FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION TO SACRED HEART OF JESUS
"MY DIVINE HEART IS SO INFLAMED WITH LOVE FOR MEN, and for you in particular that, being unable any longer to contain within Itself the flames of Its burning Charity, It must needs spread them abroad by your means, and manifest Itself to them in order to enrich them with the precious graces of sanctification and salvation necessary to withdraw them from the abyss of perdition." —Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
HAIL, HEART OF JESUS, SAVE ME!
Hail, Heart of my Creator, perfect me!
Hail, Heart of my Savior, deliver me!Hail, Heart of my Judge, grant me pardon!Hail, Heart of my Father, govern me!Hail, Heart of my Spouse, grant me love!Hail, Heart of my Master, teach me!Hail, Heart of my King, be my crown!Hail, Heart of my Benefactor, enrich me!Hail, Heart of my Shepherd, guard me!Hail, Heart of my Friend, comfort me!Hail, Heart of my Brother, stay with me!Hail, Heart of the Child Jesus, draw me to yourself!Hail, Heart of Jesus dying on the Cross, redeem me!Hail, Heart of Jesus in all your states, give yourself to me!Hail, Heart of incomparable goodness, have mercy on me!Hail, Heart of splendor, shine within me!Hail, most loving Heart, inflame me!Hail, most merciful Heart, work within me!Hail, most humble Heart, dwell within me!Hail, most patient Heart, support me!Hail, most faithful Heart, be my reward!Hail, most admirable and most worthy Heart, bless me!
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let my heart never rest until it finds You, who are its center, its love, and its happiness. By the wound in Your heart pardon the sins that I have committed whether out of malice or out of evil desires. Place my weak heart in Your own divine Heart, continually under Your protection and guidance, so that I may persevere in doing good and in fleeing evil until my last breath. Amen.~ Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
