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A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who piously recite the Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart.
A plenary indulgence is granted if it is publicly recited on the feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Prayer:
Most sweet Jesus, whose overflowing charity for men is requited by so much forgetfulness, negligence and contempt, behold us prostrate before you, eager to repair by a special act of homage the cruel indifference and injuries to which your loving Heart is everywhere subject.
Mindful, alas! that we ourselves have had a share in such great indignities, which we now deplore from the depths of our hearts, we humbly ask your pardon and declare our readiness to atone by voluntary expiation, not only for our own personal offenses, but also for the sins of those, who, straying far from the path of salvation, refuse in their obstinate infidelity to follow you, their Shepherd and Leader, or, renouncing the promises of their baptism, have cast off the sweet yoke of your law.
We are now resolved to expiate each and every deplorable outrage committed against you; we are now determined to make amends for the manifold offenses against Christian modesty in unbecoming dress and behavior, for all the foul seductions laid to ensnare the feet of the innocent, for the frequent violations of Sundays and holy-days, and the shocking blasphemies uttered against you and your Saints.
We wish also to make amends for the insults to which your Vicar on earth and your priests are subjected, for the profanation, by conscious neglect or terrible acts of sacrilege, of the very Sacrament of your divine love, and lastly for the public crimes of nations who resist the rights and teaching authority of the Church which you have founded.
Would that we were able to wash away such abominations with our blood. We now offer, in reparation for these violations of your divine honor, the satisfaction you once made to your Eternal Father on the cross and which you continue to renew daily on our altars; we offer it in union with the acts of atonement of your Virgin Mother and all the Saints and of the pious faithful on earth; and we sincerely promise to make recompense, as far as we can with the help of your grace, for all neglect of your great love and for the sins we and others have committed in the past. Henceforth, we will live a life of unswerving faith, of purity of conduct, of perfect observance of the precepts of the Gospel and especially that of charity. We promise to the best of our power to prevent others from offending you and to bring as many as possible to follow you.
O loving Jesus, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mother, our model in reparation, deign to receive the voluntary offering we make of this act of expiation; and by the crowning gift of perseverance keep us faithful unto death in our duty and the allegiance we owe to you, so that we may all one day come to that happy home, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, God, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer Source: Enchiridion of Indulgences , June 29, 1968
"I have responded to the Pope’s appeal to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus, and I’m about to start making it." https://t.co/wfksfkp2ar
The new Guards were able to meet the Pope before taking part in the swearing-in ceremony. "I am moved to be part of this tradition," said one of the recruits. https://t.co/yQ3MjrXlhU
In my imagination, I might lie back on the green pasture, in the warmth of the full sun as I listen to the quiet flow of the restful waters.
Pray with today's psalm:
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This Thursday, April 27, marks nine years since the canonization ceremony of the pontiffs St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII took place, presided over by Pope Francis, in which thousands of faithful participated. https://t.co/lHxZXqZ30U
Today is also traditionally the Major Rogation Day also called the Greater Litanies. While no longer included in the Universal Calendar, Rogation Days can still be observed by the faithful. These were formerly days of fasting and penance, and there were special liturgies and processions for this day.
What are Rogation Days? From Father John Hardon: "Rogation Days are prescribed days of prayer and penance in spring. Two sets of rogation days were kept since early Christian times: the Major Rogation on April 25, the Feast of St. Mark; and the Minor Rogations on the last three days before Ascension Thursday. They were instituted to appease divine justice, ask for protection, and invoke God's blessing on the harvest. The Litany of the Saints was chanted in procession and the Rogation Mass followed. The feast of St. Mark, as the more ancient, was also called the Greater Litanies."
🔥 "The only time our Lord asked the Apostles for anything was the night He went into agony. Not for activity did He plead but for an Hour of companionship."
- Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen @HSCC_Tempe#holyspiritcatholicchurchtempe