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DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

The honor and worship now given to the Sacred Heart of Jesus had its origin through the revelations made to St. Margaret Mary in the seventeenth century. The immediate object of the devotion is the Heart of Jesus, the Son of God, and the burning Love of Christ manifested toward mankind. Its aim is to make our Lord king over our hearts by exciting in them a return of love, by forming them to imitate His meekness, and by offering Him reparation for the ingratitude of man.

LITANY OF THE SACRED HEART

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,
God, the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mother,