Submit Your Intentions: Two Holy Masses, invoking the Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 6-7

Dear Friend,  

You still have an opportunity to include your intentions in these Holy Masses, which began on June 5 and will conclude on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 7; please click on this link to submit your intentions.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are meeting next week in Louisville, Kentucky, from June 12-14. 

For today’s mediation, we will focus on the US Bishops, as they are close to the beating heart of Jesus. In their position as the ruler and chief pastor of a diocese, they are the object of the world's hatred and Satan's deadliest snares. If we, as faithful Catholics, do not lift them up in prayer, who will? Did you know that 28 Catholic dioceses have filed for bankruptcy, of which seven are archdioceses? Not to mention that dioceses in parts the Midwest and in the eastern half of the United States have closed 40-60% of their churches in the past 5 years.  Sunday mass attendance is significantly down – in some dioceses, approximately 20% regularly fulfill their Sunday and holy day obligations. 

Consider beginning a spiritual bouquet for your bishop, which can include Holy Rosaries, adoration, Divine Mercy Chaplets and Holy Communions.  Keep a list of your priceless spiritual gifts and then mail it. This could be the highlight of your bishop’s day!  If your diocese has auxiliary bishops, try to do the same for them. Find out your bishop’s birthday and ordination anniversary. Then have Holy Masses offered for their intentions.

Now, let us invoke the Sacred Heart of Jesus to give the Bishops the gift of wisdom and to enlighten their hearts and minds. St. Charles Borromeo, the Patron Saint of Bishops, spoke clearly on what the job of a Bishop is: “If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our lives with new eagerness. We must keep ourselves in the presence of God as much as possible and have no other view or end in all our actions but the divine honor.”

St. Patrick, fifth-century Apostle and Bishop, spoke of his time in prison, when God bestowed upon him the graces for his conversion: “It was there that the Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins and turn with all my heart to the Lord my God."

Prayer for Bishops and Priests:

Remember, O most loving heart of Jesus, that they for whom I pray are those for whom you prayed so earnestly the night before your death.  These are they to whom you look to continue with you in your sorrows when others forsake you, who share your griefs and have inherited your persecutions, according to your word: That the servant is not greater than his Lord.  Remember, O heart of Jesus, that they are the objects of the world's hatred and Satan's deadliest snares.  Keep them then, O Jesus, in the safe citadel of your Sacred Heart and there let them be sanctified in truth. May they be one with you and one among themselves, and grant that multitudes may be brought through their word to believe in you and love you.

We invoke you, O most loving heart of Jesus, to grant all Bishops enlightenment in all their thoughts, words and actions, the grace to speak out boldly to defend the worthiness of the Sacrament of Holy Communion and the guidance of The Holy Spirit. May they only have Your Divine Honor in mind when making decisions for the good of the souls whom they shepherd. 

O most holy Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore You, I love You, and with a lively sorrow for my sins, I offer You this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure, and wholly obedient to Your will. Grant, good Jesus, that I may live in You and for You. Protect me in the midst of danger; comfort me in my afflictions. Give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs (mention your personal intentions) Your blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Amen.

Submit your intentions (or update them) for the 2 days of Holy Masses:  June 6 and 7 (Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus): 

Together, let us continue to Storm Heaven, invoking the Heart of Jesus, who is rich in mercy and love, to have mercy on us and on the whole world! 

Yours in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

Thomas J. McKenna 
Founder and President
Catholic Action For Faith And Family

https://www.catholicaction.org/

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