The Litany of the Sacred Heart

The 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, 
Have mercy on us. 
God the Holy Spirit, 
Have mercy on us. 
Holy Trinity, one God, 
Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Formed by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mother, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Substantially united to the Word of God, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Of Infinite Majesty, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Holy Temple of God, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Burning Furnace of charity, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Vessel of Justice and love, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Full of goodness and love, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Abyss of all virtues, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Most worthy of all praises, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, King and center of all hearts, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, In Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, 
Have mercy on us. 

 Heart of Jesus, In Whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Divinity, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, in Whom the Father is well pleased, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Of Whose fullness we have all received, 
Have mercy on us. 
 Heart of Jesus, Desire of the everlasting hills, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Patient and abounding in mercy, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Rich unto all who call upon Thee, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Fountain of life and holiness, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Atonement for our sins, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Filled with reproaches, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Bruised for our offenses, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Made obedient unto death, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Pierced with a lance, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Source of all consolation, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Our Life and Resurrection, 
Have mercy on us. 
 Heart of Jesus, Our Peace and Reconciliation, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Victim for our sins, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Salvation of those who hope in Thee, 
Have mercy on us. 
Heart of Jesus, Hope of those who die in Thee, 
Have mercy on us. 


Heart of Jesus, Delight of all the Saints, 
Have mercy on us.

 Lamb of God Who takest away the sins of the world, 
Spare us, O Lord. 
Lamb of God Who takest away the sins of the world, 
Graciously hear us, O Lord. 
Lamb of God Who takest away the sins of the world, 
Have mercy on us. 
Jesus, meek and humble of heart, 
Make our hearts like unto Thine.

Let us pray.

Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Thine most-beloved Son, and upon the praises and satisfaction He offers Thee in the name of sinners; and appeased by worthy homage, pardon those who implore Thy mercy, in Thy Great Goodness in the name of the same Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Litany of the Immaculate Heart of Mary



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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, have mercy on us. 
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us. 
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us. 

Immaculate Heart of Mary, favorite Daughter of God the Father, 
pray for us.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of God the Son, 
pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, 
pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, redeemed in a sublime 
manner by the merits of thy Son, pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother and 
Model of the Church, pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, excellent exemplar 
in faith and charity, pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who conceived the Word 
of God in Thy heart before thy did in thy womb, 
pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who gave precious Blood 
to the Son of God in His human nature, pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, conceived free of Original Sin, 
pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who embraced God's saving will 
with a full heart, impeded by no sin, pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, whose sweet soul a 
sword pierced beneath the Cross, pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, given to us as Mother 
by Jesus as He hung dying on the Cross, 
pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, who accepted us 
as sons as thou stood beneath the Cross, 
pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, all pure and holy, 
pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, exalted by Divine grace 
above all Angels and men, pray for us. 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mediatrix of grace, 
pray for us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, 
spare us, O Lord. 
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
 graciously hear us, O Lord. 
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, 
have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the 
promises of Christ.

Let us pray.

O Immaculate Heart of Mary, bearing with love for all thy children upon earth, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Show to Our Heavenly Father the Wound in the Heart of Thy Son and at the same time offer again the sword that pierced thy Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart as thou suffered by compassion with Thy Divine Son for the redemption of the world. By thy intercession, through the merits of Jesus Christ, bring us to salvation. Amen.

Exaltation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Exaltation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, in this tragic hour of the world's history, we entrust and consecrate ourselves to your Immaculate Heart, our only refuge, our hope, our salvation. Have pity on this world, torn by the most terrible conflicts, burning with the fires of hate, the victim of its own sins. May your heart be moved at the sight of so much ruin, pain, and sorrow.

We consecrate to your maternal heart our persons, our families, our country and the whole of humanity. Protect and save us!

O Heart of Mary, the source of true love, fill our selfish hearts with divine charity and with that true brotherly love without which there can never be peace. Grant that men and nations may understand and fulfill the precept of your Divine Son, LOVE ONE ANOTHER, in order that true peace may be firmly established in the Justice and Truth of Christ. Amen.

5 Prayers to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

5 Prayers to the Immaculate Heart of Mary 

Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary 

O Immaculate Heart of Mary, 

full of goodness, 

show your love towards us. 

Let the flame of your heart, 

O Mary, descend on all people. 

We love you immensely. 

Impress true love in our hearts so

that we have a continuous desire for you. 

O Mary, gentle and humble of heart, remember us when we are in sin. 

You know that all men sin. 

Give us, by means of your Immaculate Heart, spiritual health. 

Let us always see the goodness of your motherly heart and

may we be converted by means of the flame of your heart. 

Amen.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, 

full of love for God and mankind, 

and of compassion for sinners, 

I consecrate myself to you. 

I entrust to you the salvation of my soul. 

May my heart be ever united with yours, 

so that I may hate the sin, 

love God and my neighbor, 

and reach eternal life with those whom I love. 

May I experience the kindness of your 

motherly heart and

the power of your intercession with Jesus 

during my life and at the hour of my death. 

Amen.

O Immaculate Heart of Mary, refuge of sinners, 

I beg of you by the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 

and by the graces God has granted to you since your Immaculate Conception, 

the grace of never going astray again. 

Mother, keep me, a sinner, 

constantly bathed in the light of your Immaculate Heart.

Amen.

In the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I Trust

Look to the Star

Call upon Mary!

In danger, in difficulty

or in doubt,

think of Mary,

call upon Mary,

Keep her name on your lips,

Never let it pass

out of your

heart. Following

in her footsteps,

you will not go astray:

praying to her,

you will not

fall into despair:

thinking of her

you will not err.

While she keeps hold

of your hand,

you will not fall ...

you will not grow weary ...

you will have no fear ...

Enjoying her protection,

you will reach the goal.

(Prayer attributed to Saint Bernard)

Prostrate at thy sacred feet, 

O august Queen of Heaven, 

I venerate thee with the most profound respect, 

and I believe that thou art the daughter of the Eternal Father, 

the Mother of His Divine Son, 

and the Spouse of the Holy Ghost. 

Full of grace and virtues and heavenly gifts, 

thou art the purest temple of the most Holy Trinity, 

thou art the treasury and dispenser of divine mercy. 

Thy Immaculate Heart, full of charity, sweetness and tenderness, 

has given thee the name of Mother of Divine Clemency.

Therefore, in my affliction 

and agony I present myself with confidence before thee, 

our most loving Mother, 

and I pray thee to make me experience the love which thou bearest us; 

Grant me (specify the favor) 

if it be the Will of God and for the good of my soul. 

Amen. 

Act of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Act of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

O Most Holy Virgin Mother, we listen with grief to the complaints of your Immaculate Heart surrounded with the thorns placed therein at every moment by the blasphemies and ingratitude of ungrateful humanity.

We are moved by the ardent desire of loving you as Our Mother and of promoting a true devotion to your Immaculate Heart.

We therefore kneel before you to manifest the sorrow we feel for the grievances that people cause you, and to atone by our prayers and sacrifices for the offenses with which they return return your love.

Obtain for them and for us the pardon of so many sins.
Hasten the conversion of sinners that they may love Jesus and cease to offend the Lord, already so much offended.

Turn your eyes of mercy toward us, that we may love God with all our heart on earth and enjoy Him forever in heaven.

Amen.

The Immaculate Heart of Mary

Devotion to the Immaculate and Sacred Heart of Mary

The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Mary is as old as devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The two Hearts are inseparable. Where there is one, there is the other. Mary is the Mother, the Genetrix. The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Mary begins in response to the suffering of Mary at the foot of the Cross of Jesus.

The Immaculate Heart of Mary goes back to the beginnings of the Church, for it has its deepest roots in the Holy Scriptures. This event had already been prophesied by the old Simeon in the temple, saying that the Heart of Mary would be pierced by the sword. Another source of this devotion is in the Gospel of St. Luke which says: Mary kept all the words of Jesus in her Heart: "Mary kept all these words, meditating on them in her heart" (Lk 2:19). "Then he went down with them to Nazareth and was submissive to them. His mother kept all these things in her heart "(Lk 2,51).

The liturgical memory of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is celebrated on the Sabbath following the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, placed on the second Friday after the solemnity of Corpus Christi.

The seed of the Gospel, planted by the apostles and disciples of Jesus Christ, germinated in the doctrine of the Holy Fathers and developed with the theologians and mystics of the Middle Ages.

In the following centuries, other great devotees of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and of the Heart of Jesus, such as St. Bernard, St. Gertrude, St. Bridget, St. Bernardine of Sena and St. John Eudes.