Novena and Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
I. O my Jesus, you have said: 'Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you. ' Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of...... (here name your request) Our Father... . Hail Mary... . Glory Be to the Father... .
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
II. O my Jesus, you have said: 'Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. ' Behold, in your name, I ask the Father for the grace of...... . (here name your request) Our Father... Hail Mary... . Glory Be To the Father... .
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
III. O my Jesus, you have said: 'Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.' Encouraged by your infallible words I now ask for the grace of... . . (here name your request) Our Father... . Hail Mary... . Glory Be to the Father...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of you, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender Mother and ours.
Say the Hail, Holy Queen and add: St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.
-- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
O most holy Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, my family and I adore You, we love You, and with a lively sorrow for our sins, my family and I always honor and greatly appreciate everything that you do and have done for my family and I. Make my family and I chaste, pure, holy, strong, patient, and wholly obedient to Your will. Grant, good Jesus, that we may live in You and for You. Protect my family and I in the midst of danger; comfort my family and I in our afflictions. Give my family and I chastity, purity, holiness, strength and health of mind, body, and spirit, assistance in my family's and my temporal needs, Your blessing on all that my family and I do, and the grace of a chaste, pure, holy, strong and prosperous life and a chaste, pure, holy, and happy death. Amen.