Saint Helen’s, Langside

Novena to the Sacred Heart

Opening Prayer (said together)

Lord Jesus, the needs of your people open your heart in love to each of us. You care for us when we are lost, sympathise with us in loneliness and comfort us in mourning; you are closest to us when we are weakest. You love us most when we love ourselves least; you forgive us most when we

forgive ourselves least; you call us to spread your love in whatever way we can. Lord Jesus, your heart is moved with compassion when we are suffering, when we need your help and when we pray for each other.

Reading and reflection and prayer

Day 1: Jesus shows us his Father The Prodigal Son

Day 2: Jesus brings us peace Facing the evil of the world

Day 3: A Heart open to All The woman at the well

Day 4: Meeting Jesus in the Eucharist The Bread of Life

Day 5: The Heart that suffers Pick up your cross and follow me

Day 6: The Heart that Heals Come to me all you who are weary

Day 7: A grateful heart Mary’s Magnificat

Day 8: An eternal home in Jesus’ Heart When our earthly tent is folded up…

Day 9: A prayerful heart Marth and Mary

Novena Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, your heart was moved with love for the men and women who came for help in their need. You healed the sick, you fed the hungry, you forgave sinners, you cried over Jerusalem. Above all, you showed to those who

were prepared to listen the way to true life, for you are the Way the Truth and the Life.

Lord, your heart is still moved today by your people and their many needs. Open our hearts to hear your word, to accept your love, and to respond to your call. In particular, I beg you to grant me the favour I ask during this novena (make you request silently), provided that it will contribute to my own eternal good and to the building up of your Kingdom of justice, peace and love here on earth.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

Presentation of your own Intention

A pause to bring your own intention to the loving Heart of Jesus

Litany of the Sacred Heart

Lord, have mercy

Act of Consecration

We give and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, our person, our life, our actions, our pains and sufferings, so that we may no longer be willing to use any part of our being except to honour, love, and glorify the Sacred Heart. It is our unchanging intention to be all His and to do all for love of Him. We renounce at the same time with all our heart whatever can displease Him. We, therefore, take You, Sacred Heart, for the only object of our love, the protector of our life, the pledge of our salvation, the remedy of our weakness and inconstancy, the atonement for the faults of our life, and the secure refuge at the hour of our death.

Be then, Heart of goodness, our justification before God the Father, and turn away from us the punishment of His just anger. Heart of love, we put our confidence in You, because we fear everything from our own sinfulness and weakness. We hope for all things from Your mercy and generosity. Destroy in us all that can displease or resist Your holy Will. Let Your pure love impress You so deeply upon our hearts that we may never forget You or be separated from You. May our names, by Your loving kindness, be written in You, because in You we desire to place all our happiness and all our glory in living and dying in very bondage to You. (Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque)

Final Prayer and Blessing

Almighty and Eternal God, look upon the Heart of Your most beloved Son, and upon the praises and satisfaction which He offers You in the name of sinners; and to those who implore Your mercy, in Your great goodness, grant forgiveness in the Name of the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You, forever and ever.