Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus | How to Pray Guide
The Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a powerful and important prayer that brings us closer to Jesus’s human heart. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was given this devotion by Jesus to His Sacred Heart. It was also prayed every day by St. Padre Pio. Use this guide below and the free PDF Guide to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena to learn this important Catholic devotion.
What is the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
Jesus' willingness to lay down His life for our sake demonstrates His profound love for us. All of His actions were motivated by the love in His heart; His inner life was reflected in His demonstrated virtues and sacrifice.
The purpose of this devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is to center our hearts on receiving and returning His love with gratitude — with our entire heart, soul, and strength — so that He may be glorified.
The Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a novena (nine daily prayers) to Jesus’s Sacred Heart. we Pray one guided prayer, nine days in a row, allowing us to meditate on Jesus’s Heart.
In the 1670s, Jesus appeared multiple times to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French nun of the Visitation order. Through these visions, He revealed to her how He desired to be honored with the symbol of His heart, requesting that the faithful make amends for any wrongdoings they had committed, receive Communion frequently, and observe the Holy Hour. Pope Pius IX added the devotion to the church calendar in 1856.
Why pray the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
It is powerful and proper to venerate the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and a Novena is a beautiful way to do this. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states in paragraph 478 that Jesus, “has loved us all with a human heart. For this reason, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pierced by our sins and for our salvation, ‘is quite rightly considered the chief sign and symbol of that… love with which the divine Redeemer continually loves the eternal Father and all human beings’ without exception.”
When we pray a Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we are meditating on the love that comes from Jesus’s human heart.
When someone would ask for his prayers, Saint Padre Pio prayed the Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena for those intentions, and he did it daily!
How to Pray the Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena
Pray the following prayers below (all three) each day, for nine days in a row, to complete the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Prayer 1: Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena
O my Jesus, you have said, ‘Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.’ Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of [insert your intention.]
Pray one Our Father.
Pray one Hail Mary.
Pray one Glory Be.
Closing Prayer:
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
Prayer 2: Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena
O my Jesus, you have said, ‘Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in your name, I ask the Father for the grace of’ [insert your intention.]
Pray one Our Father.
Pray one Hail Mary.
Pray one Glory Be.
Closing Prayer:
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
Prayer 3: Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena
O my Jesus, you have said, ‘Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.” Encouraged by your infallible words I now ask for the grace of’ [insert your intention.]
Pray one Our Father.
Pray one Hail Mary.
Pray one Glory Be.
Closing Prayer:
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
Closing Prayers: Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of you, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender mother and ours.
Say the Hail, Holy Queen.
Closing Prayer:
St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena: Free PDF Download
Please use the download link below for a Free PDF guide to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena and the included prayers.
Download the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus PDF
When to pray the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
This prayer can be prayed perpetually (as Saint Padre Pio did), but a great time to pray this Novena, is prior to the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, celebrated by the Catholic Church. This feast takes place 19 days after Pentecost on a Friday. In 2023 the feast is celebrated on June 16th. You would start this nine-day Novena on June 9th and conclude on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart.
Other Resources for the Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena
The National Center for Padre Pio
Youtube: The Sacred Heart of Jesus Novena Video
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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