Your blessings on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, Protect me in the midst of danger comfort me in my afflictions Grant, good Jesus, that I may live in you and for you. Make me humble, patient, pure, and wholly obedient to your will. I adore you, I love you and with a lively sorrow for my sins. O most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, Jesus loves to answer these kinds of prayers! Ask him to show you how much he loves you. Tell him your fears and the ways in which you feel unlovable. Take some time to talk with the Lord and share your heart with him in prayer. Some of the most well-known are “Sacred Heart of Jesus, make my heart like yours,” and “Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in you.” Other aspirations that can be quite effective and bring great comfort in times of stress are “Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in your love for me,” “Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, grant that I may love you more and more,” and “Sacred Heart of Jesus, protect my family and have mercy on us.” They are “sweet sayings” that we whisper to Jesus out of love for him. Short prayers, known as aspirations, have always been a part of devotion to the Sacred Heart. Visit and heal me, for I know well that you cannot love me and yet leave me alone in my distress.” Margaret Mary explains: “ We can tell him all the secrets of our hearts, disclosing our want and misery to Him who alone can remedy them, and saying, “O Friend of my heart, she whom you love is sick. Our hope to know and receive God’s love in all of its fullness and promise of restoration comes through our prayerful dialogue with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. And in turn, as we come to know the greatness of God’s love, we begin to look for ways to help others know it too. This love sets us straight, conquers our fears, and completes us. Through prayer, we experience closeness with God and the true love of his heart.
We run into trouble when we travel in the extremes: that is, acting as though our sins are not sins at all or at least are of no matter to God or the opposite, focusing entirely on our unworthiness, which is a form of vanity and hidden pride. There is a very healthy balance that we can find in devotion to the Sacred Heart, a balance between awareness of our sins and the humility to accept them. Knowing God’s love convinces us that we are enough, that we do not need to compete with others, because God’s love is an unlimited resource for all. It could be said that most of the world’s problems, large and small, could be solved if we only knew how much we are truly loved by God. Prayer is our ongoing conversation with God. And just like any relationship, our relationship with Jesus requires communication to keep it strong and vibrant. That is because it is a devotion that centers exclusively on our love relationship with our Lord. Love, of course, is at the center of all these actions-love for Jesus and a desire to have that love grow in our hearts as we receive more and more of his love for us.Ĭertainly prayer is the place to start with any devotion but especially with devotion to the Sacred Heart. The Lord’s healing promises flow through our embrace of these aspects of the devotion. There are a number of activities that bring devotion to the Sacred Heart alive in our hearts and lives.
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