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Friday, October 10, 2014

HOLY HOUR WITH THE SACRED HEART IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT



FIRST QUARTER

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

All prayers are to be recited aloud by the entire congregation, unless otherwise indicated, with pauses at the places marked.

A leader may take the place of the Priest, if the latter is busy at the confessional.

(all kneel)

O SAVING VICTIM (O Salutaria Hostia)

(all kneel)                                                                          (the usual tune)

O Saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heav'n to man below! Our foes press ON from ev'ry side; Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow. To Thy great name be endless praise. Immortal God head, ONE in Three; O grant us END less length of days In our true NA tive land with Thee. Amen.

OFFERING OF THE HOUR

Priest and People: Adorable Savior, I Re­deemer of the human race, we believe that You are really and tru y present in the Blessed Sacrament here before us. We desire to spend this hour of adora­tion and meditation in offering You supreme honor and glory and in mak­ing some small atonement for our sins and the sins of the world.       We desire also to spend this Holy Hour in thank­ing You for past favors and graces. We wish to gain for ourselves and the holy souls in purgatory the many indulgences attached to this devotion, and most fervently we implore You to pour down Your blessings upon us and upon our children at home and in foreign lands.  O Jesus, while we are assembled here in Your adorable presence, we are resolved to forget our business, our cares and anxieties; to forget the world and all its false pleasures, and to give all our thoughts entirely to You alone, in rendering You supreme homage and adoration, and in contemplating Your lonely life in our tabernacles. Amen.

   Priest: O Lord Jesus Christ, who has promised, that wherever two or three shall be gathered together in Your Name You will be there in the midst of them, look down with love and compassion upon these Your children who are as­sembled before You, to honor Your Sacred Heart and to make It known and loved by all. Come into the midst of us, O sweet Jesus; fill our hearts. with your blessings and inflame them with Your love.

   Priest: O Jesus; answer our petitions as we kneel before You.

   People: O Heart of Jesus, hear and grant our prayers.

O Heart of Love, I place all my trust in You. I fear all things from my own weak­ness, but I hope for all things from Your goodness.

   Priest and People: O Lord Jesus Christ, who has said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you"; grant, we beseech You, to us who ask the grace of Your most divine love, that with all our hearts, words and works, we may love You, and never cease to praise You, who live and reign world without end. Amen.

   Priest: O Jesus, answer our petitions as we kneel before You.

   People: O Heart of Jesus, hear and grant our prayers.

O Heart of Love, place all my trust in You; fear all things from my own weak­ness, but hope for all things from Your goodness.

   Priest and People: O loving Savior,  in­finitely generous, seeking only our in­terests,  from Your Sacred Heart came those words of pleading love: “Come to Me all you that labor and are burdened and will refresh you”. Relying on this promise of Your infinite charity, we come to You, and in the lowliness of our hearts earnestly beg You  to grant us the favor we ask in this Holy Hour.  (Request to be made in silence.) But if what we ask is not for the glory of God  or the salvation of our souls, do grant us what is most conducive to both. Amen.

   Priest: O Jesus, answer our petitions as we kneel before You.

   People: O Heart of Jesus, hear and grant our prayers.

O Heart of Love, place all my trust in You; fear all things from my own weak­ness, but hope for all things from Your goodness.



PROTESTATION OF LOYALTY TO GOD

God the Father of Heaven, i love you, o my God

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, i love you, o my God

God the Holy Spirit, i love you, o my God

Holy Trinity, one God, i love you, o my God

You, Who are Infinite Love, i love you, o my God

You, Who first loved me, i love you, o my God

You, Who command me to love You, i love you, o my God

With all my heart, i love you, o my God

With all my soul,   i love you, o my God

With all my mind,  i love you, o my God

With all my strength, i love you, o my God

Above all possessions and honors, i love you, o my God

Above all pleasures and enjoyments, i love you, o my God

More than myself, i love you, o my God

More than anything belonging to me, i love you, o my God

More than all my relatives and friends, i love you, o my God

More than all men and angels, i love you, o my God

Above all created things in heaven and on earth, i love you, o my God

Only for Yourself, i love you, o my God

Because You are the Sovereign Good, i love you, o my God

Because You are infinitely worthy of being loved, i love you, o my God

Even had You not promised me heaven, i love you, o my God

Even had You not menaced me with hell, i love you, o my God

Even should You try me with want and misfortune, i love you, o my God

In wealth and in poverty, i love you, o my God

In prosperity and adversity, i love you, o my God

In health and in sickness, i love you, o my God

In time and in eternity, i love you, o my God

In union with that love wherewith the saints love You, i love you, o my God

In union with that love wherewith all the angels love You in heaven, i love you, o my God

In union with that love with which the Blessed Virgin loves You, i love you, o my God

In union with that love with which You love Yourself eternally, i love you, o my God



SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

   Priest and People: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sa­crament. I love You above all things, and desire to receive You into my soul. Since cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there,  and unite my­self wholly to You;  never permit me to be separated from you.



TO JESUS' HEART ALL BURNING (all Stand)

To Jesus' Heart all burning

With fervent love for men.

My heart with fondest yearning

Shall raise the joyful strain.

While ages course along

Blest be with loudest song.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

By every heart and tongue.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

By every heart and tongue.



O Heart for sinner broken

By sheer excess of love.

Be Thou my pledge and token

Of endless joys above.

While ages course along

Blest he with loudest song.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

By every heart and tongue.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

By every heart and tongue.



SECOND QUARTER (all kneel)

   Priest and People: O Divine Jesus,  lonely tonight in so many tabernacles,  without visitor or worshipper, I offer You my poor but loving heart. May its every beating be a prayer of love for You. You are ever watching under the sacra­mental veil;  in Your love You never sleep and are never weary of Your vigil for sinners. O good Jesus, love You; am truly sorry for having of­fended You. O lonely Jesus, may my heart be a lamp, the light of which shall burn and beam for You alone. Bless me, O Jesus,  come spiritually into my soul  and fill my heart with love far You. Make me, Jesus, wholly Yours. Take this wayward heart of mine. Guide it through this valley of tears. Heart of Jesus, hear me. When draw my part­ing breath, when my eyes shall close in death,  then, sweet Jesus, be near me. O Heart of Jesus, hear me. Watch, Sacramental Sentinel, watch for the weary world  for the erring soul, and for Your poor lonely child.



PRAYER TO THE HEART OF JESUS IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

   Priest and People: O Sweet Jesus, let me lay at Your Sacred feet  my daily share of joys, struggles and sorrows,  my hopes and fears;         and in the stillness of Your sanctuary, do tenderly gather them into Your Sacred Heart. Solace my doubts, calm my fears, and grant that day by day I may become more united to You.

O Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacra­ment,  overflowing with gentleness, ten­derness and charity,  bury in the abyss of Your mercy all my iniquities and all my negligences. I offer You my labors and sufferings my sorrows and my mi­series;  I recommend to You my life and my death.

 

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