St. Joseph Catholic Church Galloway WI

06/11/2026

Today, we consecrate the United States of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Parishes and individuals around the country are encouraged to join the U.S. Catholic bishops in this historic occasion, beginning with this Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus written for the consecration.

O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus:
You know the longings of our hearts, and you desire that we enjoy
friendship with you.
From your pierced side, you have poured out the wellspring of life, for
which we thirst.
Your heart burns with a love for all people to return to a right
relationship with you.
We celebrate the abundant gifts you have given this nation, founded on
the self-evident truths that our Creator has endowed all people with the
right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
We make reparation for the offenses against you and against human
dignity that have taken place in this nation.
May our hearts be united to yours, so that our families and
communities enjoy peace and happiness; may broken relationships be
reconciled, injustices repaired, and the wounds of our land be healed.
May your holy Catholic Church serve as a sign, pointing all people to
your infinite love.
O Desire of Nations and Center of History, we ask you to bless these
United States of America.
Who live and reign with God the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!

06/10/2026

June 10: Sacred Heart of Jesus, gentle and humble of heart...

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, “the Little Flower,” profoundly understood the gentle and humble heart of Jesus. In contemplating how to be transformed by Christ's love, she reflected that “What pleases [Jesus] is that he sees me loving my littleness and my poverty, the blind hope that I have in his mercy… the weaker one is, without desires or virtues, the more suited one is for the workings of this consuming and transforming Love” (Letter 197 to Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart, September 17, 1896). Let us join with Saint Thérèse in praying for our hearts to be humble like Jesus.

O Jesus! When You were a Pilgrim on earth, You said:
“Learn of Me
for I am gentle and humble of heart and you will find rest for your
souls.” O Mighty Monarch of Heaven, my soul finds rest in seeing
You, clothed in the form and nature of a slave, humbling Yourself to
wash the feet of Your apostles... I beg You, my Divine Jesus, to send
me a humiliation whenever I try to set myself above others. I know
that You humble the proud soul but to the one who humbles one’s
self. You give an eternity of glory... To obtain this grace of Your
infinite mercy I will very often repeat:
“O Jesus, gentle and humble
of heart, make my heart like Yours!”

06/09/2026

June 9: Sacred Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation...

In Dilexit Nos, Pope Francis describes the consoling nature of devotion to the Sacred Heart as “flesh and blood in the Church’s pilgrimage through history;”
a mutual sharing of suffering between Christ and us (no. 157). Because Christ bore our sin in the wounds of his passion and death on the cross, we console him
for our affronts. Because we also raise up our suffering to Christ, we ask him to
console us. Let us ask the Sacred Heart of Jesus for strength and increased faith with this prayer by Blessed Miguel Pro, S.J.

I believe, O Lord, but strengthen my faith...
Heart of Jesus, I love Thee; but increase my love.
Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee; but give greater vigor to my
confidence.
Heart of Jesus, I give my heart to Thee; but so enclose it in Thee
that it may never be separated from Thee.
Heart of Jesus, I am all Thine; but take care of my promise so that
I may be able to put it in practice even unto the complete sacrifice
of my life. Amen.

06/08/2026

June 8: Sacred Heart of Jesus, atonement for our sins...

As we consider the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Christ’s great love for humanity, we
reflect on how we have fallen short of his love and the need to atone for our sins. We also take this moment to repent as a nation for the sins of our country’s past. Let us pray for forgiveness and healing from the harms caused by our nation’s original sins of slavery and racism. A central element of devotion to the Sacred Heart is reparation – the practice of making amends for the wrongs we have done, asking Christ to forgive our sins and convert our hearts to love as he loves. Let us pray with St. Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorists, as we atone for our sins and consecrate ourselves to the heart of Jesus:

My Jesus, I love You with my whole heart. I am sorry for
having so many times offended Your infinite goodness. With
the help of Your grace, I purpose never to offend You again.
And now, unworthy though I am, I consecrate myself to You
without reserve. I renounce and give entirely to You my will,
my affection, my desires, and all that I possess.

06/07/2026

June 7: Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness...

The love poured out from the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a constant source of renewal for the missionary spirit of the Church and our call to universal holiness. Servant of God Fr. Jules Chevalier, who founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1854, recited this daily prayer to remain close to the Sacred Heart.

Lord Jesus,
Saviour of the world and source of holiness,
look with kindness
on all whom you have chosen
to be Missionaries of your loving Heart.
Ask your heavenly Father
to keep us in your love,
and sanctify us in the truth
so that you may be glorified in us
and we may reflect your goodness.
Ask your Father to keep us from evil
that we may always be united in bonds of love.
As you are one with your Father,
so may we be one with each other
in your divine Heart,
whose sentiments shall forever be ours
and to which we consecrate ourselves
in time and for eternity. Amen.

06/07/2026

06/06/2026

June 6: Sacred Heart of Jesus, patient and full of mercy...

Perhaps the most well-known reflection on the merciful heart of Jesus can be found in the Divine Mercy devotion. Saint Faustina Kowalska, a 20th century Polish sister, revealed that Jesus appeared to her with rays emanating from his heart and instructed her to paint his image with the signature “Jesus, I trust in you,” and that all who venerate the image of Divine Mercy will not perish. Trusting in the endless mercy of Jesus, let us pray with Saint Faustina from the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the
treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly
upon us and increase your mercy in us, that in difficult
moments we might not despair nor become
despondent, but with great confidence submit
ourselves to your holy will, which is Love and Mercy
itself. Amen

06/05/2026

June 5: Sacred Heart of Jesus, worthy of all praise...

Saint John Henry Newman took the episcopal motto Cor ad cor loquitur
(“Heart speaks unto heart”), understanding that the Lord saves us by speaking to our hearts from his Sacred Heart. It was in the Holy Eucharist, the greatest form of praise to God, that Saint John Henry Newman cultivated his deepest encounter with the living heart of Jesus. Let us pray with Saint John Henry Newman so that we might hear the Sacred Heart speak to us when we praise and adore Jesus in the Eucharist.

O most Sacred, most loving Heart of Jesus, Thou art concealed in
the Holy Eucharist, and Thou beatest for us still… I worship Thee
then with all my best love and awe, with my fervent affection,
with my most subdued, most resolved will. O my God, when Thou
dost condescend to suffer me to receive Thee, to eat and drink
Thee, and Thou for a while takest up Thy abode within me, O
make my heart beat with Thy Heart.

06/04/2026

June 4: Sacred Heart of Jesus, source of justice and love...

When contemplating the Sacred Heart as the source of justice and love, we connect Christ’s love for us with our love for others. As Pope Francis said in Dilexit Nos, “Our best response to the love of Christ’s heart is to love our brothers and sisters. There is no greater way for us to return love for love ” (no. 167). As we meditate on the love Christ has for us, let us pray this Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for Love and Mercy.

Lord Jesus,
You gave your life for us.
Your Sacred Heart is ablaze with love.
Your hand extends towards me, and towards all,
offering love, mercy, and healing.
Sacred Heart of Jesus may your love transform me.
Burn away my hesitation that I may become your
love and radiate your mercy.
Amen.

06/03/2026

The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops encourages us to say this Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to prepare for the consecration of the US on June 12.

June 3: Sacred Heart of Jesus, aflame with love for us...

In his prayer intention for June, the month
dedicated the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pope
Leo XIV encourages us, “Let us pray
together that each one of us might find
consolation in a personal relationship with
Jesus, and from His Heart, learn to have
compassion on the world.” As we begin this
Novena to the Sacred Heart, we join the
Holy Father in that prayer.
Lord, I come to Your tender Heart today,
to You who have words that set my heart ablaze,
to You who pour out compassion on the little ones and the poor,
on those who suffer, and on all human miseries.
I desire to know You more, to contemplate You in the Gospel,
to be with You and learn from You
and from the charity with which You allowed Yourself
to be touched by all forms of poverty.
You showed us the Father’s love by loving us without measure
with Your divine and human Heart.
Grant all Your children the grace of encountering You.
Change, shape, and transform our plans,
so that we seek only You in every circumstance:
in prayer, in work, in encounters, and in our daily routine.
From this encounter, send us out on mission,
a mission of compassion for the world
in which You are the source from which all consolation flows.
Amen.