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

Ninth Day

Christ of the Sacred Heart, Christ of the Blessed Sacrament--these
two are identical. Devotion to the Sacred Heart is inseparably linked
to devotion to the Holy Eucharist. Love for the Sacred Heart must
inevitably lead to the tabernacle.

Host and heart are equally manifestations of the love of the
Savior for saints and sinners.

The impulse of love in the heart of the Savior made inevitable the
promise of the Eucharist, which climaxed the love feast of the
loaves and the fishes.

Love in the wonderful evening before His Passion, when love was
the sole subject of His speech, inevitably passed beyond words
and became bread made flesh and wine made blood with the
guarantee that never would He leave us orphans.

That is why in His revelation to Saint Margaret Mary, Christ
speaks of Holy Communion, that close union of the human soul
with the divine. That is why He asks that on the first Friday
we come to welcome Him. That is why He begs that on our
knees before His loving presence in the tabernacle we find
the historic Chirst in the Eucharistic Christ and remember
that the love of Christ is the same yesterday, today, and
forever.

Before the Eucharistic heart of Christ we kneel and 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.

_________
In Memory Of Leona McCleary.

Dear Lord,
Please take this novena and work it according
to your will.
Amen.