Submit Your Intentions: Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart, June 7, submit your intentions

Dear Friend,  

If you have not had an opportunity to do so, please submit your personal intentions to be included in the Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In June of 2007, while Archbishop of Saint Louis, Cardinal Burke dedicated a new Shrine of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.  His Eminence enthroned a mosaic image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, created by the Vatican Mosaic Studio, in the Cathedral Basilica, while leading a prayer of consecration of the entire Archdiocese to our Lord’s Most Sacred Heart.

A painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which hangs in the Dining Room of the Archbishop's Residence was used as a model for the mosaic image. Cardinal Burke explained that “although the Archdiocese has not been able to identify the author of the painting, it is a most striking representation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, inspiring meditation on the great mystery of God's love for us and, at the same time, a response of love of God, on our part.”

During the blessing and enthronement, Cardinal Burke prayed that all who come to the Shrine and venerate the image be given “the grace of growing in the likeness of Christ.”

As we celebrate the great Solemnity today, let us meditate on Cardinal Burke’s words, from an Operation Storm Heaven Holy Mass homily.

“The heart of Jesus in fact represents the whole of the mystery of faith, the whole of the paschal mystery, the mystery of the redemptive incarnation, for it represents that constant immeasurable outpouring of divine grace from the glorious heart of Jesus assumed into heaven upon the Church and into the souls of all the faithful.  We know that Our Lord is always true to His promise – for us, our salvation, our eternal salvation and we see in the heart of Jesus, the glorious pierced heart of Jesus, the sign of that fidelity of the Lord to His promises, the anchor of our hope.”

Here are some suggestions for honoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus throughout the year:

1. Consider receiving Holy Communion on nine consecutive First Fridays, in honor of and in reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 
2. Carry your cross and heavy burdens daily out of love for the Sacred Heart and say with great affection: “Heart of Jesus, be my salvation!”

PRAYER OF TRUST IN THE SACRED HEART

In all my temptations, I place my trust in you, O Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In all my weakness, I place my trust in you, O Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In all my difficulties, I place my trust in you, O Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In all my trials, I place my trust in you, O Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In all my sorrows, I place my trust in you, O Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In all my work, I place my trust in you, O Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In every failure, I place my trust in you, O Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In every discouragement, I place my trust in you, O Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In life and in death, I place my trust in you, O Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In time and eternity, I place my trust in you, O Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Source: The Essential Catholic Prayer Book, Liguori Publications

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 here) Your blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Amen.

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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