Devotion to Jesus: today first Friday of the month, prayer and promises
PRAYERS TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS TRANSFERRED BY THE LANCE
(for the first Friday of the month)
O Jesus, so lovable and so unloved! We humbly present ourselves at the foot of your cross, to offer to your divine Heart, open to the spear and consumed by love, the homage of our deep adorations. We thank you, O beloved Savior, for having allowed the sol-given to pierce your adorable side and thus have opened a refuge of salvation in the mysterious ark of your Sacred Heart. Allow us to take refuge in these bad times in order to save ourselves from the excess of scandals that contaminate humanity.
Pater, Ave, Glory.
We bless the precious blood, which came out of the open wound in your divine Heart. Dignified to make it a salvific work for the unhappy and guilty world. Lava, purifies, regenerates souls in the wave that emerged from this true fountain of grace. Allow, O Lord, that we will get you into our iniquities and those of all men, begging you, for the immense love that devours your Sacred Heart, to save us again. Pater, Ave, Gloria.
Finally, sweetest Jesus, allow us that, by fixing our dwelling forever in this adorable Heart, we spend our lives in holiness and make our last breath in peace. Amen. Pater, Ave, Gloria.
Will of the Heart of Jesus, dispose of my heart.
Zeal of the Heart of Jesus, consume my heart.
THE PROMISES OF OUR LORD FOR THE DEVOTEES OF HIS SACRED HEART
Blessed Jesus, appearing to St. Margaret Maria Alacoque and showing her his Heart, shining like the sun with the brightest light, made the following promises for his devotees:
1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state
2. I will put and keep peace in their families
3. I will console them in all their pains
4. I will be their safe haven in life and especially on the point of death
5. I will spread abundant blessings on all their endeavors
6. Sinners will find in my Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy
7. Lukewarm souls will become heated
8. Fervent souls will soon reach great perfection
9. My blessing will also rest on the houses where the image of my Heart will be exposed and honored
10. I will give the priests the grace to move the hardened hearts
11. The people who propagate this devotion will have their name written in my Heart and it will never be canceled.
12. To all those who, for nine consecutive months, will communicate on the first Friday of each month, I promise the grace of final perseverance: they will not die in my misfortune, but will receive the Holy Sacraments (if necessary) and my Heart their asylum will be safe at that extreme moment.
The twelfth promise is called "great", because it reveals the divine mercy of the Sacred Heart towards humanity.
These promises made by Jesus have been authenticated by the authority of the Church, so that every Christian can confidently believe in the faithfulness of the Lord who wants everyone safe, even sinners.
CONDITIONS
To be worthy of the Great Promise it is necessary:
1. Approaching Communion. Communion must be done well, that is, in the grace of God; therefore, if one is in mortal sin, one must first confess.
2. For nine consecutive months. So who had started the Communions and then out of forgetfulness, illness, etc. had left out even one, it must start over.
3. Every first Friday of the month. The pious practice can be started in any month of the year.
SOME DOUBTS
IF, AFTER YOU HAVE THE NINE FIRST FRIDAYS WITH THE DUE PROVISIONS, A FALL IN DEADLY SIN, AND THEN DIE SUDDENLY, HOW COULD YOU SAVE YOURSELF?
Jesus promised, without exception, the grace of the final penance to all those who will have done Holy Communion well on the first Friday of each month for nine consecutive months; therefore it must be believed that, in the excess of his mercy, Jesus gives that dying sinner the grace to issue an act of perfect contrition, before dying.
WHO WOULD MAKE THE NINE COMMUNIONS WITH THE INTENTION OF CONTINUING THEN PEACEFULLY TO SIN, COULD HOPE IN THIS GREAT PROMISE OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS?
Certainly not, on the contrary, he would commit many sacrileges, because by approaching the Holy Sacraments, it is necessary to have the firm resolution to leave sin. One thing is the fear of going back to offending God, and another the malice and the intention to go on sinning.