05/27/2026
Pray the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus from Wednesday June 3rd through Thursday June 11 just prior to The Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday, June 12, 2026. Click on the “See More” link to read more.
The short story of the feast is explained in an old catechism: “A single word of Christ would have fully sufficed to redeem us, but it was not enough to make manifest the love of God. It is because of the great love Christ displays towards us, that we venerate the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The heart is the center of the physical life; from it the blood flows into every part of the body, maintaining its vitality. And since there is an intimate connection between body and soul, the heart is spoken of as the center of the spiritual life, whence all the thoughts and feelings take their rise. Hence, we say: “My heart rejoiced, my heart is grieved, etc.” The heart is regarded pre-eminently as the seat of love. When we venerate the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we call to mind His exceeding great love for us, and are stimulated to return love for love. God made use of a French nun, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, to propagate this devotion. Our Lord appeared to her repeatedly, showing her His Heart pierced by the lance, emitting flames of fire, surrounded by a crown of thorns to signify the pain sinners cause to Our Savior and surmounted by a shining cross. Our Lord intimated His desire that pictures of this Heart should be exposed for veneration, and promised signal blessings to all who should practice this devotion. He also commanded the festival of the Sacred Heart to be kept on the Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi. This day is a most appropriate one, for it was on a Friday that Our Lord by His death gave the greatest possible proof of His love, and His Heart was pierced by the lance. Moreover, the Adorable Sacrament of the Altar affords abundant testimony to the love of the Savior, for as the sun’s rays are focused in a lens, so the rays of the sun of divine love are concentrated in the Sacrament of the Altar. Hence the feast of Corpus Christi is a special memorial of the love of Christ for man. The devotion to the Sacred Heart, opposed at the outset, as are all works that are of God, spread rapidly over all the earth, and was attended by signal blessings. Another reason why Our Lord suffered so much was that He might be a pattern to us in suffering: “Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example” (1 Pet. ii. 21). He Himself said: “I have given you an example” (John xiii. 15).”
Pray this Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the grace of making reparation for the offenses against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and against human dignity that have taken place in your country. Ask also that your heart will be united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so that the families and communities in your country will enjoy peace and happiness; so that broken relationships will be reconciled, so that injustices will be repaired, and that wounds of your land will be healed.
First pray the Novena Prayer I. O my Jesus, you have said: 'Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you. ' Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of making reparation for the offenses against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and against human dignity that have taken place in my country. I also ask that my heart will be united to the sacred Heart of Jesus, so that the families and communities in my country will enjoy peace and happiness; so that broken relationships will be reconciled, so that injustices will be repaired, and that wounds of my country will be healed. Follow the above prayer with the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be prayers and with Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
Second pray the Novena Prayer II. O my Jesus, you have said: 'Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. ' Behold, in your name, I ask the Father for the grace of making reparation for the offenses against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and against human dignity that have taken place in my country. I also ask that my heart will be united to the sacred Heart of Jesus, so that the families and communities in my country will enjoy peace and happiness; so that broken relationships will be reconciled, so that injustices will be repaired, and that wounds of my country will be healed. Follow the above prayer with the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be prayers and with Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
Third pray the Novena Prayer III. O my Jesus, you have said: 'Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away. ' Encouraged by your infallible words I now ask for the grace for the grace of making reparation for the offenses against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and against human dignity that have taken place in my country. I also ask that my heart will be united to the sacred Heart of Jesus, so that the families and communities in my country will enjoy peace and happiness; so that broken relationships will be reconciled, so that injustices will be repaired, and that wounds of my country will be healed. Follow the above prayer with the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be prayers and with Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we asked of you in the Novena Prayers I, II and II, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender Mother and ours.
Then Pray the Hail, Holy Queen and add: St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.