviour, I Contemplate
Thee On Calvary, Hanging On The Gibbet Of
The Cross, All Covered With Wounds, Thy Head
Crowned With Thorns, And Thy Heart Pierced
By The Lance, Victim Immolated To Divine
Justice For Our Sins, And I Ask Thee: Who Led
Thee To Such Excess Of Love? None Other
Than Thy Most Loving Heart. But Thou Dost
Ardently Desire That We Do Unite Ourselves To
Thee As Voluntary Victims To Expiate Our Sins
And Those Of Our Brethren. What A Happy Lost
Would Be Mine, O Lord, If I Too, Could Be
Chosen As An Acceptable Victim To Thy Divine
Majesty! What Joy To Be Able To Wash With My
Sufferings So Many Outrages Offered To Thy
Sacred Heart, And Thus Repay Thee For The
Monstrous Ingratitude Of Such A Large Number
Of Thy Children! To This End, Accept All That I
Shall Suffer In This Life Up To My Last Breath,
And Grant Me Resignation To Thy Holy Will.
Nine Glory Be, Etc., With The Ejaculation:
O Hear Of Jesus, Victim For Poor Sinners, Have
Mercy On Us!
Spiritual Communion As On Page 176.
Invocation To The Virtues: I Unite Myself To
You, O Celestial Choir Of Virtues, To Adore With
You The Divine Justice, And To Implore Mercy
For Poor Sinners. Do Obtain For Me The Grace
To Be Able To Suffer In A Holy Manner For Their
Salvation, All The Little Trials And
Contradictions Of Every Day.
Sixth Office
The Disciple
In Union With The Choir Of Powers
Offering As On Page 176.
Affections: O Jesus, Who Didst Come On Earth
To Teach To All Men The Way To Heaven, Let Me
Understand What Thou Dost Desire From Me.
Grant That I May Always Be Resigned In All
Things To Thy Most Adorable Will And That I
May Never Stain My Soul By Mortal Sin.
O Divine Master, I Repeat With Thy Great
Apostle: “Thou Only Hast Words Of Eternal
Life.” Let Me, Then, Realize The Vanity Of
Earthly Things, So That I May Learn To Follow
The Great Examples Which Thou Hast Left Me.
Jesus, Meek And Humble Of Heart, Make My
Heart Like Unto Thine (300 Days Each Time).
Visit: My Sweetest Jesus, Behold Here At Thy
Feet Thy Little Disciple Who Is Ready To Put
Into Practice Thy Divine Lessons. Speak, Then,
O Lord, For Thy Servant Listeneth.
“My Child, Never Let Yourself Be Overcome By
Trials; Live Always Resigned To My Will, Trust In
My Loving Providence And Rest Assured That I
Will Never Abandon You. Do Not Be Blinded By
The False Joys Of The Earth; Remember That
All Is Vanity, Except To Love God And To Serve
Him Alone. What Doth It Profit A Man If He Gain
The Whole World And Suffer The Loss Of His
Soul? The World Shall Fade Away Quickly, And
The Day Shall Come In Which I Myself Will Be
Your Reward Eternal. Pray, Trust And Hope!”
“O Lord, What A Priceless Lesson Thou Dost
Give Me! Sustain Me With Thy Divine Grace, So
That Thy Words May Ever Sound In My Ears,
And May Be Ever-Present To My Mind, In Order
That They May Be The Guide, The Light, And
The Comfort Of All The Days Of My Life.”
Nine Glory Be, Etc., With The Ejaculation:
O Lord, Teach Me To Do Always And In All
Things Thy Most Adorable Will.
Spiritual Communion As On Page 176.
Invocation To The Powers: O Chosen Choir Of
Celestial Powers, You Who Represent Both
Ecclesiastical And Civil Authority, Grant That I
May Live Ever Submissive To The One And The
Other, Knowing That He Who Obeys Authority,
Obeys God, And He Who Resists Authority,
Resists God. Obtain For Me Also, From The
Heart Of Jesus, That I May Ever Be Willing To
Accept From The Hand Of God, Whatever He
Has Prepared For Me, With The Firm Conviction
That All That He Disposes Is For The Greater
Good Of My Soul.
Seventh Office
The Reparator
In Union With The Choir Of Principalities
Offering As On Page 176.
Affections: O Jesus, Behold A Good Sinner
Comes To Bewail His Faults At Thy Feet And At
The Same Time To Ask Pardon For All The
Outrages That Thou Continually Receivest In
The Most Blessed Sacrament From So Many
Poor Sinners. O August Choir Of Heavenly
Principalities, Do Come To Compensate The
Adorable Heart Of Jesus For So Many Masses
Celebrated With Coldness, For So Many
Sacrilegious Communions, For So Many
Irreverences Committed By Those Very Souls
Who Are Consecrated To Him. My Jesus, Mercy!
Visit: O Lord, Who Hast Made To Thy Faithful
Servant, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, That
Beautiful Promise: “Ask Of Me Through The
Heart Of My Most Loving Son Jesus; Through
This Heart I Will Hear You And You Shall Obtain
Whatever You Ask.” Through The Merits Of His
Most Pitiful Heart, Have Pity And Mercy, O My
God, On So Many Blasphemers, On So Many
Sacrilegious Profaners Of The Most Holy
Sacrament Of The Altar, On So Many
Persecutors Of Thy Church, On So Many
Impious Ones, On So Many Unbelievers, On So
Many Ungrateful Christians. But Above All, O
My Father Of Mercies, Have Pity On Me, A
Wretched Sinner, For All The Sins I Have Had
The Misfortune To Commit. Would That I Might
Be Able To Blot Out With My Blood So Many
Iniquities! At Least Grant Me, O My Sweetest
Saviour, That I May Never Offend Thee Again!
Eternal Father, I Offer Thee The Wounds Of Our
Lord Jesus Christ To Heal The Wounds Of Our
Souls.
Nine Glory Be Etc.
Spiritual Communion As On Page 176.
Invocation To The Principalities: O Glorious
Princes Of The Heavenly Court, Obtain For Me
The Grace To Lament And Detest My Sins, And
Those Of Poor Sinners, My Brothers. Oh! How
Often Have We Outraged The Infinite Majesty
Of God; How Often Have We Tormented His
Divine Heart; How Often Have We Trampled
Upon His Precious Blood! Ah! Obtain For Us
Tears Abundant To Wash Away So Many
Iniquities And To Repair So Many Insults!
Eighth Office
The Confident
In Union With The Choir Of Archangels
Offering As On Page 176.
Affections: To Confide In Thee, My Dear Jesus,
Means To Believe That Thou Art Good, Amiable,
Merciful, Always Ready To Help Us, To Free Us
From Evil, To Forgive Us Our Sins. To Confide In
Thee, Means To Trust In Thee Who Dost Place
At Our Disposal, With The Infinite Tenderness
Of Thy Most Sacred Heart, Thy Very Divine
Omnipotence, So That Not One Of Those Who
Have Placed Their Trust In Thee May Be Lost. I
Will, Therefore, Repeat Daily With Increased
Faith: In Thee, O Lord, I Have Trusted, And I
Shall Not Be Confounded In Eternity.

Visit: With Greater Fervour, O Jesus, I Cast

Myself Today At Thy Feet, Animated By The
Greatest Trust In Thy Goodness Which Invites
Me With These Consoling Words: “Come To Me,
All Ye Who Labour And Are Heavy-Burdened,
And I Shall Restore You.” Neither Life Nor
Death, Neither Time Nor Eternity, Troubles Me
Now: From Today I Abandon Myself With
Boundless Confidence In The Most Adorable
Heart Of Jesus. Who Shall Separate Me From
Him? Who Shall Daunt Me? Who Shall Do Me
Any Harm? Who Shall Disturb The Peace Of My
Heart? Who Shall Deprive Me Of The Happiness
He Has Prepared For Me?
O Lord, I Believe In Thy Infinite Love For Me,
But Do Thou Increase My Faith; I Confide In Thy
Loving Heart, But Do Thou Increase My Trust,
And Grant That I May Ever Repeat To Thee With
The Tenderness Of A Child Who Abandon
Himself To His Father’s Arms: Sacred Heart Of
Jesus, I Trust In Thee.
Nine Glory Be, Etc. With The Ejaculation:
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Trust In Thee (300
Days Each Time).
Spiritual Communion As On Page 176.
Invocation To The Archangels: O Glorious
Archangels, Messengers Of The Most High, Fly
To The Ends Of The Earth To Proclaim The
Infinite Goodness And Tenderness Of The
Sacred Heart Of Jesus For Our Souls! Let
These Sweet Words Resound In Every Ear.
“O Mankind, Jesus Loves You With An Infinite
Love. Jesus Desires Your Happiness. Jesus
Wishes To Wash In His Blood All Your Sins.
Jesus Wants You All Saved! Fear Not To
Approach Him; Hide Yourselves In The Wound
Of His Heart. He Will Save You!”
Ninth Office
The Suppliant
In Union With The Choir Of Angels
Offering As On Page 176.
Affections: My Office To-Day Is To Present To
Thee Humble Supplications For Myself And For
The Poor Sinners, My Brothers. But Who Am I? I
Am Being Worthy To Be Despised And Unworthy
To Be In Thy Presence: I Am Like The Poor
Beggar Who Present Himself Before A Wealthy
Person For Alms; I Am Like The Poor Sick Man
Who Goes To The Physician Poor Sick Man Who
Goes To The Physician To Be Healed; I Am Like
Poor Lazarus In The Tomb, Who Needs To Be
Brought Back To Life. O Lord, Have Mercy On
Me, Have Mercy On All Poor Sinners!
Visit: May Thy Adorable Heart, O Jesus, Which
Is Able To Repel No One, Be A Thousand Times
Blessed! Do Not, Therefore, Look Upon My
Misery, But Upon Thy Goodness And Have
Mercy Upon Me According To The Multitude Of
Thy Tender Mercies. Have Pity Also, Most
Merciful Jesus, On All Who Live Far From Thee,
Who Have Always Turned A Deaf Ear To Thy
Voice, And Who Are About To Appear Before Thy
Tribunal. Have Pity On All The Sick, The
Agonizing, And Especially On The Poor Souls In
Purgatory. O Jesus, Burning With Love For Me,
Would That I Had Never Offended Thee! O My
Sweet And Loving Jesus, I Wish Never To
Offend Thee Again.
Nine Glory Be, Etc., With The Ejaculation:
Divine Heart Of Jesus, Convert Sinners, Save
The Dying, Set Free The Holy Souls In
Purgatory (300 Days Each Time).
Spiritual Communion As On Page 176.
Invocation To The Angels: Holy Angels Of
Paradise, And You Especially, Dear Guardian
Angel, Bear Today To The Throne Of God My
Poor Petitions And Plead For Them With Thy
Most Powerful Intercession, In Order That His
Divine Mercies May Fall Copiously Upon Me,
Upon Sinners, And Upon The Whole World.
Chaplet
Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus
V. O God, Incline Unto My Aid!
R. O Lord, Make Haste To Help Me!
Glory Be To The Father, Etc.
O Sweetest Heart Of Jesus, I Implore, That I
May Ever Love Thee More And More.
1. Most Loving Jesus, My Heart Leaps With Joy
In Considering Thy Loving Sacred Heart All
Tenderness And Sweetness For Sinful Man, And
With Unbounded Trust, It Never Doubts Thy
Ready Welcome. Ah! How Many Sins I Have
Committed! But Now With Peter And
Magdalene, In Tears, I Bewail And Detest Them,
Because They Have Offended Thee, My Highest
Good. Yes, Yes, Grant Me Pardon, And Oh! May I
Rather Die Than Offend Thee Again, And May I
Live Only To Love Thee.
Say One Our Father And Five Glory Be To The
Father; And Then:
O Sweetest Heart Of Jesus, I Implore, That I
May Ever Love Thee More And More!
2. My Jesus, I Bless Thy Most Humble Heart,
And I Thank Thee That In Giving It To Me As
Model, Not Only Dost Urge Me With Much
Pressing, To Imitate It, But At The Cost Of So
Many Humiliations, Thou Dost Pint Out And
Smooth The Path For Me. Foolish And
Ungrateful One That I Was! How Far I Have
Wandered! Pardon, My Jesus; Away With Pride,
But With Humble Heart, In The Midst Of
Humiliations, I Wish To Follow Thee And Thus
To Gain Peace And Salvation. Do Thou Help Me,
And I Will Bless Thy Heart In Eternity.
1 Our Father, 5 Glory Be To The Father.
O Sweetest Heart Of Jesus, Etc.
3. I Marvel, O My Jesus, At Thy Most Patient
Heart, And I Thank Thee For All Those
Wondrous Examples Of Unwearied Patience
Which Thou Didst Leave Us. It Grieves Me That
I Have Still To Reproach Myself With My
Strange Delicacy, Shrinking From The Slightest
Pain. Ah! Dear Jesus, Pour Into My Heart A
Fervent, And Constant Love For Tribulations,
For Crosses, For Mortifications, For Patience,
So That, Following Thee To Calvary, I May Wish
Thee Attain To The Joy Of Paradise.
1 Our Father, 5 Glory Be To The Father.
O Sweetest Heart Of Jesus, Etc.
4. At The Sight Of Thy Most Gentle Heart, O My
Jesus, I Shudder When I See Mine So Unlike
Thine, Since At A Shadow, At A Gesture, At A
Word In Opposition, I Fret And Lament. Oh!
Pardon My Excesses, And Grant Me The Grace
To Imitate In The Future, In Whatever
Contrariety, Thy Inalterable Meekness And
Thus Enjoy Perpetual And Holy Peace.
1 Our Father, 5 Glory Be To The Father.
O Sweetest Heart Of Jesus, Etc.
5. Let Hymns Be Sung, O Jesus, To Thy Most
Generous Heart, Conqueror Of Death And Hell,
For It Will Merits Them All. I Am More Than Ever
Confounded At Seeing My Heart So Cowardly
That It Fears Through Human Respect, Every
Passing Word; But It Shall No Longer Be So.
From Thee I Implore Strength So Courageous,
That Fighting And Conquering On Earth, I May
One Day Rejoice Triumphantly With Thee In
Heaven.
1 Our Father, 5 Glory Be To The Father.
O Sweetest Heart Of Jesus, Etc.
Let Us Turn To Mary, Consecrating Ourselves To
Her More And More, And, Trusting In Her
Maternal Heart, Let Us Say To Her:
By The Precious Gift Of Thy Sweetest Heart,
Obtain For Me, Great Mother Of My God, And My
Mother Mary, A True And Lasting Devotion To
The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Thy Son, That,
United In Every Thought And Affection With
That Heart, I May Fulfil All The Duties Of My
State Of Life With Ready Heart, Serving My
Jesus Ever More, But Especially On This Day.
V. Heart Of Jesus, Burning With Love For Us.
S. Inflame Our Hearts With Love For Thee.
Let Us Pray
Lord, We Beseech Thee, Let Thy Holy Spirit
Kindle In Our Hearts That Fire Which Our Lord
Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Sent Forth From His
Inmost Heart Upon This Earth, And Willed That
It Should Burn With Vehemence. Who Liveth
And Reigneth With Thee In The Unity Of The
Same Holy Spirit, God, World Without End.
Amen.
(300 Days Each Time. Plenary Indulgence Once
A Month.)
Litany
Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus
Lord, Have Mercy On Us.
Christ, Have Mercy On Us.
Lord, Have Mercy On Us.
Christ, Hear Us.
Christ, Graciously Hear Us.
God, The Father Of Heaven, Have Mercy On Us.
God, The Son, Redeemer Of The World, Have
Mercy On Us.
God The Holy Ghost, Have Mercy On Us.
Holy Trinity One God, Have Mercy On Us.
(Repeat “Have Mercy On Us” After Each
Invocation.)
Heart Of Jesus, Formed By The Holy Ghost In
The Womb Of The Virgin Mother,
Heart Of Jesus, Substantially United To The
Word Of God,
Heart Of Jesus, Of Infinite Majesty,
Heart Of Jesus, Sacred Temple Of God,
Heart Of Jesus, Tabernacle Of The Most High,
Heart Of Jesus, House Of God And Gate Of
Heaven,
Heart Of Jesus, Burning Furnace Of Charity,
Heart Of Jesus, Abode Of Justice And Love,
Heart Of Jesus, Full Of Goodness And Love,
Heart Of Jesus, Abyss Of All Virtues,
Heart Of Jesus, Most Worthy Of All Praises,
Heart Of Jesus, King And Centre Of All Hearts,
Heart Of Jesus, In Whom Are All The Treasures
Of Wisdom And Knowledge,
Heart Of Jesus, In Whom Dwells The Fullness
Of Divinity,
Heart Of Jesus, In Whom The Father Was Well
Pleased,
Heart Of Jesus, Of Whose Fullness We Have All
Received,
Heart Of Jesus, Desire Of The Everlasting Hills,
Heart Of Jesus, Patient And Most Merciful,
Heart Of Jesus, Enriching All Who Invoke Thee,
Heart Of Jesus, Fountain Of Life And Holiness,
Heart Of Jesus, Propitiation For Our Sins,
Heart Of Jesus, Loaded Down With Opprobrium,
Heart Of Jesus, Bruised For Our Offences,
Heart Of Jesus, Obedient Unto Death,
Heart Of Jesus, Pierced With A Lance,
Heart Of Jesus, Source Of All Consolation,
Heart Of Jesus, Our Life And Resurrection,
Heart Of Jesus, Our Peace And Reconciliation,
Heart Of Jesus, Victim For Sins,
Heart Of Jesus, Salvation Of Those Who Trust
In Thee,
Heart Of Jesus, Hope Of Those Who Die In
Thee,
Heart Of Jesus, Delight Of All The Saints,
Lamb Of God, Who Takest Away The Sins Of The
World, Spare Us, O Lord.
Lamb Of God, Who Takest Away The Sins Of The
World, Graciously Hear Us, O Lord.
Lamb Of God, Who Takest Away The Sins Of The
World, Have Mercy On Us.
V. Jesus, Meek And Humble Of Heart.
S. Make Our Hearts Like Unto Thine.
Let Us Pray
O Almighty And Everlasting God, Look Upon
The Heart Of Thy Well-Beloved Son, And The
Praise And Satisfaction He Offers Thee In The
Name Of Sinners And For Those Who Seek Thy
Mercy; Be Thou Appeased, And Grant Us
Pardon In The Name Of The Same Jesus Christ,
Thy Son, Who Liveth And Reigneth With Thee,
In The Unity Of The Holy Ghost, World Without
End. Amen (300 Days, Once A Day).
Act Of Consecration
To The Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus
O Most Sweet Jesus, Redeemer Of The Human
Race, Behold Us Humbly Prostrated Before Thy
Altar. We Are Thine And Thine We Wish To Be;
But To Be More Surely United To Thee, Behold
Each One Of Us Freely Consecrates Himself
Today To Thy Most Sacred Heart. Many, Indeed,
Have Never Known Thee; Many, Too, Despising
Thy Precepts, Have Rejected Thee. Have Mercy
On Them All, Most Merciful Jesus, And Draw
Them To Thy Sacred Heart.
Be Thou King, O Lord, Not Only Of The Faithful
Who Have Been Forsaken Thee, But Also Of The
Prodigal Children Who Have Abandoned Thee:
Grant That They May Quickly Return To Their
Father’s House, Lest They Die Of Wretchedness
And Hunger. Be Thou King Of All Those Who Are
Still Involved In The Darkness Of Idolatry Or Of
Islamism, And Refuse Not To Draw Them All
Into The Light And Kingdom Of God. Turn Thine
Eyes Of Mercy Towards The Children Of That
Race, Once Thy Chosen People. Of Old They
Called Down Upon Themselves The Blood Of
The Saviour; May It Now Descend Upon Them A
Laver Of Redemption And Of Life.
Grant, O Lord, To Thy Church, Assurance Of
Freedom And Immunity From Harm; Give Peace
And Order To All Nations, And Make The Earth
Resound From Pole To Pole With One Cry:
Praise To The Divine Heart That Wrought Our
Salvation; To It Be Glory And Honour Forever.
Amen.
(Indulgences: 300 Days, Each Time. Plenary
Once A Month, If Recited Daily, After
Confession And Communion And Visit To Public
Church. To Be Recited On The Feast Of Christ
The King.)
Prayer
Of The Guard Of Honour
Divine Saviour Jesus, Deign To Cast A Look Of
Mercy Upon Thy Children, Who, United In The
Same Thought Of Faith, Reparation, And Love,
Come To Deplore At Thy Feet Their Own
Infidelities And Those Of Poor Sinners, Their
Brethren. May We Touch Thy Divine Heart By
The Unanimous And Solemn Promises We Are
About To Make, And Obtain Mercy For
Ourselves, For The Wicked And Guilty World,
For All Who Have Not The Happiness Of Loving
Thee.
Litany Of Reparation
We All Promise That In The Future,
For The Forgetfulness And The Ingratitude Of
Men, We Will Console Thee O Lord.
(Repeat After Each Invocation.)
For Thy Abandonment In Thy Holy Tabernacle,
For The Crimes Of Sinners,
For The Hatred Of The Impious,
For The Blasphemies Vomited Against Thee,
For The Outrages Done To Thy Divinity,
For The Sacrileges By Which Thy Sacrament Of
Love Is Profaned,
For The Immodesty, And The Irreverence
Shown In Thy Adorable Presence,
For The Betrayals Of Which Thou Art The
Adorable Victim,
For The Coldness Of The Greater Number Of
Thy Children,
For The Contempt Done To Thy Advances Full
Of Love,
For The Infidelities Of Those Who Call
Themselves Thy Friends,
For The Abuse Which Is Made Of Thy Graces,
For Our Own Unfaithfulness,
For The Inconceivable Hardness Of Our Hearts,
For Our Long Delay In Loving Thee,
For Our Tepidity In Thy Holy Service,
For The Bitter Sadness In Which The Loss Of
Souls Plunges Thee,
For Thy Long Waiting At The Doors Of Our
Hearts,
For The Bitter Refusal Which We Make Thee,
For Thy Sighs Of Love,
For Thy Tears Of Love,
For Thy Imprisonment Of Love,
For Thy Martyrdom Of Love,
Prayer
O Divine Saviour Jesus, Who Didst Breathe
Forth From Thy Heart This Sorrowful
Complaint: “I Sought For Those Who Could
Console Me, And I Found None,” Deign To
Accept The Feeble Tribute Of Our Consolations,
And To Aid Us So Powerfully By The Help Of
Thy Grace, That For The Future, Flying More
And More From All That Could Displease Thee,
We May In Everything And Forever, Show
Ourselves To Be Thy Faithful And Devoted
Guards Of Honour.
We Ask It Of Thee By Thy Sacred Heart, O
Sweet Jesus, Who Being God, Livest And
Reignest With The Father And The Holy Ghost,
For Ever And Ever. Amen.
Act Of Reparation
To The Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus
O Most Sweet Jesus, Whose Immense Love For
Men Is Repaid By So Much Forgetfulness,
Negligence, And Contempt, Behold Us
Prostrate Before Thy Altar Eager To Repair By
A Special Act Of Homage The Cruel
Indifference And Injuries To Which Thy Loving
Heart Is Everywhere Subject.
Mindful, Alas! That We Ourselves Have Had A
Share In Such Great Indignities, Which We Now
Deplore From The Depths Of Our Hearts, We
Humbly Ask Thy Pardon And Declare Our
Readiness To Atone By Voluntary Expiation Not
Only For Our Own Personal Offences, But Also
For The Sins Of Those, Who, Straying Far From
The Path Of Salvation, Refuse In Their
Obstinate Infidelity To Follow Thee, Their
Shepherd And Leader, Or Renouncing The Vows
Of Their Baptism, Have Cast Off The Sweet
Yoke Of Thy Law.
And While We Intend To Expiate All Such
Deplorable Crimes, We Propose To Repair Each
One In Particular: Immodesty In Dress And
Actions, The Many Seductions To Ensnare The
Feet Of The Innocent, The Violation Of Sundays
And Holy Days, The Horrible Blasphemies
Uttered Against Thee And Thy Saints, The
Insults Hurled Against Thy Vicar And Thy
Priests, The Negligence And The Horrible
Sacrileges By Which The Very Sacrament Of
Thy Love Is Profaned, And Finally The Public
Crimes Of All Nations Which Resist The Rights
And The Teaching Authority Of The Church
Which Thou Hast Founded.
Would That We Could With Our Blood Wash
Away Such Abominations! And Now, In
Reparation For These Violations Of Thy Divine
Honour, We Offer The Satisfaction That Thou
Didst Once Make On The Cross To Thy Father,
And Which Thou Renewest Daily On Our Altars;
We Offer It In Union With The Expiation Of Thy
Virgin Mother, All The Saints And Of The Pious
Faithful On Earth; Promising Sincerely To
Repair, As Far As We Are Able, With The Help Of
Thy Grace, The Neglect Of Thy Great Love, And
For The Sins We And Others Have Committed In
The Past, By A Firm Faith, An Innocent Life, The
Observance Of The Law Of Charity, And With All
Our Power To Prevent Others From Offending
Thee And To Bring As Many As Possible To
Follow Thee.
O Loving Jesus, Through The Intercession Of
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Model In
Reparation, Deign To Receive The Voluntary
Offering We Make In This Act Of Expiation; And
By The Crowning Gift Of Perseverance Keep Us
Faithful Unto Death In Our Duty And The
Allegiance We Owe To Thee, So That We May All
One Day Come To That Happy Home, Where
Thou, With The Father And The Holy Ghost,
Livest And Reignest God, World Without End.
Amen.
(Indulgences: 300 Days Each Time. Plenary
Once A Month Under The Usual Conditions.)
Chaplet
To Obtain A Great Confidence
See Where Thy Boundless Love Has Reached,
My Loving Jesus! Thou, Of Thy Flesh And
Precious Blood, Hast Made Ready For Me A
Banquet Whereby To Give Me All Thyself. Who
Drove Thee To This Excess Of Love For Me? Thy
Heart, Thy Loving Heart. O Adorable Heart Of
Jesus, Burning Furnace Of Divine Love! Within
Thy Sacred Wound Take Thou My Soul, In Order
That, In That School Of Charity, I May Learn To
Love That God Who Has Given Me Such
Wondrous Proofs Of His Great Love. Amen.
Now Repeat 10 Times:
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Trust In Thee!
The Ordinary Prayer Beads May Be Used. On
The Large Beads Repeat The Prayer, “See
Where, Etc., On The Small Beads Repeat The
Ejaculations, Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Trust In
Thee.
By Saying This Chaplet, One Gains More Than
15,000 Days Indulgence.
Our Lord Has For Some Time Past Deigned To
Work Many Wonders Through The Invocation:
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Trust In Thee!
(Indulgence Of 300 Days Each Time.)
The Last Four Things
Remember Thy Last Ends: Death, Judgment,
Heaven, Hell, And Thou Shalt Never Sin.
Remember, O Christian Soul, That You Shall
One Day Die, But How, When, Or Where, You Do
Not Know. Only At The Last Judgment Shall
You Know Whether Your Lot Shall Be A Happy
One Or A Sad One For All Eternity. If You Scorn
God, You Must Burn In The Flames Of Hell; If,
On The Contrary, You Follow The Admonitions
Of The Gospel, The Delights Of Heaven Are
Yours.
Rosary
Of The Holy Wounds
(May Be Said On Ordinary Prayer-Beads.)
O Jesus, Divine Redeemer, Have Mercy Upon
Us And Upon The Whole World. Amen.
O Powerful God! O Holy Ghost! O Immortal God!
Have Pity On Us And Upon The Whole World.
Amen.
Pardon And Mercy, O My Jesus, During These
Present Dangers; Pour On Us Thy Most
Precious Blood. Amen.
O Eternal Father, Be Merciful To Us, Through
The Blood Of Jesus Christ, Thy Only Son. Be
Merciful To Us, We Beseech Thee. Amen.
On The Small Beads Say The Following:
My Jesus, Pardon And Mercy, Through The
Merits Of Thy Holy Wounds.
(Indulgence Of 300 Days Each Time.)
On The Large Beads:
Eternal Father, I Offer Thee The Wounds Of Our
Lord Jesus Christ To Heal The Wounds Of Our
Souls (Finish By Repeating This Prayer Three
Times).
(Indulgence Of 300 Days Each Time.)
These Invocations Were Taught By Our Lord
Himself To Sister Mary Chambon, Humble Lay-
Sister At Chambery. Our Lord Made The
Following Promises In Favour Of Those Who
Recite This Chaplet:
“I Will Grant Everything That Is Asked By My
Holy Wounds.”
“At Each Word Pronounced In This Chaplet Of
Mercy, I Let Fall A Drop Of My Blood Upon The
Soul Of A Sinner.”
“All The Visions, All The Revelations, All The
Heavenly Feelings One Can Experience And
Whatever Else You Wish, And Taken All
Together, Are Not Worth As Much As The Tiniest
Act Of Humility.”
S. John Of The Cross.
Visit To The Most Blessed Sacrament
Lord Jesus Christ, Who Through The Love
Which Thou Dost Bear To Men, Dost Remain
With Them Day And Night In This Sacrament,
Full Of Mercy And Love, Expecting, Inviting,
And Receiving All Who Come To Visit Thee, I
Believe That Thou Art Present In The
Sacrament Of The Altar. From The Abyss Of My
Nothingness, I Adore Thee, And I Thank Thee
For All The Favours Which Thou Hast Bestowed
Upon Me, Particularly For Having Given Me For
My Advocate Thy Most Holy Mother, Mary, And
For Having Called Me To Visit Thee In This
Church.
I This Day Salute Thy Most Loving Heart, And
Wish To Salute It For Three Ends: First, In
Thanksgiving For This Great Gift; Secondly, In
Compensation For All The Injuries Thou Hast
Received From Thy Enemies In This Sacrament;
Thirdly, I Wish By This Visit, To Adore Thee In
All The Places In Which Thou Art Least
Honoured And Most Abandoned In The Holy
Sacrament. My Jesus, I Love Thee With My
Whole Heart. I Am Sorry For Having Hitherto
Offended Thine Infinite Goodness. I Purpose,
With The Assistance Of Thy Grace, Never More
To Offend Thee; And At This Moment, Miserable
As I Am, I Consecrate My Whole Being To Thee.
I Give Thee My Entire Will, All My Affections
And Desires, And All That I Have. From This Day
Onward, Do What Thou Wilt With Me, And With
Whatever Belongs To Me. I Ask And Desire Only
Thy Holy Love, The Gift Of Final Perseverance,
And The Perfect Accomplishment Of Thy Will. I
Recommend To Thee The Souls In Purgatory,
Particularly Those Who Were Most Devoted To
The Blessed Sacrament And To Most Holy
Mary; And I Also Recommend To Thee All Poor
Sinners. Finally, My Dear Saviour, I Unite All My
Affections With The Affections Of Thy Most
Loving Heart; And, Thus Unite, I Offer Them To
Thy Eternal Father, And I Entreat Him, In Thy
Name, And For Thy Sake, To Accept Them.
(Indulgence Of 300 Days When Said Before The
Blessed Sacrament. Plenary Indulgence Under
The Usual Conditions.)
Act Of Oblation To God’s Love
“In Order To Live An Act Of Perfect Love, I Offer
Myself As A Victim Of Holocaust To Thy
Merciful Love, Begging Thee To Consume Me
Incessantly By Letting Overflow Into My Soul
The Waves Of Infinite Tenderness Pent Up
Within Thee, So That I May Become A Very
Martyr Of Thy Love, O My God!
May This Martyrdom, After Having Prepared Me
To Appear Before Thee, Finally Let Me Die, And
May My Soul Cast Itself Without Delay Into The
Eternal Embrace Of Thy Merciful Love!...
I Desire, O My Well-Beloved, At Every Beat Of
My Heart, To Renew This Offering An Infinite
Number Of Times, Until The Shadows Fall, And I
Can Tell Thee My Love Face To Face For All
Eternity.”
(The Little Flower Of Jesus.)
Let Us Also Repeat This Act Of Oblation In
Union With St. Therese Of The Child Jesus,
That She May Teach Us To Love The Most
Sweet Heart Of Jesus With The Same Ardent
Love With Which She Loved Him, And That We
May Merit To Have Fall Upon Us Also The
Mystical Shower Of Roses She Has Promised To
Let Fall From Heaven Upon All Those Who Are
Devoted To Her.
Reparation For Blasphemy
Devout Reader, You Know That Blasphemy Is
The Language Of Hell, And Draws Down Upon
The Head Of The One Using It, God’s Most
Terrible Punishments. Now You Can Make
Reparation For Such Great Outrages And Thus
Serve As A Lightning-Rod, By Repeating With
All Your Soul, Each Time You Hear A
Blasphemy:
Heart Of Jesus, I Love Thee! Convert The
Unfortunate Blasphemers.
Or Any One Of The Following Invocations.
Blessed Be God.
Blessed Be His Holy Name.
Blessed Be Jesus Christ, True God And True
Man.
Blessed Be The Name Of Jesus.
Blessed Be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed Be Jesus In The Most Holy Sacrament
Of The Altar.
Blessed Be The Great Mother Of God, Mary
Most Holy.
Blessed Be Her Holy And Immaculate
Conception.
Blessed Be Her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed Be The Name Of Mary, Virgin And
Mother.
Blessed Be St. Joseph, Her Most Chaste
Spouse.
Blessed Be God In His Angels And In His
Saints.
(Indulgence Of 1 Year Each Time. Plenary, Once
A Month.)
The Promises Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus To
St. Margaret Mary
Many Are The Promises That The Sacred Heart
Of Jesus Has Deigned To Make To His Servant
St. Margaret Mary, In Favour Of His Devoted
Ones, As Is Evident From Her Writings;
However, The Principal Ones Are The Following:
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 Pour Abundant Blessings On 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.
10. I Will Give To Priests The Power To Touch
The Most Hardened Hearts.
11. Persons Who Propagate This Devotion Shall
Have Their Names Written In My Heart, Whence
They Shall Never Be Effaced.
12. In The Excess Of The Mercy Of My Heart, I
Promise You That My All-Powerful Love Will
Grant To All Those Who Will Receive
Communion On The First Fridays, For Nine
Consecutive Months, The Grace Of Final
Repentance: They Will Not Die In My
Displeasure, Nor Without Receiving The
Sacraments; And My Heart Will Be Their Secure
Refuge In Their Last Hour.
(This Last Is The “Great Promise” So Often
Mentioned In This Book.)
Meditate, O Lover Of The Most Sacred Heart Of
Jesus Upon These Divine Consoling Promises
And Remember That They Are The Promise Of
Him Who Loves You With An Infinite Love, And
Who Can Never Break His Word. May They Open
Your Heart To The Greatest Confidence And
Inflame It With His Divine Love.
Indulgenced Aspirations
(300 Days Each Time, For Each Ejaculation.)
O Sweetest Heart Of Jesus, I Implore, That I
May Ever Love Thee More And More!
All For Thee, Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus!
Sweet Heart Of Jesus, Have Mercy Upon Us
And Upon Our Erring Brethren!
Jesus, Meek And Humble Of Heart, Make My
Heart Like Unto Thine!
Divine Heart Of Jesus, Convert Sinners, Save
The Dying, Set Free The Holy Souls In
Purgatory.
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Trust In Thee.
Eucharistic Heart Of Jesus, Have Mercy On Us.
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Love Thee! Convert
Poor Blasphemers!
Blessed Be The Sacred Eucharistic Heart Of
Jesus!
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Thy Kingdom Come!
Eucharistic Heart Of Jesus, Increase In Us
Faith, Hope And Charity.
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Victim Of Love, Make
Me For Thee, A Living, Holy Host, Pleasing To
God.
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, In Thee I Place All My
Trust, For Though I Fear All Things From My
Malice And Frailty, I Hope All Thing From Thy
Goodness.
Lamb Of God, Who Takest Away The Sins Of The
World, Grant Us Peace.
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, I Believe In Thy Love
For Me.
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Fount Of All Purity,
Have Mercy On Us.
Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Protect Our
Families.
Praised And Blessed Be The Sacred Heart And
The Precious Blood Of Jesus In The Most Holy
Sacrament Of The Altar.
May The Most Holy Sacrament Be Adored And
Praised For Ever.
Message Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus To The
Heart Of A Priest
“I Am Cold! I Thirst! I Hunger!... Tell My Priests
To Warm Me With The Warmth Of Their Love!...
To Give Me Souls! Souls! Souls! Did I Not Die
For Love Of Them?
All The Treasures Of My Heart Are Laid Bare!...
The More Do The Nations Stray From Me And
Reject Me, The More My Sweet Mother Urges
Me To Open The Treasures Of Love, Of Mercy,
Of Sanctification, Of My Heart!
Certainly The Devotion Of The Sacred Heart Is
Very Widespread; This Consoles Me, And Brings
Back To Me A Large Number Of Souls! And Yet,
How Far You Are From Understanding The
Infinite Treasures Of My Heart!... My Mother
Beseeches Me, My Love Moves Me To Distribute
These Treasures, To Invite Good Souls To Come
And Lose Themselves In This Ocean Of Mercy
And Love…
Oh! Carry This Appeal Of My Heart To The Ends
Of The Earth; Carry It Above All To My Priest,
Whom I Love So Much! My Priest!... Another
Christ!...
Oh! If They Would Only Understand The Intense
Longing I Have To Unite Myself Intimately To
Each One Of Them! On The Contrary, There Are
But Very Few Who Attain This Perfect Union
Which My Heart Has Prepared For Them On
Earth!
And How Shall This Be Brought About? Collect,
Unite, In Some Way All Their Affections And
Concentrate Them In Me Who Am There In The
Very Midst Of Their Soul! Ah! Cry Aloud To
Them, To All Those Who Suffer For Me In The
Ice Of The North, To Those Who Burn In The
Heat Of The Equator, To These Strong Athletes
Who Fight Under My Banner, To Those Who
Spend Themselves Day And Night In The
Service Of Souls, Who Are Brought To Earth By
Persecutions, By Trials, For My Sake: Finally To
All; Tell Them To Listen To This Loving And
Pressing Appeal Of My Heart, My Tender
Invitation To Descend Into The Depths Of Their
Soul, And To Unite Themselves There, To Him
Who Never Leaves Them, To Identify
Themselves In Some Manner, With Me… And
Then, With What Graces Shall I Not Bless
Them!
This Mysterious And Divine Union Shall Be The
Beginning Of A Life More Holy And More Fruitful
Than That Led Up To Now.”
(This Message Was Found Among The Memoirs
Of P. Nicolet, Who For Twenty Years Was
Superior Of A Theological Seminary In Brittany.
It Was Entitled: “Message Du S. Coeur Au Coeur
Du Pretre. It Bore No Author’s Name, But The
Handwriting Was Not That Of P. Nicolet.
Approved By Pius X, It Was In A Short Time
Scattered Throughout The World, And Was The
Cause Of Great Spiritual Reforms.)
(Taken From The Book: Manete In Dilectione
Mea.)
Particular Promises Made By Our Lord To The
Apostles Of His Divine Heart
From The Many Promises Made By Our Lord To
The Promoters Of This Devotion, As Is Seen In
The Writings Of St. Margaret Mary, The Spanish
Messenger Enumerates The Following:
1. All The Divine Treasure Shall Be Open To
Them.
2. By Their Friendship With This Divine Heart,
The Apostles Of The Sacred Heart Have
Secured The Protection Of The Blessed Virgin
And Of The Saints.
3. They Shall Make Rapid Progress In The Path
Of Perfection. The Heart Of Jesus Sanctifies
And Glorifies Them.
4. They Shall Receive The Grace Of A Pure Love
Of God.
5. They Shall Call Down Blessings From
Heaven, Especially On Their Country And Their
Family.
6. To The Works Of Zeal Undertaken By The
Apostles Of This Devotion, Are Reserved
Copious Blessings And They Shall Result In
Great Conversions.
7. Persons Who Propagate This Devotion Shall
Have Their Names Written In My Heart, Never
To Be Effaced.
8. They Shall Know The Mysteries Of The
Cross, And Understand Its Value And Merit; And
In The Trials Of Their Apostolate They Shall
Receive Strength And Consolation.
9. They Shall Obtain The Grace Of
Perseverance And That Of A Happy Death.
10. The Sacred Heart Of Jesus Himself Shall Be
Their Reward And Recompense.
The Cry Of Fr. Mathew Crawley
Fr. Crawley, Well Known To Our Readers
Because Of His Eminent Virtue And Holiness,
Cries Out To Those Chosen Souls Who Desire
To Console The Heart Of Jesus, Inviting Them
To Make A Holy Hour Of Adoration, In The
Night, Once A Month, In Private, As An Act Of
Reparation. Moreover He Writes: “The Heart Of
Jesus Bleeds, Agonizes, Is Sad Even Unto
Death, Wounded, Mortally Wounded By Those
Who, By Right Ought To Be His Apostles!... We
Are On The Edge Of An Abyss In The Depths Of
Which Froths The Torrent Of Social Corruption:
The Family Is Shaken To Its Very Foundation By
This Mass Of Licentiousness And Immorality…”
And He Goes On To Tell Of The Shameful Mode
Of Dress, The Entertainments, The
Unrestrained Sensuality, The Dance, The
“Horrible Modern Education”, Saying That
“Justice Ought To Strike The World With Divine
Rigour, And That It Will Do So, Unless
Reparation Is Made”. “Let Us Pray, Let Us Make
Reparation, Let Us Make Penance… As The
Punishment Is So Much The More Threatening
In That The Greater Number Of The Guilty
Realize What They Are Doing. May The Abyss Of
The Heart Of Jesus Absorb That Of Our
Immense Crimes And Sins!...”
Appendix
Consecration Of The Family
The Consecration Of The Family To The Sacred
Heart Is A Devotion Desired By Our Lord, Who
Has Made Loving Promises In Favour Of
Families Consecrated To Him. “I Will Bless,” He
Said, “Those Homes Where An Image Of My
Heart Shall Be Exposed And Venerated; I Shall
Give Peace In Their Families; I Shall Bless
Abundantly All Their Undertakings. I Shall Be
Their Secure Refuge In Life And Especially At
The Hour Of Death.”
In Order To Make This Consecration, One Must
Have A Representation Of The Sacred Heart Of
Jesus, Have It Blessed By A Priest, And After
Having Placed It In A Place Of Honour In The
House, Make Before It The Consecration Of The
Entire Family. Where It Is Possible, It Is Well
That All Be Present At The Ceremony, And
Where This Is Not Possible, Then As Many
Members As Can Be There, Should Be Present;
The Consecration Is Equally Valid.
The Sacred Heart Of Jesus Has Accorded Many
Favours, Even Extraordinary Ones To Those
Families Which Have Received Him Into Their
Midst By Consecrating Themselves To Him.
Among The Graces May Be Mentioned Help
Received In Critical Periods, Dangers Averted,
Discords Settled, And Above All Numberless
Souls Who Have Returned To The Faith.
Act Of Consecration Of The Family To The
Sacred Heart
O Most Sweet Heart Of Jesus, Who, To Thy
Great Lover St. Margaret Mary, Hast Made This
Consoling Promise: “I Will Bless Those Homes
In Which An Image Of My Sacred Heart Shall Be
Exposed And Venerated,” Deign To Accept
Today The Consecration Of Our Family To Thee.
By This Act We Intend To Proclaim Solemnly
The Dominion That Thou Hast Over All
Creatures And Over Us, Recognizing Thee As
King Of Our Souls. Thy Enemies, O Jesus,
Refuse To Admit Thy Sovereign Rights, And
Repeat The Satanic Cry: “We Do Not Want This
One Reign Over Us,” Thereby Torturing In A
Most Cruel Manner Thy Most Loving Heart; And
We, On The Other Hand, Repeat With Greater
Fervour And More Ardent Love: Reign, O Jesus,
Over Our Family And Over Each Of Its Members;
Reign Over Our Minds, That We May Always
Believe In The Truths Thou Hast Taught Us;
Reign Over Our Hearts, That We May Always
Follow Thy Divine Teachings. Be Thou Only, O
Divine Heart, The Sweet King Of Our Souls, Of
These Souls Which Thou Hast Conquered At
The Price Of Thy Precious Blood, And Which
Thou Dost Desire To See All Saved.
And Now Dost Thou Keep Thy Promise And Let
Fall Upon Us Thy Blessings. Bless Us In Our
Labours, In Our Undertakings, In Our Health, In
Our Interests. Bless Us In Joy And In Sorrow, In
Prosperity And In Adversity, Now And Always.
Grant That Peace Reign In Our Midst, As Well
As Concord, Respect, Love For One Another,
And Good Example.
Defend Us From Dangers, From Sickness, From
Accidents, And Above All, From Sin. Deign
Finally, To Write Our Names In The Most Sacred
Wound Of Thy Heart, And Grant That It Be
Never Effaced So That After Having Been
United With Thee On Earth, We May One Day Be
United In Heaven, There To Sing The Glories
And The Triumphs Of Thy Mercy. Amen.
Ejaculation: We Want God, Who Is Our Father;
We Want God, Who Is Our King.
Now Recite One Our Father, One Hail Mary, And
One Glory Be To The Father In Honour Of The
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, And A Hail Holy Queen,
To The Blessed Virgin Mary To Obtain Her
Protection.
It Is Well To Renew This Consecration On The
Great Feast Days Of The Year.
“God Is So Good That His Heart Drips Mercy On
All Poor Sinners.”
The Cure Of Ars.
Divine Counsels
(From “Life Of Sr. Benigna” By Can. Boccardo.)
In What Sanctity Consists
“Sanctity Consists In A Multitude Of Little Acts,
Just As To Make A Painting One Needs Many
Strokes Of The Brush, Many Even Resembling
Each Other, But Which Are Necessary, Though
There Are Some Which Serve Only To Cover The
Canvas, So God Gives A Multitude Of Graces,
And The Souls Must Correspond With A
Multitude Of Little Acts…”
“Do You Know Which Is The Road That Leads
Most Quickly To Paradise? It Is The Hope In My
Merits: It Is Fidelity To Grace…”
Resignation To Divine Will
“There Are Some Souls Who Would Like To Do
Much For My Glory, Who Would Like To Go
About The World Converting Souls, And Yet
They Are Nailed To A Bed Of Pain, And Are
Moreover A Burden To Others. Very Well, These
Souls, By A Single Act Of Resignation To My
Will, Do More Than They Would By Going About
The World To Save Souls. Write This: It Is
Pleasing To Me, As It Will Do Much Good To
Souls.”
The Secret Of Sanctity
“(Aug. 20, 1924) – You Cannot Do Great Things
For My Love, Do Little Things With Great Love.
Which Is Worth The More: A Kilogram Of Iron Or
A Gram Of Gold? A Nod Of The Head Made From
A Motive Of Love Is Worth More Than A Fast
Performed Through Necessity. The Secret Of
Sanctity Is This: To Be As God Wants, To Do
What God Wants, To Wish What God Wishes.”
Give Me Souls
“My Spouse, Give Me Souls! It Is By Means Of
Sacrifice That You Can Give Them To Me, By
Sacrifice… I Have Died On The Cross To Save
Souls… I Do Not Ask Great Things Of You, No,
My Benigna, But Only A Word Held Back, A
Look Repressed, A Thought Cut Short, In One
Word, All That Mortifies You. Unite All These
Little Acts To My Infinite Merits.”
Effects Of Repentance
Jesus Said To Me: “Even Though A Soul Were
Covered With All The Sins That Could Be
Committed By The People Who Have Been In
The World, Who Are Now In The World, And Who
Will Be In The World To The End Of Time, If That
Soul Repents And Is Bathed In My Precious
Blood, There Remains In That Soul Not Even
The Lightest Stain, Because My Grace Works
Continually When It Finds In Souls The Proper
Dispositions.”
I Thirst For Love
“What Hurts Me Most Is To See The
Indifference That Creatures Have Towards Me…
The Hate! They Fly From Me As Though I Were
An Assassin, A Criminal, A Thief Who Would
Despoil Them Of Their Goods! My Spouse, I
Thirst For The Love Of My Creatures! The
Seraphim Love Me Very Much, Their Love Is
More Pure And More Perfect… I Have So Much
Love In Heaven, But I Come To Look For It On
Earth, Because On Earth Love Comes Freely… I
Have A Human Heart, And I Love Mankind
Because They Are My Brothers, Yes, Men Are
My Brothers…!”
The Writings Of Sr. Benigna
Jesus Told Me: “My Benigna, I Hunger, I Thirst,
A Fever Urges Me To Tell You That You Write As
Much As You Can. Yes, Benigna, The
Autobiography Of The Little Flower Does Much
Good, But These Your Writings Will Not Do Less.
They Will Be A Net Which Serves To Catch
Fish…”
We Are Not To Wonder At Our Faults
“When You Happen To Fall, Do Not Go To The
Devil To Have It Repaired; At Most, To Fix A
Small Hole, He Takes A Large Needle And
Coarse Thread, And Makes The Hole Still
Greater. If After Having Committed A Fault, You
Wonder At Yourself, As Though You Were Not
Capable Of Falling, You Make An Act Of Pride;
Instead You Should Say To Me: “My God, Behold
The Fruit Of My Earth. If Thou Hadst Not
Helped Me, I Should Have Done Worse. I Am But
A Plant Which Produces Wild Fruit, But If Thou
Dost Graft It, It Shall Produce Good Fruit.”
However Well A Piece Of Cloth Is Mended One
Can Always See The Patch, But When I Mend
The Holes In A Soul, That Soul Is More
Beautiful Than Before.”
(July 9, 1914.)
The Masterpieces Of Divine Mercy
“I Have Need To Consume The Miseries Of My
Poor And Little Creatures, And I Never Tire Of
Washing And Washing Again Their Souls,
Because I Wash Them In My Precious Blood.
You Cannot Believe How Much Pleasure I
Experience In Fulfilling My Office Of Saviour! It
Is My One Delight, And I Make The Greatest
Masterpieces From The Very Souls Which I
Have Pulled From The Filthiest Mire.
Once Sins Are Forgiven, They Are Changed For
That Soul Into As Many Fountains Of Grace,
Because They Are Perennial Founts Of
Humility. If You Only Knew, My Benigna, How
Much Glory I Receive From The Habitual State
Of A Soul In The Most Profound Humility! The
Profit Which The Soul Derives, The Glory That
Is Given To My Mercy, Is So Great That I, Many
Times, Permit Evil In Order To Draw From It A
Much Greater Good. And Who, On Seeing A
Filthy Rag, Would Ever Think That, That Same
Rag, By The Work Of Machinery, Can Become
The Best Quality Of Paper On Which May Be
Written The Most Beautiful Things? And Cannot
Mercy Do More Than Machinery, And My Love
Do More Than Creatures? Only Confide In Me, O
My Benigna, Only Trust; Remember That Your
Safety Rests In Confidence In Thy Jesus, And
Hat The More Deeply This Confidence Is
Rooted In Your Soul, So Much The More Shall
You Be Happy.”
How Jesus Desires That We Love Our
Neighbour
“I Wish That You Keep Your Neighbour In Your
Heart As In A Greenhouse Of Love. In A
Greenhouse, The Flowers Get The Sun, But
They Are Not Struck By The Tempest, Nor
Shaken By The Wind; This Is What I Want From
You For Your Neighbour. You Must Expose Your
Neighbour To The Rays Of The Sun, That Is,
That You Give Him The Kindest Attentions,
Such As Will Warm His Heart; But All That
Would In The Least Hurt Him Or Cause Him To
Suffer, You Must Avert From Him. You Must Take
All The Pain Upon Yourself, Even As The Glass
Of The Greenhouse Receives All The Rain, The
Storm, The Fog, And Permits That None Of It
Touch The Flowers. Remember Always That
This Is An Evangelical Counsel: You Must Love
Your Neighbour As I Myself Have Loved Him,
Therefore You Must Love Him More Than
Yourself. If You Knew How To Repose In A
Charitable Heart! There I Find My Delights
Which I Extend Also To That Soul, And I
Inundate It With Peace, Joy, Heavenly
Consolation. In Your Spiritual Intercourse,
Then, You Must Desire For Your Neighbour All
The Spiritual Good You Desire For Yourself, And
Be In Favour Of It In Your Neighbour As You
Would Be For Yourself.”
(From The “Vademecum”.)
The Dwelling-Place Of Jesus
Jesus Said To Me: “I Desire To Build Myself A
Dwelling-Place In Which Will Reign All The
Virtues Which Are Dear To My Heart: Humility,
Poverty, Simplicity, Charity.” Then I Said: “My
Sweet Mercy, Do What Thou Dost Wish To Do. I
Do Not See How I Can Help Thee, But If For Thy
Building Thou Hast Need Of Cement, Pulverize
My Bones, Mix Them In My Blood And In My
Tears, And Make Use Of Them.”
(Mother Luisa Margherita.)
Become An Apostle Of This Devotion
Whoever You May Be Who Have Read These
Pages, You Must Try To Become An Apostle Of
This Devotion By Urging Many To Make The
Nine First Fridays. Have You Not Some Dear
Souls To Save? Then Begin By Propagating This
Devotion Among Your Friends And
Acquaintances. Remember That Who Saves
One Soul, Is Assured Of His Own Salvation. Any
Money Spent In This Manner, While Helping You
To Make Reparation For Any Evil You May Have
Done In Your Life, Shall Be Returned To You
One-Hundred-Fold.
End Of The Book
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