Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish
205 Second Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98109
Office Phone: (206)284-4680
Office FAx: (206)284-3161

Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Solemnity
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Friday after the Second Sunday of Pentecost Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus O Sacred Heart of Jesus, filled with infinite love, broken by my ingratitude, pierced by my sins, yet loving me still - accept the consecration that I make to You of all that I am and all that I have. Take every faculty of my soul and body. Draw me, day by day, nearer and nearer to your Sacred Heart, and there, as I can bear the lesson, teach me Your blessed ways. Amen.
Communion on First Fridays
	The following First Friday devotions are efficacious in honoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus: 1. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 2. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 3. Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus 4. Act of Reparation 5. The Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 6. The Sacrament of Reconciliation Attendance at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is assuredly the best means of honoring and loving the adorable Heart of Jesus. The Church owes the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. She had a vision of Jesus who made her the following promises for those who received the Most Blessed Sacrament for the nine consecutive first Fridays of the month:
The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque: 1. "I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life." 2. "I will establish peace in their homes." 3. "I will comfort them in their afflictions." 4. "I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death." 5. "I will bestow a large blessing upon all their undertakings." 6. "Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy." 7. "Tepid souls shall grow fervent." 8. "Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection." 9. "I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored." 10. "I will give to priests the gift of touchi?g the most hardened hearts." 11. "Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out." 12. "I promise thee in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the First Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving the Sacraments; My Divine heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment."

A Solemn Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart of Jesus, animated with a desire to repair the outrages unceasingly offered to Thee, we prostrate before Your throne of mercy, and in the name of all mankind, pledge our love and fidelity to Thee!

The more Your mysteries are blasphemed, the more firmly we shall believe them, O Sacred Heart of Jesus!

The more impiety endeavors to extinguish our hopes of immortality, the more we shall trust in Your Heart, sole hope of mankind!

The more hearts resist Your Divine attractions, the more we shall love Thee, O infinitely amiable heart of Jesus!

The more unbelief attacks Your Divinity, the more humbly and profoundly we shall adore It, O Divine Heart of Jesus!

The more Your holy laws are transgressed and ignored, the more we shall delight to observe them, O most holy Heart of Jesus!

The more Your Sacraments are despised and abandoned, the more frequently we shall receive them with love and reverence, O most liberal Heart of Jesus!
The more the imitation of Your virtues is neglected and forgotten, the more we shall endeavor to practice them, O Heart, model of every virtue!

The more the devil labors to destroy souls, the more we shall be inflamed with desire to save them, O Heart of Jesus, zealous Lover of souls!

The more sin and impurity destroy the image of God in man, the more we shall try by purity of life to be a living temple of the Holy Spirit, O Heart of Jesus!

The more Your Holy Church is despised, the more we shall endeavor to be her faithful children, O Sweet Heart of Jesus!

The more Your Vicar on earth is persecuted, the more we will honor him as the infallible head of Your Holy Church, show our fidelity and pray for him, O kingly Heart of Jesus!

O Sacred Heart, through Your powerful grace, may we become Your apostles in the midst of a corrupted world, and be Your crown in the kingdom of heaven.

Amen.