According to
a
Decree of the Congregation for The Doctrine of The Faith,
approved by H.H.Pope Paul Vl (14th Oct 1966)Articles
1399 & 2318 of canon Law were abrogated. Thus no imprimatur
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Miracles.
SOUL OF JESUS, SORROWFUL UNTO
DEATH,
WOULD THAT WE COULD CONSOLE THEE IN THY BITTER ANGUISH AND GRIEF.
AMEN.
FIRST
STATION
JESUS
IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD.!
INVOCATION: V. O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, LIVING LESSON OF HUMILITY. R. HAVE MERCY ON US!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER
HOW WITH GREAT CRUELTY JESUS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE PILATE, BOUND
WITH CHAINS AND ROPES, HIS SACRED HEAD CROWNED WITH THORNS, AND
HE DELIVERED JESUS UP TO BE CRUCIFIED.
PRAYER.
O
SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM, WHO WILL JUDGE ALL
OUR ACTIONS, HAVE MERCY ON US; BE NOT TO US A JUDGE BUT A
SAVIOUR; MAY WE BE AT THY RIGHT HAND WITH THE BLESSED AT THE LAST
JUDGEMENT.
END.
O
WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE
OF THE SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
THE SECOND STATION
JESUS IS LADEN WITH THE CROSS
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION. V. O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, OUR GUIDE AND OUR HOPE;R. HAVE MERCY ON US!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER
HOW JESUS EMBRACED THE HEAVY WOODEN CROSS WHICH WAS FORCED UPON
THE OPEN WOUNDED SHOULDER OF OUR DIVINE SAVIOUR.
PRAYER.
O
DIVINE WISDOM WHO HAS THUS DECREED, THE CROSS SHOULD BE OUR ONLY
WAY TO HEAVEN, HELP US TO CARRY OUR CROSS DAILY, WITH LOVE AND
RESIGNATION FOR THY DEAR SAKE AND AFTER THY MOST EXCELLENT AND
HOLY EXAMPLE.
END.
O
WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE
OF THE SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
THE THIRD
STATION
JESUS
FALLS THE FIRST TIME.
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER
HOW OUR DIVINE LORD FELL TO HIS KNEES BECAUSE OF HIS EXTREME
WEAKNESS AND THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THE CROSS THUS CAUSING HIS
SACRED HEAD TO BE STRUCK BY THE CROSS AS HE FELL.
PRAYER.
O
SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, ADORABLE SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM, HELP US
SHOULD WE FALL INTO SIN, COMMAND US TO RISE QUICKLY AND RETURN TO
THEE, WITH TEARS OF SORROW AND REPENTANCE.
END.
O
WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE
OF THE SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
THE FOURTH
STATION
JESUS MEETS HIS MOST HOLY
MOTHER
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION. V O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, THAT WE HOPE TO CONTEMPLATE ONE DAY UNVEILED;R.HAVE MERCY ON US!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER WHEN JESUS AND MARY MET
ON THE ROAD TO CALVARY, THEIR HEARTS WERE TORN ASUNDER AND ONLY
WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY COULD JESUS RAISE HIS SACRED HEAD THAT HIS
DIVINE GLANCE COULD BRING SOME COMFORT TO HIS HOLY MOTHER, WHO AT
GREAT COST TO HERSELF, BROUGHT COMFORT TO HIM.
PRAYER.
O MOTHER OF DIVINE WISDOM, TEACH
US TO LOVE THY SON AND COMFORT HIM AS THOU DIDST AT THAT MEETING,
NOT COUNTING THE COST TO OURSELVES IN PERFECT IMITATION OF THEE.
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE
US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF THE SACRED HEART, CONSUME
US WITH THY FIRE!
FIFTH
STATION
SIMON, THE CYRENIAN HELPS JESUS TO
CARRY THE CROSS.
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION. V O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, WHO DISPENSES ALL GRACES; R.HAVE MERCY ON US!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER THAT WHEN JESUS BECAME SO
EXHAUSTED, HIS CRUEL EXECUTIONERS FORCED SIMON OF CYRENE TO CARRY
THE CROSS WITH OUR DIVINE LORD.
PRAYER.
O TEMPLE OF THE ELECT, ENLIGHTEN
OUR MINDS THAT WE MAY SEE HOW SWEET IT IS TO HELP THEE
CARRY THY CROSS; THIS IS THE SECRET OF SANCTITY, THE LIGHT OF
DIVINE WISDOM, THE DESIRE OF THE BLESSED, NOT TO CAUSE THEE ANY
PAIN IN THY DIVINE SACRED HEART.
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE
US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF THE SACRED HEART, CONSUME
US WITH THY FIRE!
SIXTH STATION
SAINT VERONICA DRIES THE FACE OF JESUS
WE ADORE THEE OF CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION. V. O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, CONSOLED BY THE LOVING GESTURE OF VERONICA;R. HAVE MERCY ON US!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER HOW THE HOLY
WOMAN
VERONICA DRIED THE ADORABLE FACE OF OUR LORD AND MASTER, THE
AUTHOR OF LIFE DEIGNED TO IMPRESS UPON HER TOWEL, HIS SACRED HEAD
AND HOLY COUNTENANCE.
PRAYER.
O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, IMPRESS UPON OUR SOULS THY IMAGE, SO THAT WE MAY NO LONGER LIVE FOR OURSELVES, BUT FOR THEE ALONE!
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF
THE
SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
SEVENTH
STATION
JESUS
FALLS THE SECOND TIME
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION. V. O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS DISGRACEFULLY OUTRAGED DURING THE PASSION;R. HAVE MERCY ON US!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER HOW JESUS FELL A SECOND TIME STRIKING HIS SACRED HEAD ONCE MORE AGAINST THE CROSS, THE CROWN OF THORNS PENETRATING DEEPER, CAUSING FRESH WOUNDS AND GREATER AGONY TO JESUS OUR SAVIOUR.
PRAYER.
O SACRED HEAD AND HOLY WOUNDS OF JESUS, PLEAD FOR US AND BY THY DIVINE GRACE HELP US TO CROWN THEE NOT WITH THORNS, BUT TO ADD MANY BRIGHT JEWELS TO THY CROWN OF GLORY!
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF
THE
SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
EIGHTH STATION
JESUS CONSOLES THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION.V. O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, TEMPLE OF DIVINE WISDOM; R. HAVE MERCY ON US.
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER THAT WHEN JESUS HAD COME TO THE GATES OF THE CITY, A GROUP OF WOMEN WERE THERE WEEPING; TURNING HIS SACRED HEAD, JESUS LOOKED WITH COMPASSIONATE EYES UPON THEM SAYING.'WEEP NOT FOR ME, BUT FOR YOURSELVES AND FOR YOUR CHILDREN, FOR IF THESE THINGS ARE DONE IN THE GREEN WOOD, WHAT SHALL BE DONE IN THE DRY?'.
PRAYER.
O ETERNAL WISDOM OF OUR GOD, TEACH US TO BE COMPASSIONATE OF THY SUFFERINGS AND ALWAYS READY TO REPAIR FOR SIN BY PRAYER AND PENANCE.
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF
THE
SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!.
NINTH STATION
JESUS FALLS THE THIRD TIME.
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION. V. O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, WHO GOVERNS THE WORLD; R. HAVE MERCY ON US.
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER THIS THIRD AND MOST PAINFUL FALL OF JESUS; WITH DEEPLY WOUNDED KNEES HE FELL ONTO THE ROUGH STONES AND THUS THE WOUNDS WERE WIDENED; TO THESE TORMENTS OF HIS SACRED HEAD AND BODY, HIS CRUEL EXECUTIONERS ADDED INSULTING WORDS AND SPAT UPON HIM WITH GREAT IMPURITY.
PRAYER.
O DIVINE WISDOM AND INFINITE PURITY OF THE SACRED HUMANITY; O SACRED HEAD PRESSED TO THE DUST, HELP US TO BE PURE IN MIND AND BODY, BATHE OUR SOULS IN THY MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, THAT THEY MAY BE SPOTLESS, PURE AND FRAGRANT.
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF
THE
SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!.
TENTH STATION.
JESUS IS DESPOILED OF HIS GARMENTS AND MADE TO DRINK GALL.
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION. V. O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, WHO KNOWS ALL OUR NEEDS; R. HAVE MERCY ON US!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER THE GREAT CRUELTY WITH WHICH THEY DESPOILED JESUS OF HIS TUNIC, PULLING IT OVER HIS SACRED HEAD; ON ACCOUNT OF THIS THE CROWN OF THORNS WAS TORN OFF WITH IT; THEY FORCED IT AGAIN UPON HIS SACRED HEAD, OPENING UP WOUNDS UPON WOUNDS, CAUSING HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD TO FLOW.
PRAYER.
O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS CROWNED WITH THORNS, AND HOLY BODY OF JESUS DEPRIVED OF THY CLOTHING, HELP US ALWAYS TO BE MODEST IN OUR DRESS AND CONDUCT; CLOTHE US IN THY INFINITE GRACES, VIRTUES, MERITS AND MERCY THAT WE MAY BE PLEASING TO THEE AT ALL TIMES AND IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF
THE
SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
ELEVENTH STATION.
JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS.
WE ADORE THEE OF
CHRIST AND
PRAISETHEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS THOU HAST REDEEMED THE
WORLD!
INVOCATION. V. O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, LIGHT OF EVERY MAN COMING INTO THIS WORLD. R. HAVE MERCY ON US!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER HOW THE EXECUTIONERS BEREAVED OF ALL HUMAN COMPASSION, NAILED THE HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS TO THE CROSS; THUS THE SACRED BODY, THE TEMPLE OF DIVINE WISDOM IN WHICH DWELLS THE AUGUST TRINITY, WAS NAILED MOTIONLESS, THE SACRED HEAD PRESSED HARD AGAINST THE WOOD OF THE CROSS.
PRAYER.
O WOUNDED SACRED HEAD, HANDS AND FEET, WE ADORE THEE AND LOVE THEE; HELP US TO SUFFER FOR THY SWEET SAKE AND NOT TO COMPLAIN, ACCEPTING ALWAYS THY HOLY WILL, WHICH IS IN PERFECT ACCORD WITH THY DIVINE WISDOM.
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF
THE
SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
TWELFTH STATION.
JESUS DIES UPON THE CROSS.
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION. V. O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, THAT THOU INCLINED TOWARDS THE EARTH AT THE MOMENT THOU SAVEST US BY THE SEPARATION OF THY SOUL FROM THY BODY ON THE CROSS; R. HAVE MERCY ON US!.
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER JESUS HANGING ON THE CROSS AND LOOKING TOWARDS HIS MOST AFFLICTED MOTHER; HE SAID UNTO HER,"WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON." AND TO SAINT JOHN THE BELOVED, "SON, BEHOLD THY MOTHER."; FOR DIVINE WISDOM HAD DECREED THAT WE IN THE PERSON OF SAINT JOHN, SHOULD BE GIVEN THIS MOST PRECIOUS MOTHER AT THAT SOLEMN MOMENT. THEN, KNOWING IN HIS MOST HOLY SOUL, THAT HIS FATHER'S WILL WAS PERFECTLY ACCOMPLISHED, HE UTTERED HIS 'CONSUMATUM EST', AND CRIED IN A LOUD VOICE, "FATHER INTO THY HANDS, I COMMEND MY SPIRIT," INCLINED HIS SACRED HEAD AND DIED.
PRAYER.
O DYING SAVIOUR, HELP US AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH; BID THY MOTHER STAND BESIDE US; LIGHT OUR WAY WITH THE BRILLIANCE OF THY SACRED HEAD; WE COMMEND OUR SPIRIT TO THEE, THAT WE MAY HAVE PERFECT CONTRITION FOR OUR SINS AND DETACHMENT FROM EVERYTHING OF EARTH, THAT GOING FORTH WE MAY ENTER WITHOUT DEFILEMENT INTO THE WEDDING FEAST OF THE DIVINE LAMB.
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF
THE
SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
THIRTEENTH STATION.
THE BODY OF JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS.
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST, AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION. V.O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, WHO RECEIVED THE CARESSES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY; R. HAVE MERCY ON US!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER THE SORROWFUL AND IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY NOW PIERCED WITH THE SWORD OF SORROW LONG AGO PREDICTED, RECEIVING INTO HER ARMS THE SACRED BODY OF JESUS, WITH INCOMPARABLE SORROW SHE TENDERLY PRESSED THE SACRED HEAD OF HER DIVINE SON TO HER IMMACULATE HEART; THE MOST PRUDENT MOTHER AND GREAT CO-REDEMPTRIX, SEATED ON THE GROUND, WORSHIPPED HIM WITH GREAT AFFECTION AND DEVOTION.
PRAYER.
O SORROWFUL MOTHER, MARY MOST HOLY, HELP US TO REVERANCE THY DIVINE SON IN LOVING IMITATION OF THEE, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE RECEIVE HIS LIVING BODY, BLOOD, SOUL AND DIVINITY IN HOLY COMMUNION.
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF
THE
SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
FOURTEENTH STATION
JESUS IS PLACED IN THE SEPULCHRE.
WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND PRAISE THEE; BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD!
INVOCATION. V. O SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, REFLECTION OF GOD'S INFINITE MAJESTY; R. HAVE MERCY ON US!
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDER THE BURIAL OF JESUS; JOSEPH AND NICKADEMUS CARRIED THE SACRED BODY ACCOMPANIED BY SAINT JOHN, THE CENTURIAN, THE MOTHER OF OUR SAVIOUR AND THE HOLY WOMEN; THE BODY OF JESUS WAS THEN PLACED IN THE TOMB; THE QUEEN OF SORROWS ARRANGED IT WITH HER OWN FRAGRANT HANDS, PLACING A LINEN CLOTH OVER THE SACRED HEAD AND HOLY FACE OF OUR DIVINE LORD.
PRAYER.
O LOVING WISDOM OF OUR GOD, HELP US TO CONQUER SIN, THAT THROUGH THE INFINITE MERITS OF THY BITTER PASSION AND DEATH AND BY THY DIVINE GRACE, WE MAY BE BURIED DEEP IN THY SACRED HEART AND FROM THAT BURNING FURNACE OF LOVE, WE MAY ASCEND TO THE TEMPLE OF THE ELECT, THY SACRED HEAD, OUR LIFE IN TIME AND IN ETERNITY, WITHOUT WHICH WE CAN DO NOTHING AND ARE NOTHING.
END.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD, GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS;
LOVE OF THE SACRED HEART, CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
FINAL PRAYER
O JESUS, ETERNAL WISDOM, INFINITE LOVE, PERPETUAL LIGHT, WHOSE SACRED HEAD ILLUMINATES THE DARK WAY OF THE CROSS, AND EVERY AVENUE OF HUMAN SUFFERING, WHOSE LOVING HEART HAS FELT THE KEEN PAIN OF REJECTION AND INGRATITUDE, AND HAS EXPERIENCED THE AGONY OF KNOWING TO WHAT DEPTH OF SUFFERING WAS ENDURED BY THY MOST TENDER MOTHER. O LIGHT FAR BRIGHTER THAN TEN THOUSAND SUNS; ONLY LIGHT OF THY VIRGIN MOTHER MARY, GREAT CO-REDEMPTRIX AS SHE STOOD BENEATH THE CROSS; LIGHT OF ALL THE SAINTS SHINE INTO THE INNER MOST DEPTH OF OUR SOULS WHICH WE CONSECRATE TO THEE, TO COMFORT THY OWN MOST HOLY SOUL SORROWFUL UNTO DEATH AND SUFFERING STILL IN THE SACRAMENT OF THY DIVINE LOVE. O GLORY OF THE ANGELS; O GLEAMING CRYSTAL IN WHICH IS REFLECTED ALL THE COLOURS OF GOD'S GRACE; WE UNITE THE POWERS OF OUR OWN POOR SOULS TO THINE FOREVER.
O
TEMPLE OF THE
ELECT, WHERE IN THE UNCREATED TRINITY IS ADORED WITHOUT END; SET
THY SEAL UPON US AND SAVE US WHOM THOU HAST REDEEMED WITH THY
MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, FOR THE DAY IS FAR SPENT AND THE NIGHT
APPROACHES; BID US WORK WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME; GRANT US ALL
THAT VICTORY OVER SELF WHICH WILL MAKE US SO COMPLETELY THINE,
THAT HERE AFTER WE MAY RECEIVE FROM THEE THE CROWN OF ETERNAL
LIFE, WHICH IS TO SEE THEE, TO LOVE THEE, TO POSSES THEE, OUR
ONLY GOOD! AMEN.
FURTHER PRAYERS TO THE SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM.
IMPRIMATUR: Edm. Can. Surmont V.G.;England September 2nd, 1926.
G.Puyo. V.G. England. August 26th 1937.
O INFINITE WISDOM, BOUNDLESS LOVE, HOW UNSEARCHABLE ARE THY WAYS. MAKE KNOWN O LORD THY DESIRES TO HAVE THY SACRED HEAD HONOURED AS THE SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM AND TO HAVE THY HOLY SOUL SORROWFUL UNTO DEATH COMFORTED. BREATHE THY COMPLAINTS O LORD OUR GOD INTO THE SOUL OF ONE WHO HAS POWER TO ACT. ARISE AND SHOW THAT THOU ART THE ALMIGHTY GOD. MAKE KNOWN THE BURNING DESIRE OF THY SACRED HEART! MAKE HASTE O LORD FOR THY OWN DEAR SAKE. DO NOT THUS DELAY WE CONJURE THEE THROUGH THY MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD AND FOR THY BITTER PASSIONS SAKE. WE ASK THEE, O EVER BLESSED TRINITY, IN THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS, IN HONOUR OF THIS SAME SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM AND THROUGH THE BURNING LOVE OF HIS MOST SACRED HEART. WE ASK IT IN THE NAME OF MARY AND JOSEPH AND FOR THE SALVATION OF SOULS THAT THOU WILT MAKE KNOWN AND SPREAD THIS DEVOTION! O LORD, THOU KNOWEST THE DESIRE WITH WHICH WE DESIRE TO SATISFY THEE, YET HOW WEAK AND HELPLESS WE ARE AND HOW LITTLE IS YET DONE. SPEAK LORD AND SAY WHAT THOU WOULDST HAVE US DO! AMEN.
O SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM AND GUIDING POWER, WHICH GOVERNS ALL THE MOTIONS AND LOVE OF THE SACRED HEART, MAY ALL MINDS KNOW THEE, ALL HEARTS LOVE THEE, AND ALL TONGUES PRAISE THEE, NOW AND FOREVER MORE!AMEN.
O MARY BY ALL THE LOVE AND HOMAGE THOU HAST BESTOWED ON THIS SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM BEFORE WHICH THE CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM PROSTRATE LIE IN AWE AND TREMBLING FEAR AND LOVE, BUT WHICH THOU HAST SO OFTEN PRESSED TO THY SACRED HEART AND PILLOWED ON THY BREAST. O MARY AND JOSEPH, ALL YE CHOIRS OF ANGELS AND GLEAMING ROWS OF SAINTS, RAISE NOW YOUR MINDS, HEARTS AND HANDS TO THE ADORABLE TRINITY AND BEG THE HOLY OF HOLIES TO LOOK ON THOSE WARM RED DROPS OF PRICELESS WORTH, THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS WHICH HAVE OBEYED THE ORDER OF HIS DIVINE WISDOM, AND BY HIS OBEDIENCE UNTO DEATH AND ALL THE WISDOM AND LOVE HE HAS SHOWN TOWARDS HIS CREATURES TO ARISE AND SPREAD THIS LIGHT OVER THE WHOLE FACE OF THE EARTH! WHERE WOULD WE ALL BE IF IT WERE NOT FOR HIS INFINITE WISDOM AND LOVE? IN NOTHINGNESS OUT OF WHICH HE CALLED ALL THINGS. THEN LET ALL THINGS ACKNOWLEDGE, PRAISE, BLESS AND LOVE THIS WISDOM AND ADORE THE SACRED HEAD OF JESUS AS IT'S SEAT. NOT OUR WILL BUT THINE BE DONE! AMEN.
MEMORARE TO THE MOST HOLY SOUL OF JESUS.
REMEMBER O MOST HOLY SOUL OF MY JESUS, ALL THOU HAST DONE AND SUFFERED FOR OUR SOULS, AND LET THEM NOT PERISH.
WE BESEECH THEE, THROUGH THE ANGUISH THAT FORCED THY VERY HEARTS BLOOD FROM THY SACRED VEINS, AND WE CONJURE THEE TO BATHE OURS AND ALL POOR SINNERS, IN THAT PRECIOUS STREAM WHICH RAN DOWN IN RUBY DROPS UPON THE GROUND. REMEMBER THE DEEP AND BOUNDLESS LOVE THOU HAST SHOWN TO THEM, AND DRIVE NOT AWAY FROM THEE OUR SOULS, WHICH COME BACK TO THEE, FAINTING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THEIR MISERIES AND SORROWS. O DEIGN TO FEEL FOR THEIR WEAKNESS; BEHOLD THE DANGERS WHICH ENCOMPASS THEM ON ALL SIDES, THE EVILS WHICH CAUSE THEM TO SIGH AND GROAN. FULL OF TRUST AND LOVE, THEY COME TO THEE, O MOST TENDER AND COMPASSIONATE OF ALL SOULS; RECEIVE THEM IN THY MERCY AND GOODNESS; CAUSE THEM TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THY MOST PLENTIFUL REDEMPTION, AND THE EXCESS OF THY BURNING LOVE! SHOW THYSELF THEIR ADVOCATE WITH THY HEAVENLY FATHER, IN THE NAME OF ALL THY MERITS, THY HUMILIATIONS, AND SUFFERINGS, AND GRANT THEM STRENGTH IN ALL THEIR STRUGGLES AND GRACE TO LOVE AND CONSOLE AND THANK THEE FOR ALL ETERNITY! AMEN.
SOUL OF JESUS, SORROWFUL UNTO DEATH, WOULD THAT WE COULD CONSOLE THEE IN THY BITTER ANGUISH AND GRIEF.AMEN.
O WISDOM OF THE SACRED HEAD GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS
LOVE OF THE SACRED HEART CONSUME US WITH THY FIRE!
O SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM AND GUIDING POWER WHICH REGULATES AND GOVERNS ALL THE MOTIONS AND LOVE OF THE SACRED HEART, MAY ALL MINDS KNOW THEE AND ALL HEARTS LOVE THEE AND ALL TONGUES PRAISE THEE NOW AND FOREVER!AMEN.
O MEMORY, IN WHICH PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ARE AT ONCE REFLECTED, WHICH IS EVER MINDFUL OF US AND ALWAYS SEEMS STUDYING SOME NEW MEANS OF GIVING US FRESH FAVOURS, FORCE US TO LOVE THEE MORE AND MORE!
O UNDERSTANDING, WHO KNOWS ALL THINGS, EVER GUIDE US WITH THY LIGHT!
O WILL
THAT WAS
ALWAYS IN MEEK SUBJECTION TO THY HEAVENLY FATHER'S, CONTROL US IN
ALL THINGS, AS THOU DIDST GOVERN ALL THE AFFECTIONS AND MOTIONS
OF THE SACRED HEART OF THE GOD MADE MAN!
LITANY OF THE SACRED HEAD OF JESUS, SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM
LORD HAVE MERCY ON US
CHRIST HAVE MERCY ON US
LORD HAVE MERCY ON US
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 GHOST, HAVE MERCY ON US!
HOLY TRINITY, ONE GOD, HAVE MERCY ON US!
SACRED HEAD OF JESUS
FORMED BY THE HOLY GHOST IN THE WOMB OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: HAVE MERCY ON US!
SUBSTANTIALLY UNITED TO THE WORD OF GOD:
TEMPLE OF DIVINE WISDOM:
HEARTH OF ETERNAL CLARITIES:
SANCTUARY OF INFINITE INTELLIGENCE:
PROVIDENCE AGAINST ERROR:
SUN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH:
TREASURE OF SCIENCE AND PLEDGE OF FAITH:
BEAMING WITH BEAUTY, JUSTICE AND LOVE:
FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH:
LIVING LESSON OF HUMILITY:
REFLECTION OF GOD'S INFINITE MAJESTY:
OBJECT OF THE DELIGHTS OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER:
WHO RECEIVED THE CARESSES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY:
ON WHOM THE HOLY GHOST REPOSED:
WHO ALLOWED A REFLECTION OF THY GLORY TO SHINE ON THABOR:
WHO HAD NO PLACE ON EARTH TO LAY:
TO WHOM THE PERFUMED OINTMENT OF MAGDALEN WAS PLEASING:
WHO DEIGNED TO TELL SIMON THAT HE DID NOT ANOINT THY HEAD WHEN THOU ENTERED HIS HOUSE:
BATHED IN A SWEAT OF BLOOD IN GETHSEMANI:
WHO WEPT OVER OUR SINS:
CROWNED WITH THORNS:
DISGRACEFULLY OUTRAGED DURING THE PASSION:
CONSOLED BY THE LOVING GESTURE OF VERONICA:
THAT THOU INCLINED TOWARDS THE EARTH AT THE MOMENT THOU SAVEST US BY THE SEPERATION OF THY SOUL FROM THY BODY ON THE CROSS:
LIGHT OF EVERY MAN COMING INTO THIS WORLD:
OUR GUIDE AND OUR HOPE:
WHO KNOWS ALL OUR NEEDS:
WHO DISPENSES ALL GRACES:
WHO DIRECTS THE MOVEMENTS OF THE DIVINE HEART:
WHO GOVERNS THE WORLD:
WHO WILL JUDGE ALL OUR ACTIONS:
WHO KNOWS THE SECRETS OF OUR HEARTS:
THAT WE WANT TO MAKE KNOWN AND ADORED BY THE WHOLE WORLD:
WHO RAVISHES THE ANGELS AND THE SAINTS:
THAT WE HOPE TO CONTEMPLATE ONE DAY, UNVEILED: HAVE MERCY ON US!
WE ADORE THY SACRED HEAD, O JESUS
AND WE SUBMIT OURSELVES TO ALL THE DECREES OF THINE INFINITE WISDOM!
O
JESUS, WHO
DEIGNED TO REVEAL TO THY SERVANT TERESA HIGGINSON THINE IMMENSE
DESIRE TO SEE THY SACRED HEAD ADORED, GRANT US THE JOY TO MAKE IT
KNOWN AND HONOURED; LET FALL ON OUR SOULS A RAY OF THY LIGHT, IN
ORDER THAT WE MAY ADVANCE FROM CLARITY TO CLARITY, CONDUCTED BY
THINE ADORABLE WISDOM TO THE RECOMPENSE PROMISED TO THINE ELECT!
AMEN.
PROMISES GIVEN BY OUR LORD TO TERESA HELENA HIGGINSON TO THOSE WHO WOULD HONOUR HIS SACRED HEAD AS SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM.
1. "ANYONE WHO SHALL ASSIST IN FURTHERING THIS DEVOTION SHALL BE BLESSED A 1000 FOLD; BUT WOE TO HIM THAT SHALL REJECT OR GO AGAINST MY WISH IN THIS RESPECT, FOR THEY SHALL BE SCATTERED IN MY WRATH AND SHALL KNOW THEIR PLACE NO MORE"(JUNE 2ND, 1880)
2. OUR LORD "WOULD CROWN AND CLOTHE WITH A PECULIAR GLORY ALL THOSE WHO FURTHER THIS DEVOTION. HE WOULD CLOTHE WITH GLORY BEFORE ANGELS AND MEN IN THE COURTS OF HEAVEN THOSE WHO CLOTHED HIM IN GLORY ON EARTH AND WOULD CROWN THEM IN EVERLASTING BLISS".(SEPT. 10TH, 1880.)
3."WE RENDER A GREAT HOMAGE TO THE EVER BLESSED TRINITY BY ADORING OUR DEAR BLESSED LORD'S SACRED HEAD AS THE 'SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM' ".(ANNUNCIATION 1881)
4.OUR LORD WOULD BLESS "ALL WHO PRACTICE OR FURTHER THIS DEVOTION IN ANY WAY". (JULY 16TH, 1881)
5."UNTOLD BLESSINGS ARE PROMISED TO THOSE WHO SHALL TRY TO FURTHER OUR LORD'S WISHES IN SPREADING THIS DEVOTION". (JUNE 2ND, 1880)
6."THE MORE WE PRACTICE DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEAD THE MORE WE MUST SEE OF THE WORKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD IN THE HUMAN SOUL, AND THE BETTER WE WILL KNOW AND LOVE THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST."(JUNE 2ND, 1880)
7.THE "DEVOTION AND LOVE TO HIS SACRED HEART SHOULD BE BESTOWED A 100 FOLD UPON THOSE WHO PRACTICE DEVOTION TO THE SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM."(MAY, 1883)
8."OUR BLESSED LORD SAID THAT ALL HE HAD PROMISED TO THOSE WHO SHOULD WORTHILY LOVE AND HONOUR HIS SACRED HEAD SHOULD BE POURED OUT UPON THOSE WHO HONOURED IT THEMSELVES OR WERE THE MEANS OF OTHERS DOING SO. O SACRED HEAD MAY THY WISDOM EVER GUIDE US AND THE SACRED TONGUE EVER BLESS US AND PLEAD FOR MERCY AND PARDON, AND MAY WE NEVER HEAR THE CURSE PRONOUNCED AGAINST THOSE WHO SHALL HINDER OR DESPISE THIS DEVOTION".(JUNE 2ND 1880)
9."TO THEM THAT HONOUR ME I WILL GIVE OF MY MIGHT AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD AND THEY SHALL BE MY CHILDREN AND I WILL PLACE MY SIGN UPON THEIR FOREHEADS AND MY SEAL UPON THEIR LIPS." (JUNE 2ND, 1880)
10. HE GAVE ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WISDOM AND LIGHT WAS THE SEAL THAT MARKED THE NUMBER OF HIS ELECT AND THEY SHALL SEE HIS FACE AND HIS NAME SHALL BE ON THEIR FOREHEADS.(MAY 23RD, 1880)
OUR LORD GAVE HER TO UNDERSTAND THAT SAINT JOHN REFERRED TO HIS SACRED HEAD AS SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM "IN THE LAST TWO CHAPTERS OF REVELATIONS AND WITH THIS MARK WERE SEALED THE NUMBERS OF HIS ELECT." (MAY 23RD, 1880)
11. OUR
LORD
SHOWS HER THE GREAT BLESSINGS AND GRACES HE HAS IN STORE FOR ALL
WHO SHALL FURTHER HIS DIVINE WILL TO THIS END.(MAY 9TH 1880).
THE SACRED HEAD IS THE SHRINE OF THE POWERS OF THE SOUL. "THE HEAD IS ALSO THE CENTRE OF ALL THE SENSES OF THE BODY AND THAT THIS DEVOTION IS THE COMPLETION, NOT ONLY OF THE DEVOTION OF THE SACRED HEART, BUT THE CROWNING AND PERFECTION OF ALL DEVOTIONS; AND HE SHOWED ME HOW THE ADORABLE TRINITY AT HIS BAPTISM REVEALED TO THE WORLD THIS SPECIAL DEVOTION, FOR HIS SACRED HUMANITY IS THE TABERNACLE OF THE THRICE HOLY TRINITY; AND THAT SAINT JOHN HAS SPECIALLY SPOKEN OF THIS DEVOTION FOR THE MOST HIGH REVEALED TO HIM THAT HE SHOULD BE THUS WORSHIPPED BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD". (APRIL 9TH,1880)
TERESA
HELENA
HIGGINSON'S LAST WORDS:"DO NOT FEAR, BUT PUT YOUR HAND WITH
LOVING CONFIDENCE INTO YOUR FATHER'S HAND AND HE WILL GUIDE YOU
SAFELY THROUGH EVERY PATH, AND WHERE THE ROAD IS ROUGH AND STONY,
HE WILL CARRY YOU IN HIS ARMS!". (FEB 1905)
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LAUDETUR JESUS CHRISTUS IN AETERNUM!
Rosary of The Father