June is the month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

My Dear Parishioners,

It is sad that some want to label June as “Pride Month,” forgetting or ignoring those warnings from Sacred Scripture about the deadly sin of pride: every proud heart is an abomination to the LORD; be assured that none will go unpunished (Proverbs 16: 5) and pride goes before disaster, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be humble with the poor than to share plunder with the proud (Proverbs 16: 18-19).

Thankfully, Jesus and His Church offers us a remedy for the deadly sin of pride and all other sins in Devotion to His Most Sacred Heart.

Traditionally, June is the month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. This June happens to fall within our nation’s 250^th Birthday. So, this weekend, our parish will join our Bishops and parishes around the country in consecrating our great nation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Our parish will join together in the consecration at the Vigil Mass and our Masses on Sunday. We will pray our consecration at the end of the Prayer of the Faithful.

For those who cannot be with us this weekend, here is the Prayer of Consecration and please join in from wherever you are:

O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: You are the salvation of the world. You are the sole source of true hope and happiness. You know the longings of our hearts. You desire that we enjoy friendship with you.

From your pierced side, you have poured out the wellspring of divine life. Your heart burns with a love for all people. You will that they renounce sin and return to You.

We celebrate the abundant gifts you have given our nation, founded 250 years ago on the self-evident truths that our Creator has endowed all people with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

This day we consecrate our nation to Your Most Sacred Heart and again ask for mercy for our country. May our hearts be united to yours, pierced for love, so that our families and communities may know truth, be guided by true wisdom and enjoy peace and happiness and prosperity.

May Your holy Catholic Church serve as a sign, pointing all people to your infinite love. O Desire of Nations and Center of History, we ask you to bless these United States of America. Who live and reign with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

Amen

I also encourage all to renew devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The promises associated with this devotion are powerful. Time spent with the Most Sacred Heart will only transform the hearts ever more into the likeness of Jesus.

I am including the Litany of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus with this letter. The Litany can be prayed any time. However, First Fridays are the traditional days on which the Litany should be prayed.

May you, your families, and our great nation allow the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus to destroy any pride in our lives and to allow us to become more and more like Jesus. Oh Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make our hearts like unto thine!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us! Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!

St. Joseph, Patron of the Church and our Patron, pray for us!

Fr. Michael J. Pawelko, Pastor

 

Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy, Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.

Christ, hear us, Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.

God the Son, redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.

God the Holy Spirit, Have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us.

Response to the following: Have mercy on us.

God our Father in heaven…God the Son, Redeemer of the world…God the Holy Spirit…Holy Trinity, one God…Heart of Jesus, Son of the eternal Father…Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother…Heart of Jesus, one with the eternal Word…Heart of Jesus, infinite in majesty…Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God…Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High… Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven…Heart of Jesus, aflame with love for us…Heart of Jesus, source of justice and love…Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love…Heart of Jesus, well-spring of all virtue…Heart of Jesus, worthy of all praise…Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts…Heart of Jesus, treasure-house of wisdom and knowledge…Heart of Jesus, in whom there dwells the fullness of God…Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased…Heart of Jesus, from whose fullness we have all received…Heart of Jesus, desire of the eternal hills…Heart of Jesus, patient and full of mercy…Heart of Jesus, generous to all who turn to you…Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness…Heart of Jesus, atonement for our sins…Heart of Jesus, overwhelmed with insults…Heart of Jesus, broken for our sins…Heart of Jesus, obedient even to death…Heart of Jesus, pierced by a lance…Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation…Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection…Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation… Heart of Jesus, victim of our sins…Heart of Jesus, salvation of all who trust in you…Heart of Jesus, hope of all who die in you…Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints…

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world… Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world… Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world…

Response to the following: Touch our hearts and make them like your own.

Jesus, gentle and humble of heart

Let us pray:

Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we, who glory in the Heart of your beloved Son and recall the wonders of his love for us, may be made worthy to receive an overflowing measure of grace from that fount of heavenly gifts. Through Christ our Lord.

Amen