You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls,
and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount
of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and
empty Yourself out upon us.

Amen.

Sacred Heart Novena

Third Day

Christ of the tender and loving heart...

The infant heart that beat with the impulse of love on Christmas...

The heart that yearned over the world, which was dark in
ignorance and wandering in sin...

The heart that leaped in response to the love of Mary and knew
the warmth of a devoted Son for the foster father who guarded
Him tenderly...

The heart that could hardly wait for the beginnings of His work
among men...

The heart that wept over the lost multitudes...

The heart of the Good Shepherd searching for His lost Sheep.

The heart that speaks in the poetry of the parables and the
strength of the sermons...

The heart that yearned for sinners and drove the Savior
questing for them far into the night...

The heart that raised the widow's son from death.

The heart that selected twelve men as intimate friends and
then responded gratefully to the love of the innocent John...

The heart that poured itself out in miracles of healing and
forgiveness and mercy and loving kindness...

This is the Sacred Heart of the historic Savior. To this
heart we say:

The Prayer of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

O God, who in the heart of thy Son, wounded by our sins,
dost deign mercifully to bestow upon us the infinite treasures
of thy love, grant, we beseech thee, that we who now pay Him
the devout homage of our piety may also perform the duty
of worthy satisfaction. Through the same Jesus Christ, Our
Lord, who livest and reignest with thee in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

Amen.

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of
compassion--inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase
Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not
despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence
submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy
itself.

Amen.