US Bishops Call on Catholics to Pray Litany of Sacred Heart, Make Act of Reparation for "Blasphemies Against Our Lord"
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement requesting Catholics pray the Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and make acts of reparation on June 16, this year's Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The request comes in response to the Los Angeles Dodgers' plan to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an anti-Catholic LGBTQ+ drag queen group on June 16.
This group grotesquely mocks and blasphemes Our Lord, Our Lady, and consecrated religious sisters.
USCCB's Request for Reparation
USCCB President Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese of Military Services, USA, along with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, and Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles ask Catholics to "pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart, and make an act of reparation—an act offered to the Lord with the intention of repairing the spiritual damage inflicted by sin."
“Catholic Christians traditionally recognize June as the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus," the statement begins.
“This year, on June 16—the day of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus—a professional baseball team has shockingly chosen to honor a group whose lewdness and vulgarity in mocking our Lord, His Mother, and consecrated women cannot be overstated. This is not just offensive and painful to Christians everywhere; it is blasphemy."
"We call on Catholics to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart on June 16, offering this prayer as an act of reparation for the blasphemies against our Lord we see in our culture today.”
How to Pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
There are several ways to access the litany.
EWTN publishes the litany online, along with several videos. ChurchPOP also provides the text below.
The Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ graciously hear us
R. Have mercy on us.
God the Father of Heaven,
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, One God,
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,
Heart of Jesus, formed in the womb of the Virgin Mother by the Holy Ghost,
Heart of Jesus, united substantially with 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, glowing furnace of charity,
Heart of Jesus, vessel 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 dwelleth all the fullness of the Divinity,
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father is well pleased,
Heart of Jesus, we have all received,
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,
Heart of Jesus, patient and rich in mercy,
Heart of Jesus, rich to all who invoke Thee,
Heart of Jesus, fount of life and holiness,
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,
Heart of Jesus, saturated with revilings, .
Heart of Jesus, crushed for our iniquities,
Heart of Jesus, made 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 our sins,
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who hope in Thee,
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in Thee,
Heart of Jesus, delight of all saints,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, oh Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Christ graciously spare us.
Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.
V. Jesus, meek and humble of Heart.
R. Make our hearts like unto Thine.
Let us pray - Almighty and everlasting God, look upon the Heart of Thy well-beloved Son and upon the acts of praise and satisfaction which He renders unto Thee in the name of sinners; and do Thou, in Thy great goodness, grant pardon to them who seek Thy mercy, in the name of the same Thy Son, Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, world without end.