A Special Morning

Special because:

• I got to hold an hours-old newborn this morning! He is just perfect and has his siblings' nose!
• I watched Little Brother being very patient with some 'rough' boys at the orthodontist office.
• I saw Big Sister walk back for her appointment with confidence and excitement.
• Two wonderful Oldest Siblings helped me prepare a crockpot meal. They are simply delightful girls!
• Little Brother told me how he plans to make a special homemade pizza for his father tonight. A little hidden yeast, three measures of flour...
• Oh geez! Did I mention that I got to hold a baby!? My heart just swells with JOY!I
• I took delight in serving someone who has served me many times over.
• I received several e-mails from friends who wanted to let me know that I mean something to them...
• I got to respond to those e-mails and let my friends know how special they are to me, and what WONDERFUL mothers they are to their children.
• I anticipate seeing yet another group of friends this afternoon!

I am a very fortunate woman. I have amazing children, amazing friends, and amazing support through the Blood and Purifying Flame of His Most Sacred Heart!

Enjoy a Litany~

"BEHOLD MY SACRED HEART WHICH HAS SO LOVED YOU"


(After each invocation to the Sacred Heart we say "Pray for Us")

Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,

Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the Womb of the Virgin Mother

Heart of Jesus, united to the Word of God

Heart of Jesus, of Infinite Majesty,

Heart of Jesus, Holy Temple of God,

Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High,

Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven,

Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of Charity,

Heart of Jesus, abode of Justice and Love,

Heart of Jesus, full of Goodness and Love,

Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,

Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,

Heart of Jesus, King and Center of all hearts,

Heart of Jesus, in Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,

Heart of Jesus, in Whom dwells the fullness of Divinity,

Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father was well pleased,

Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received,

Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,

Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,

Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke You,

Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness

Heart of Jesus, propitiation for all our sins,

Heart of Jesus, loaded down with reproaches,

Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offences,

Heart of Jesus, obedient unto death,

Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,

Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,

Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection,

Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation,

Heart of Jesus, Victim for sin,

Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who trust in You,

Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in You,

Heart of Jesus, delight of all the Saints,

Leader: Jesus meek and humble of Heart,

All: Make our Hearts like Yours. Amen

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.


Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

V. Jesus, meek and humble of heart.

R. Make our hearts like to yours.

Let us pray:

Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Your most beloved Son and upon the praises and satisfaction which He offers You in the name of sinners; and to those who implore Your mercy, in Your great goodness, grant forgiveness in the name of the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You forever and ever. Amen.


And this!

Sister Marie of St Peter with the Golden Arrow.

The three rings symbolize the Holy Trinity

(from Wiki)
The Golden Arrow Holy Face Devotion is a prayer in the Roman Catholic Church which is believed to have been dictated by Jesus to Sr. Marie of St Peter and of the Holy Family, a Carmelite nun of Tours, in 1843. It is an Act of Praise and Reparation for Blasphemy. It is also a reparation for the profanation of Sunday and the Holy Days of Obligation.


On March 16, 1844 Jesus reportedly told Sr. Marie:

"Oh if you only knew what great merit you acquire by saying even once, Admirable is the Name of God , in a spirit of reparation for blasphemy."

He told her that the two sins which offend Him the most grievously are blasphemy and the profanation of Sunday. Our Lord called this prayer the "Golden Arrow", saying that those who would recite it would pierce Him delightfully, and also heal those other wounds inflicted on Him by the malice of sinners. Sr. Mary of St. Peter saw, "streaming from the Sacred Heart of Jesus, delightfully wounded by this 'Golden Arrow,' torrents of graces for the conversion of sinners.

This prayer is part of the Roman Catholic devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus and appears in the book “The Golden Arrow”, the autobiography of Sr. Marie of St Peter. In her book she wrote that in her visions Jesus told her that an act of sacrilege or blasphemy is like a "poisoned arrow", hence the name “Golden Arrow” for this reparatory prayer.


Words of the prayer:

May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable,
most incomprehensible and ineffable Name of God
be forever praised, blessed, loved, adored
and glorified in Heaven, on earth,
and under the earth,
by all the creatures of God,
and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Amen.