June is the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Holy Innocents School
- Jun 11
- 6 min read
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Holy Mother Church reminds us that June is the month dedicated to the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ—a heart burning with love for souls, yet so gravely wounded by the sins and indifference of mankind.
Sadly, in our times, June has been co-opted by the world to promote and celebrate actions and ideologies contrary to the law of God. What has been dubbed "Pride Month" glorifies grave sins—especially those of impurity and unnatural vice—which cry out to Heaven for vengeance. These public displays of depravity are not only offensive to Christian morals but are direct insults to the Sacred Heart of our Savior.
Let us, therefore, dedicate this month to fervent prayer and acts of reparation. Let our hearts be united with that of Our Lord in sorrow for the sins committed against Him, particularly the sins of blasphemy and impurity. Through acts of penance, devotion, and love, may we console the Heart that has so loved men and is, in return, so little loved.
Below is an excerpt from Pope Pius XI's encyclical, Miserentissimus Redemptor regarding devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
MISERENTISSIMUS REDEMPTOR
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI ON REPARATION TO THE SACRED HEART TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES,ARCHBISHOPS, AND OTHER LOCAL ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE.
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. . . And indeed Our Predecessor of happy memory, Leo XIII, admiring the timely opportuneness of the devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, said very aptly in his Encyclical Letter, "Annum Sacrum," "When in the days near her origin, the Church was oppressed under the yoke of the Caesars the Cross shown on high to the youthful Emperor was at once an omen and a cause of the victory that speedily followed. And here today another most auspicious and most divine sign is offered to our sight, to wit the most Sacred Heart of Jesus, with a Cross set above it shining with most resplendent brightness in the midst of flames. Herein must all hopes be set, from hence must the salvation of men be sought and expected."
3. And rightly indeed is that said, Venerable Brethren. For is not the sum of all religion and therefore the pattern of more perfect life, contained in that most auspicious sign and in the form of piety that follows from it inasmuch as it more readily leads the minds of men to an intimate knowledge of Christ Our Lord, and more efficaciously moves their hearts to love Him more vehemently and to imitate Him more closely? It is no wonder, therefore, that Our Predecessors have constantly defended this most approved form of devotion from the censures of calumniators, and have extolled it with high praise and promoted it very zealously, as the needs of time and circumstance demanded. . .(Read full encyclical below):
From the Papal Encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor, Pope Pius XI, May 8, 1928
Prayer of Reparation
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O sweetest Jesus, whose overflowing charity towards men is most ungratefully repaid by such great forgetfulness, neglect, and contempt, see, prostrate before Thy altars, we strive by special honor to make amends for the wicked coldness of men and the contumely with which Thy most loving Heart is everywhere treated.
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At the same time, mindful of the fact that we too have sometimes not been free from unworthiness, and moved therefore with most vehement sorrow, in the first place we implore Thy mercy on us, being prepared by voluntary expiation to make amends for the sins we have ourselves committed, and also for the sins of those who wander far from the way of salvation, whether because, being obstinate in their unbelief, they refuse to follow Thee as their shepherd and leader, or because, spurning the promises of their Baptism, they have cast off the most sweet yoke of Thy law.
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We now endeavor to expiate all these lamentable crimes together, and it is also our purpose to make amends for each one of them severally: for the want of modesty in life and dress, for impurities, for so many snares set for the minds of the innocent, for the violation of feast days, for the horrid blasphemies against Thee and Thy saints, for the insults offered to Thy Vicar and to the priestly order, for the neglect of the Sacrament of Divine love or its profanation by horrible sacrileges, and lastly for the public sins of nations which resist the rights and the teaching authority of the Church which Thou hast instituted.
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Would that we could wash away these crimes with our own blood! And now, to make amends for the outrage offered to the Divine honor, we offer to Thee the same satisfaction which Thou didst once offer to Thy Father on the Cross and which Thou dost continually renew on our altars, we offer this conjoined with the expiations of the Virgin Mother and of all the Saints, and of all pious Christians, promising from our heart that so far as in us lies, with the help of Thy grace, we will make amends for our own past sins, and for the sins of others, and for the neglect of Thy boundless love, by firm faith, by a pure way of life, and by a perfect observance of the Gospel law, especially that of charity; we will also strive with all our strength to prevent injuries being offered to Thee, and gather as many as we can to become Thy followers.
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Receive, we beseech Thee, O most benign Jesus, by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Reparatress, the voluntary homage of this expiation, and vouchsafe, by that great gift of final perseverance, to keep us most faithful until death in our duty and in Thy service, so that at length we may all come to that fatherland, where Thou with the Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest God for ever and ever.
Amen.
All prayers listed below are indulgenced and signed by either popes or approved by the Holy Office during or prior to the year 1958 A.D. Source: The Raccolta (1957 Reprint, Loreto Publications)
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved in every place.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Sweet Heart of my Jesus, grant that I may ever love Thee more.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, set our hearts on fire with love of Thee.
An indulgence of 500 days.
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Heart of Jesus, I put my trust in Thee!
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make our heart like unto Thy Heart.
An indulgence of 500 days.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy kingdom come!
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Divine Heart of Jesus, convert sinners, save the dying, deliver the holy souls in purgatory.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Thy love for me.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Glory, love, and thanksgiving be to the Sacred Heart of Jesus!
An indulgence of 300 days.
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O Heart of love, I put all my trust in Thee; for I fear all things from my own weakness, but I hope for all things from Thy goodness.
(Saint Margaret Mary Alocoque)
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Sweet Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us and on our erring brethren.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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All for Thee, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, mayest Thou be known, loved, and imitated!
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, protect our families.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Sweet Heart of Jesus, be my love.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, I give myself to Thee through Mary.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, strengthened in Thine agony by an Angel, strengthen us in our agony.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, let me love Thee and make Thee loved.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, convert all poor blasphemers!
An indulgence of 300 days.
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Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
An indulgence of 500 days.
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Most sweet Heart of Jesus, grant that peace, the fruit of justice and charity, may reign throughout the world.
An indulgence of 300 days.
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