The Sacred Heart Novena Prayer

Day 2

With the greatest confidence I come to you, the fatherly heart of Jesus,

for I know that no father, were he ever so loving and

solicitous, can possibly love his children as you have always loved me. To whom, therefore,

shall I go, if not you, the best of fathers, and the author of all good? It is indeed true that I have grievously offended you,

that I have neglected to honor you properly

and have been guilty of ingratitude

and do not deserve to be numbered among your children.

But although I forgot my duty to you as your child,

I know that you are still my beloved Father in heaven.

Now with a contrite heart, I kneel at your feet, weaving over my sins and promising

you that in the future I shall make every effort never to offend you again.

I hope in spite of my sinfulness to be received by you who have so often sought me.

O sweetest heart of Jesus, help me with your grace so that I may carry out my resolution.

Then, oh Jesus, if my wishes are not contrary to your most holy will, I beg of you to answer the request I place before you now, for which I pray with confidence and hope to receive from your infinite goodness.

O divine Jesus who has said, ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be open to you, behold me, prostrate at your feet.

Animated with a lively faith and confidence in the promises dictated by your sacred heart and pronounced by your adorable lips, I come to ask your aid.

From whom shall I ask, O sweet Jesus, is not from you whose heart is an inexhaustible source

of all graces and merits? Where shall I seek, if not from you whose heart is an inexhaustible source of all graces and merits.

Where shall I seek, if not from the treasure which contains all the riches of your clemency and bounty?

Where shall I knock, if it not be at the door of your sacred heart through which God himself comes to us, and through which we go to God.

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