Day 5 - Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Monday, June 23) Hail, Sacred Heart of Jesus, living and strengthening source of eternal life, infinite treasury of the Divinity, and burning furnace of divine love! You are my refuge and my sanctuary. My loving Savior, consume my heart in that burning love with which your own Heart is inflamed. Pour out upon me those graces which flow from Your love. And if it be your most Holy Will, please grant my petition I make to Your Most Sacred Heart. Let my heart be so united with Yours that our wills may be one, and my will may in all things be conformed with Your Will. May Your Will be the guide and rule of my desires and of my actions. Amen Refelection By Saint John Paul IIs Angelus - Sunday, 9th June 1985 At the hour of our communal prayer of the Angelus we turn, together with Mary – through her immaculate heart – towards the divine heart of her Son: the heart of Jesus, holy temple of God; heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High.” Heart of a man like many, many other human hearts and, at the same time, heart of God the Son. If therefore it is true that every man “dwells”, in some way, in his heart, then in the heart of the man of Nazareth, of Jesus Christ, dwells God. It is the “temple of God”, being the heart of this man. God the Son is united with the Father, as the eternal Word, “God from God, light from light … begotten not created.” The Son is united with the Father in the Holy Spirit, who is the “breath” of the Father and of the Son and is, in the divine Trinity, the Person-Love. The heart of the man Jesus Christ is therefore, in the trinitatian sense, the “temple of God”; is the interior temple of the Son who is united with the Father in the Holy Spirit through the unity of the Godhead. How inscrutable is the mystery of this heart which is the “temple of God” and the “tabernacle of the Most High! At the same time, it is the true “house of God with men” (Rev 21,3) since the heart of Jesus, in its interior temple, embraces all men. Everyone dwells there, embraced by the eternal love. To everyone – in the heart of Jesus – can be addressed the words of the prophet: “I have loved you with an everlasting love, by this you still have mercy.” (Jeremiah 31:3) May this power of eternal love, which is in the divine heart of Jesus, be communicated today in a particular way to the young people who have received Confirmation. In them the Holy Spirit should dwell in a particular way. Hence may their hearts also become - in the likeness of Christ – a “holy temple of God” and a “tabernacle of the Most High.” I have often heard young people sing: “Do you know that you are the temple?” Yes. We are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in us, according to the words of Saint Paul. Through the immaculate heart of Mary let us remain in the covenant with the heart of Jesus, which is the “temple of God”, the most splendid and the most perfect “tabernacle of the Most High.” Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, 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 Spirit, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, wonderfully united to the eternal word, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, vessel of justice and love, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, never-ending source of all virtues, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, worthy of all praise, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, in which are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, in which dwell all the fullness of the Divinity, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, in which the Father is well pleased, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, deepest desire of the human heart, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, patient and abounding in mercy, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, generous to all who call upon you, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, fount of life and holiness, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, atonement for our sins, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, which suffered rejection for our sake, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, bruised for our sins, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, made obedient unto death, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, victim of our sins, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in you, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in you, have mercy on us. Heart of Jesus, delight of all saints, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord, Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make our hearts like unto yours. Let us pray, Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of your well-beloved Son and the praises and sacrifice He offers you in the name of sinners; being pleased with His holy obedience, pardon those who implore your mercy and give us a share in His resurrection, in the name of the same Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.
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