Prayers  to the  Sacred Heart of Jesus

By St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

1)                   Lord Jesus,
                      let my heart never rest until it finds You,
                      who are its center, its love, and its happiness.
                      By the wound in Your heart
                      pardon the sins that I have committed
                      whether out of malice or out of evil desires.
                      Place my weak heart in Your own divine Heart,
                      continually under Your protection and guidance,
                      so that I may persevere in doing good and in fleeing
                      evil until my last breath.
                      Amen.

2)  A Prayer of Adoration

                    From the depth of my nothingness, I prostrate myself before Thee, O Most Sacred, Divine and Adorable Heart of Jesus, to pay Thee all the homage of love, praise and adoration in my power. Amen.

3)  Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart

                    O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honouring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee.
I take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the protection of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, the reparation for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be Thou, O Most Merciful Heart, my justification before God Thy Father, and screen me from His anger which I have so justly merited. I fear all from my own weakness and malice, but placing my entire confidence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine infinite Goodness. Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist Thee. Imprint Thy pure love so deeply in my heart that I may never forget Thee or be separated from Thee. I beseech Thee, through Thine infinite Goodness, grant that my name be engraved upon Thy Heart, for in this I place all my happiness and all my glory, to live and to die as one of Thy devoted servants. Amen.

4)  A Salutation Prayer

Hail, Heart of Jesus, save me!
Hail, Heart of my Creator, perfect me!
Hail, Heart of my Saviour, deliver me!
Hail, Heart of my Judge, grant me pardon!
Hail, Heart of my Father, govern me!
Hail, Heart of my Spouse, grant me love!
Hail, Heart of my Master, teach me!
Hail, Heart of my King, be my crown!
Hail, Heart of my Benefactor, enrich me!
Hail, Heart of my Shepherd, guard me!
Hail, Heart of my Friend, comfort me!
Hail, Heart of my Brother, stay with me!
Hail, Heart of the Child Jesus, draw me to Thyself!
Hail, Heart of Jesus dying on the Cross, redeem me!
Hail, Heart of Jesus in all Thy states, give Thyself to me!
Hail, Heart of incomparable goodness, have mercy on me!
Hail, Heart of splendor, shine within me!
Hail, most loving Heart, inflame me!
Hail, most merciful Heart, work within me!
Hail, most humble Heart, dwell within me!
Hail, most patient Heart, support me!
Hail, most faithful Heart, be my reward!
Hail, most admirable and most worthy Heart, bless me!
 

By Saint Francis De Sales
May Thy Heart dwell always in our hearts!
May Thy Blood ever flow in the veins of our souls!
O sun of our hearts, Thou givest life to all things by the rays of Thy goodness!
I will not go until Thy Heart has strengthened me, O Lord Jesus!
May the Heart of Jesus be the King of my heart!
Blessed be God. Amen.
 

By Saint Gertrude

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary.

O my adorable and loving Savior, consume my heart with the burning fire with which Yours is aflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your love. Let my heart be united with Yours. Let my will be conformed to Yours in all things. May Your Will be the rule of all my desires and actions. Amen.
 

By Lanspergius, the Carthusian

Prayer to the Wounded Heart of Jesus

                    O my Most Loving and Gentle Jesus, I desire with all the affections of my heart, that all beings created and uncreated, should praise Thee, honor Thee and glorify Thee eternally for that sacred wound wherewith Thy divine side was rent. I deposit, enclose, conceal in that wound and in that opening in Thy Heart, my heart and all my feelings, thoughts, desires, intentions and all the faculties of my soul. I entreat Thee, by the precious Blood and Water that flowed from Thy Most Loving Heart, to take entire possession of me, that Thou may guide me in all things. Consume me in the burning fire of thy holy Love, so that I may be so absorbed and transformed into Thee that I may no longer be but one with Thee. Amen.

(Quoted by St. John Eudes in his book The Sacred Heart of Jesus. This prayer is taken from Lansperigius' "Rosary of the Passion of Our Lord," in his work entitled Pharetra divini amoris, book 1, part 5)
 

By St. John Eudes

1)  Prayer to be united with the Heart of Jesus
                    O Heart all lovable and all loving of my Savior, be Thou the Heart of my heart, the soul of my soul, the spirit of my spirit, the life of my life and the sole principle of all my thoughts, words and actions, of all the faculties of my soul, and of all my senses, both interior and exterior. Amen.

(From St. John Eudes' The Sacred Heart of Jesus, sixth meditation for the Feast of the Sacred Heart, second point.)

2)  Collect for the Feast of the Sacred Heart

                    O Father of mercies and God of all consolation, who by the exceeding love with which Thou has loved us, have given us, with ineffable goodness, the Heart of Thy Beloved Son, so that having but one heart with Him we may love Thee perfectly; grant, we beseech Thee, that our hearts, being consumed in unity with the Heart of Jesus and with one another, we may perform all our woks in accord with His humility and charity and that by His Mediation the just desires of our hearts may be accomplished, through the same Lord. Amen.

3)  A Prayer to the Sacred Heart after the recitation of the Divine Office

                    O Most Clement Jesus, I thank Thee with all my heart. Be propitious to me, a most vile sinner. I offer this action to Thy Divine Heart to be emended and perfected, to the praise and the glory of Thy Most Holy Name and of Thy Most Blessed Mother, for the salvation of my soul and of the entirety of Thy Church. Amen.

(taken from the appendix of St. John Eudes book, the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
 
 

Lord Jesus Christ, Redeemer of the human race,
look down upon us as we kneel before your altar.
We are yours and desire always to belong to you;
but to be more surely united with you,
we freely consecrate ourselves today to your most Sacred Heart.
Many indeed have never known you;
many too, have despised your teaching and rejected you.
Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to your Sacred Heart.
Be King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken you,
but also of the prodigal sons and daughters who have abandoned you;
grant that they may quickly return to their Father's house
lest they suffer the eternal sorrow of being separated from you.
Be King, O Lord, of those who are deceived by false teachings,
or separated by discord,
and call them back to the community of truth and unity of faith,
so that soon there may be but one flock and one Shepherd.
Grant to your Church, O Lord, assurance of freedom and immunity from harm;
give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound with one acclamation:
Praise to the divine Heart that won our salvation;
to It be glory and honour for ever and ever. Amen.