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The Nine First Fridays
May 28, 2008Devotions to the Sacred Heart
The promises of The Sacred Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary (1647-1690): "I promise you, in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the first Friday for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance; they shall not die in my disgrace nor without receiving tile sacraments; my divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in that last moment."
Conditions required:
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To make nine Holy Communions; |
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on the first Friday of the month (confession required within eight days); |
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for nine consecutive months, without interruption; |
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with the proper disposition; |
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with the intention of making reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and to obtain the fruit of this great promise. |
Many are the promises that the Sacred Heart of Jesus has made to His Servant St. Margaret Mary, in favor of His devoted ones, as is evident from her writings. The principal ones are as follows:
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I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life. |
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I will give peace in their families. |
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I will console them in all their troubles. |
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I will he their refuge in life and especially in death. |
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I will abundantly bless all their undertakings. |
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Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy. |
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Tepid souls shall become fervent. |
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Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfect ion |
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I will bless those places wherein the image of my Sacred heart shall be exposed and venerated. |
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I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts. |
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Persons who propagate this devotion shall have their names eternally written in my Heart. |
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In the excess of the mercy of my heart, I promise you that my all powerful love will grant to all those who will receive Communion on the First Fridays, for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance: they will not die in my displeasure, nor without receiving the sacraments; and my Heart will be their secure refuge in that last hour. |
Saint Joseph prayer
To thee, O Blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our tribulations, and while imploring the aid of thy most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke thy patronage also. By that love which united thee to the Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God, and by the fatherly affection with which thou didst embrace the Infant Jesus, we humbly beseech thee graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased with His Blood and to help us in our necessities, by thy powerful intercession.
Protect, I most provident Guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen children of Jesus Christ; ward off from us, O most loving Father, all taint of error and corruption; graciously assist us from Heaven, O most power protector, in our struggle with the powers of darkness; and as thou didst once rescue the Child Jesus from imminent peril to His life, so now defend the Holy Church of God from the snares of her enemies and from all adversity.
Shield each one of us with thy unceasing patronage that, imitating thy example and supported by thy aid, we may be enabled to live a good life, die a holy death, and secure everlasting happiness in Heaven.
Amen
Novena to SAINT THERESE OF CHILD JESUS
5 Day Novena to St. Therese
O Little Therese of the Child Jesus, please pick for me a rose from the heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love.
O Little Flower of Jesus, ask God today to grant the favors I now place with confidence in your hands….. (Mention specific request)
St. Therese, help me to always believe as you did, in God’s great love for me, so that I might imitate your “Little Way” each day. Amen.
St Francis of Asis Prayer
Señor, Haced de mi un instrumento de vuestra paz.
Que allí donde haya odio, ponga yo amor;
Que allí donde haya offensa, ponga yo perdón;
Que allí donde haya discordia, ponga yo armonía;
Que allí donde haya error, ponga yo verdad;
Que allí donde haya duda, ponga yo la fé;
Que allí donde haya desesperación, ponga yo esperanza;
Que allí donde haya tinieblas, ponga yo la luz;
Que allí donde haya tristeza, ponga yo alegía.
Oh Divino Maestro,
que no me empeñe tanto en ser consolado, como en consolar
en ser comprendido como comprender;
en ser amado, como amar;
pues es dando como se recibe,
perdonando es como se perdona,
y muriendo es como se resucita ala vida eterna
AMEN
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Make me a channel of your peace
that where there is hatred, I may bring love;
that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
that where there is error, I may bring truth;
that where there is doubt, I may bring faith;
that where there is despair, I may bring hope;
that where there are shadows, I may bring light;
that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted;
to understand, than to be understood;
to love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.
AMEN
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