Litany of the Passion: A Prayer of Reparation before the Blessed Sacrament

Oh my very dear Jesus, what brought You to suffer for us a mortal Agony in the Garden of Olives: It is Love.

Oh My Adorable Jesus, what brought You to separate Yourself from Your Apostles during this Agony: It is Love.

Oh My Jesus, what brought You to leave the executioners and the Jews torture and bind You: It is Love.

Oh My Jesus, what brought You to appear before the tribunal of Pilate: It is Love.

Oh My Jesus, what brought You to descend into the obscure prison of Herod: It is Love.

Oh Holy Victim, what brought You to allow the executioners scourge You without a complaint from You: It is Love.

Oh Holy Victim, what brought You to separate Yourself from Your Holy Mother in order to suffer insults: It is Love.

Oh Holy Victim, what brought You to cast a glance at St. Peter when leaving the Praetorium: It is Love.

Oh Holy Victim, what brought You to fall before Your enemies under (their) weight: It is Love.

Oh Holy Victim, what brought You to die for us on a Cross: It is Love.

Oh Holy Victim, what brought You to give Yourself to our souls in the Most Holy Sacrament: It is Love.

Oh Holy Victim, what brought You to reside for us in all the Shrines and Tabernacles in the entire world: It is Love.

Oh Holy Victim, what brought You to tell us ‘Dear Children, do not fear, come close, I sleep, but My Heart watches’: It is Love.

Adorable Sacred Victim, what brought You to let us approach Your Holy Tabernacles, to possess You and dissolve into these delights: It is Love. It is Love.

Oh Most Holy Victim, what brought You to love us with a Love so Ardent and full of Goodness: It is Love. It is Love.

Also, here is the new promises of devotion to the Shoulder Wound of Christ, coming from Marie Julie Jahenny and, of course, Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ.

1 – “I will bless all the souls who propagate this devotion: I grant them abundant graces.”(March 29, 1878)
2 –“O souls who love Me, who propagate this devotion, I take you under My protection, I keep you under the mantle of My affection.”(March 29, 1878)
3 –“I will dispel the darkness that will come to their heart.”(December 28, 1877)
4 –“I will console them in their pains.” “I will come in the midst of their greatest afflictions, to enlighten, to comfort them.” (February 8, 1878) (28 December 1877,February 8 and April 12, 1878)
5 –“I will come to bless them in their undertakings.” (March 29, 1878)
6 – “I will give them a tender love for the Cross. I will come to assist them at the time of death, with this cross and I will introduce them into My Heavenly Kingdom.”(April 12, 1878)
7 –“I will sweeten their agony.” (December 28, 1877). “I will come at the hour of death. I will console them in their passage.” (February 8, 1878).

“Especially at the hour of death, I will come to give them a sweet moment of calm and tranquillity. I will tell them: ‘O good holy soul, who has spread this devotion (knowing) that I had so much at heart that it be made known, come to receive the reward of your labours, the fruit of blessing.’.” (March 29, 1878)
8 – “I will shelter them, I will assist them, I will console all the souls that seek to propagate this Sacred Wound. At the time of death, I will console the souls that have compensated Me by their devotion and compassion to the Wound so deep and painful. I will come to strengthen them in their final fears. I will come and prepare their passage: Thank you, you who have compensated Me for My pains.”(May 17,1878)
9 – “See,” Jesus said, pointing to His Sacred Wound with extreme tenderness, “all My children who have recognised this Wound, who have venerated it, have prayed to it, will have on the Last Day a great and generous reward. I do not simply show it, I pronounce it.  My Word is Divine.”(May 17, 1878)

The one minute prayer before the Crucifix:

Our Lord said to Marie Julie Jahenny:
“O beloved soul, one minute at the foot of the crucifix! Give Me three sighs as follows:

• My Beloved, I love you,
• My loving Father, I want to keep you company,
• My heavenly Bridegroom, I desire Heaven to see you and love you.

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Wake the Heavens

Peoples of the Earth,
This hour beseeches you.
Rise from your slumber,
Shake off the demons of sloth.
Open your eyes,
Lift the veil that hides your sin.

Peoples of the Earth,
The dead beseech you.
The living call out.
The blind place their hands upon your arm.
Truth is at the door.
Open and receive.

Peoples of the Earth,
Hope for the good,
The holy, and the hallowed.
Take off your rags,
Don a wedding garment.
That you may feast and dance.

Peoples of the Earth,
Seek the Kingdom of the Great King.
He rains down blessing from above,
He calls saints,
And angels to your side,
For Victory in His Name.

Peoples of the Earth.
A New Day beckons you.
Gather the lame, and the hungry,
Those that hope for Victory beseech you.
Jesus awaits your plaintive cries
To wake the heavens.

© 2016 Joann Nelander

From St Gertrude the Great

O LORD God, my Creator, all my desire is before Thee, and my groaning is not hidden from Thee; but inasmuch as the necessities of this life prevent the constant application of my mind to Thy praise, I make with Thee this covenant, earnestly desiring that it may remain in force throughout this week.

Whenever I look up towards Heaven, I desire and intend to rejoice with Thee in Thine infinite perfections; that Thou art what Thou art, supremely strong and wise and loving and just.

As often as I open or close my eyes, I desire and intend to approve and concur in all the holy actions which Thine Only-begotten Son, and all the Saints in Heaven and just on earth, have ever done, or shall ever hereafter do, to Thy glory, and desire to be held a partaker in them all.

As often as I draw my breath, I offer to Thee the Life and Passion and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the merits and sufferings of all the Saints, to Thine eternal glory, for the welfare and peace of all the whole world, and in satisfaction for the sins of all men.

Whenever I sigh, I intend to detest and abhor every sin, as well my own sins as those which have ever been committed from the beginning of the world against the honour of Thy Name. Would that the slight and worthless offering of my blood might be accepted in satisfaction for them! Lastly, as often as I move my hand or my foot, so often do I cast myself with entire resignation upon Thy most holy will, desiring that Thou wouldst dispose of me in time and in eternity, according to Thine adorable good pleasure.

And, lest this fivefold covenant should be in any way made void, I seal it with the seals of Thy five most Sacred Wounds, earnestly desiring that it may have its full force with Thee, even though in any one of these actions it be not actually present to my mind.