Rosary Workshop - Chaplet Prayers
SACRED HEART PRAYERS
33 BEAD CHAPLET - SYMBOLIZING YEARS OF CHRIST'S LIFE
This 33 bead chaplet (one for each year of Christ's' earthly life) is promoted by the Sacred Heart Society (1980) according to A Handbook of Catholic Sacramentals by Ann Ball (pg. 177). It is in response to JP II's request in his 1979 encyclical, REDEEMER OF MAN - in preparation of the coming of the new millennium.  He called for a reawakening in each of us of Jesus' love and for the truth of faith as expressed in the Gospel

CHAPLET PRAYER    -    NOVENA
NOVENA PRAYER   -   OFFERING

"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us"

Sacred Heart of Jesus
Church of the Precious Blood, Stephenson MI

 

~ CHAPLET PRAYER ~

  One each of the 33 beads, one is to say with assurance:

Sacred Heart of Jesus,
I trust in your love.

The medal on this chaplet is the two hearts medal - cast from an old piece
from the 19th century - of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary and Sacred Heart of Jesus

~ NOVENA - SACRED HEART ~

a meditation
This novena as used today dates back to 1672.  St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation nun from France,  received several visits from Jesus.  He told her of the devotion to His Sacred Heart and how he wanted people to honor him in the symbol of his heart of flesh.  He asked for acts of reparation.  He asked for people to receive him in Eucharist on the First Friday of each month  in keeping with the Holy Hour.  He also asked people receive him frequently.

The Church encourages us to recognize that two important things in this devotion to the Sacred Heart, Christ's Heart of flesh and his love for us.  And that we are to recall His love for us through this true devotion to the Sacred Heart.

"Christ's love that surpasses all knowledge"
Ephesians  3:19

~ NOVENA PRAYER ~

Divine Jesus, You have said, "Ask and you shall  receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you." Behold me kneeling at Your feet, filled  with a lively faith and confidence in the promises dictated by Your Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary.  I come to ask this favor:

~ mention your request ~

To whom can I turn if not to You, Whose Heart is the source of all graces and merits? Where should I seek if not in the treasure which contains all the riches of Your kindness and mercy? Where should I knock if not at the door through which God gives Himself to us and through which we go to God? I have recourse to You, Heart of Jesus. In You I find consolation when afflicted, protection when persecuted, strength when burdened with trials, and light in doubt and darkness.
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Dear Jesus, I firmly believe that You can grant me the grace I implore, even though it should require a miracle. You have only to will it and my prayer will be granted. I admit that I am most unworthy of Your favors, but this is not a reason for me to be discouraged. You are the God of mercy, and You will not refuse a contrite heart. Cast upon me a look of mercy, I beg of You, and Your kind Heart will find in my miseries and weakness a reason for granting my prayer.
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 Sacred Heart, whatever may be Your decision with regard to my request, I will never stop adoring, loving, praising, and serving You. My Jesus, be pleased to accept this my act of perfect resignation to the decrees of Your adorable Heart, which I sincerely desire may be fulfilled in and by me and all Your creatures forever.
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Grant me the grace for which I humbly implore You through the Immaculate Heart of Your most sorrowful Mother. You entrusted me to her as her child, and her prayers are all-powerful with You. Amen.

~ OFFERING ~

 My God, I offer You all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings in union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, for the intentions for which He pleads and offers Himself in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in thanksgiving for Your favors, in reparation for my sins, and in humble supplication for my temporal and eternal welfare, for the needs of our holy Mother the Church, for the conversion of sinners, and for the relief of the poor souls in purgatory.

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 For more information, please read and visit:
A Handbook of Catholic Sacramentals by Ann Ball (pg. 177)
Treasury of Novenas
 EWTN