HOLY HOUR WITH THE

SACRED HEART IN THE

BLESSED SACRAMENT
 FIRST QUARTER
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
O SALUTARIS HOSTIA
O Salutaris Hostia
Quae caeli pandis ostium;
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino,

Sit sempiterna gloria,
Qui vitam sine termino,
Nobis donet in patria.
Amen.

PRIEST: O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine.

ALL: All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.
PRIEST: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy
kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
ALL: Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us and
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

PRIEST: O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine.

ALL: All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.
PRIEST: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you
among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
ALL: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at
the hour of our death. Amen.
PRIEST: O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine.
ALL: All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine.
PRIEST: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
ALL: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Offering of the Hour

ALL: Adorable Savior, Redeemer of the Human Race, we believe that
You are really and truly present in the Blessed Sacrament here before us.
We desire to spend this hour of adoration and meditation in offering You
supreme honor and glory and in making some small atonement for our
sins and the sins of the world. We desire also to spend this Holy Hour in
thanking You for past favors and graces.

We wish to gain for ourselves and the holy souls in purgatory the many
indulgences attached to this devotion and most fervently, we implore You
to pour down Your blessings upon us and our children at home and in
foreign lands. O Jesus, while we are here in Your adorable presence, we
are resolved to forget all our business, our cares and anxieties; to forget
the world and all its false pleasures and to give all our thoughts entirely
to You alone, in rendering You supreme homage and adoration and in
contemplating Your lonely life in our Tabernacles. Amen.

LEADER: O Lord Jesus Christ, who has promised, that wherever two or
three shall be gathered together in Your name, You will be there in the
midst of them, look down with love and compassion upon these, Your
children, who are assemble before You, to honor Your Sacred Heart, and
to make it known and loved by all. Come into the midst of us, O Sweet
Jesus; fill our hearts with Your blessings and inflame them with Your love.

LEADER: O Jesus, answer our petitions as we kneel before You.

ALL: O Heart of Jesus, hear and grant our prayers. O Heart of love, I
place all my trust in you. I fear all things from my own weakness, but I
hope for all things from your goodness.
ALL: O Lord Jesus Christ, who has said, "Ask and You shall receive, seek
and You shall find, knock and it shall be opened to You," grant we beseech
You, to us who ask the grace of Your most divine love, that with all our
hearts, words and works, we may love You, and never cease to praise You
who live and reign, world without end. Amen.

LEADER: O Jesus, answer our petitions as we kneel before You.

ALL: O Heart of Jesus, hear and grant our prayers. O Heart of love, I
place all my trust in you. I fear all things from my own weakness, but I
hope for all things from your goodness.
ALL: O Loving Savior, infinitely generous, seeking only our interests,
from Your Sacred Heart came those words of pleading love, "Come to me,
all You that labor and are burdened and I will refresh You." Relying on
this promise of Your infinite charity, we come to You, and in the lowliness
of our hearts, earnestly beg You to grant us the favor we ask in this Holy
Hour: (request to be made in silence,), but if what we ask is not for the glory
of God or the salvation of our souls, do grant us what is most conducive
to both. Amen.

LEADER: O Jesus, answer our petitions as we kneel before You.

ALL: O Heart of Jesus, hear and grant our prayers. O Heart of love, I
place all my trust in you. I fear all things from my own weakness, but I
hope for all things from your goodness.
 Protestation of Loyalty to God
R: I LOVE YOU, O MY GOD!

God, the Father of heaven, (R)

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, (R)
God the Holy Spirit, (R)
Holy Trinity, one God, (R)
You, who are infinite love, (R)
You, who first loved me, (R)
You, who commanded me to love you, (R)
With all my heart, (R)
With all my soul, (R)
With all my mind, (R)
With all my strength, (R)
Above all possessions and honors, (R)
Above all pleasures and enjoyments, (R)
More than myself, (R)
More than anything belonging to me, (R)
More than all my relatives and friends, (R)
Above all created things in heaven and on earth, (R)
Only for Yourself, (R)
Because You are the Sovereign Good, (R)
Because You are infinitely worthy of being loved, (R)
Even had You not promised me heaven, (R)
Even had You not menaced me with hell, (R)
Even should You try me with want and misfortune, (R)
In wealth and in poverty, (R)
In prosperity and adversity, (R)
In health and in sickness, (R)
In time and in eternity, (R)
In union with that love wherewith the saints love You, (R)
In union with that love wherewith all the angels love You in heaven, (R)
In union with that love with which the Blessed Virgin loves You, (R)
In union with that love with which You love Yourself eternally, (R)

Spiritual Communion
ALL: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy
Sacrament. I love you above all things and I desire to receive You into my
soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least
spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and
I unite myself wholly to You; never permit me to be separated from You.

(One song for silent reflection)

SECOND QUARTER
ALL: O Divine Jesus, lonely tonight in so many tabernacles, without
visitor or worshipper, I offer You my poor but loving heart. May its every
beating be a prayer of love for You. You are ever watching under the
sacramental veil; in Your love, You never sleep and are never weary of
Your vigil for sinners. O good Jesus, I love You; I am truly sorry for having
offended You. O lonely Jesus, may my heart be a lamp, the light of which
shall burn and beam for You alone. Bless me, O Jesus, come spiritually
into
my soul and fill my heart with love for You. Make me, Jesus, wholly
Yours. Take this wayward heart of mine. Guide it through this valley of
tears. Heart of Jesus, hear me. When I draw my parting breath, when my
eyes shall close in death, then sweet Jesus, be near me.
O Heart of Jesus, hear me. Watch, Sacramental Sentinel, watch for the
weary world, for the erring soul, and for Your poor lonely child.
Prayer to the Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
ALL: O sweet Jesus, let me lay at Your Sacred feet my daily share of joys,
struggles and sorrows, my hopes and fears; and in the stillness of Your
sanctuary, do tenderly gather them into Your Most Sacred Heart. Solace
my doubts, calm my fears and grant that day by day I may become more
united to You.
O Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, overflowing with gentleness,
tenderness and charity, bury in the abyss of Your Mercy all my iniquities
and all my negligences. I offer You my labors and sufferings, my sorrows
and my miseries; I recommend to You my life and my death.

To Jesus in the Holy Eucharist

O Jesus, Hidden God, I CRY TO YOU.
O Jesus, Hidden Light, I TURN TO YOU.
O Jesus, Hidden Love, I RUN TO YOU.
With all the strength I have, I WORSHIP YOU;
With all the love I have, I CLING TO YOU;
With all my soul, I LONG TO BE WITH YOU;
And fear no more TO FAIL OR FALL FROM YOU;
O Jesus, DEATHLESS LOVE WHO SEEK ME;
Who died FOR LONGING LOVE OF ME;
King in all Your beauty, COME TO ME;
White-robed, blood-stained Jesus, COME TO ME;
And go no more, dear Lord, AWAY FROM ME;
O God, most beautiful, MOST PRICELESS ONE;
O God, most glorious, UNCREATED ONE;
O God, Eternal, BEATIFIC ONE;
O God, INFINITE AND HIDDEN ONE;
O God, Immense God, THE LIVING ONE;
Wisdom OF THE EVERLASTING ONE;
Ever loved AND EVER LOVING ONE;
Make me, O Holy God, YOUR TREASURED ONE;
Make me, O glorious love, YOUR PRECIOUS ONE;
Make me, O highest good, YOUR LONGING ONE;
Make me, O blessed light, YOUR CHOSEN ONE;
Make me forevermore, YOUR LOVING ONE;
My soul is dark, AWAY FROM YOU, MY OWN;
My eyes are dim IN SEEKING YOU, MY OWN;
My flesh pines, AWAY FROM YOU, MY OWN;
My heart leaps up WITH JOY TO YOU, MY OWN;
My spirit faints RECEIVING YOU, MY OWN;
Where in the height of heaven IS LIGHT LIKE YOU?
Where in the breath of heaven IS BLISS LIKE YOU?
Where in the depth of heaven IS PEACE LIKE YOU?
Where in the home of love IS LOVE LIKE YOU?
With all my heart I GIVE MYSELF TO YOU;
I wait, O KING AND SPOUSE FOR YOU;
Till I am one FOREVERMORE WITH YOU;
O Sweetest Jesus, BRING ME HOME TO YOU;
Free me, O dearest God, FROM ALL BUT YOU;
And break all chains THAT KEEP ME BACK FROM YOU;
Call me, O thrilling love, I FOLLOW YOU;
You are my all AND I NOTHING FOR YOU;
O hidden love, WHO NOW ARE LOVING ME;
O wounded love, WHO ONCE WAS DEAD FOR ME;
O sun-crowned love, WHO ARE ALIVE FOR ME;
O patient love, WHO WEARIES NOT OF ME;
All alone, YOU WEARY NOT OF ME.
O bear with me TILL I AM LOST IN YOU;
O bear with me TILL I AM FOUND IN YOU.
 Prayer to Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament
ALL: O Virgin Mary, our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, glory of the
Christian people, joy of the universal Church, salvation of the world: pray
for us, your children who are assembled here tonight, and awaken in all
the faithful – devotion to the Holy Eucharist, in order that they may
render themselves worthy to receive it daily.

(One song for silent reflection)

THIRD QUARTER

Act of Reparation
ALL: Divine Savior of souls, with countenances covered with confusion,
we prostrate ourselves in Your sovereign presence. Our eyes turn toward
the solitary tabernacle where You, imprisoned, sigh for our love.
Heartbroken, we grieve at the sight of You, forgotten by those whom You
have redeemed. Your blood made void, Your sacrifices fruitless, Your
love derided. Yet, since in Your infinite condescension, You permit us
tonight to unite our sighs with Yours, our tears with the tears which for
our sake, fell from those sacred eyes and with the drops of blood which
poured out from Your Divine Heart, we pray to You, sweet Jesus, for
those who do not pray to You; we bless You in place of those who curse
You; we adore You for those who outrage You. With every power of our
souls, in all the moments of this night, and before all the tabernacles of the
world, in union with the efficacious desires of Your loving Heart, we wish
to bless and praise You.
LEADER: O Lord, may the cry of expiation and repentance that rise
from our contrite hearts ascend to You.

R: PARDON, O LORD, PARDON!

For our sins and for those our parents, brothers, sisters, friends, and of
all the world. (R)
For infidelity and sacrilege, for hatred and animosities. (R)
For blasphemies, for the profanation of holy days. (R)
For impurities and scandals. (R)
For thefts and injustices; for faint-heartedness and human respect. (R)
For disobedience to Holy Mother Church, for the violation of fasting. (R)
For the crimes of spouse, the negligence of parents, and the faults of
children. (R)
For offenses committed against the Supreme Pontiff. (R)
For the persecutions raised against bishops, priests, religious and sacred
virgins. (R)
For the insults done to Your images, the profanation of Churches, the
abuse of the Sacraments and outrages against Your august tabernacle.
(R)
For the crimes of the impious and blasphemous press, for the horrid
machinations of secret sects. (R)
For the just who waver, for sinners who resist grace, and for all those
who suffer, MERCY, O LORD, MERCY.

LEADER: Pardon, O Lord, and mercy for those who need most Your
grace. May the light of Your divine eyes never be withdrawn from us.
Chain our inconstant heart to the door of Your Tabernacle, that it may
experience there the flames of divine love and for their own ingratitude
and rebelliousness, may their heart grieve in pain, may they weep tears
of blood and may they live dying of love.
ALL: Amen.
 Prayer for the Dying
LEADER: O most merciful Jesus, burning with love for souls, we pray,
by the agonies of Your most Sacred Heart and by the sorrows of Your
Immaculate Mother, to wash in Your blood the sinners of the whole world
now in their agony and about to die this day.
ALL: Amen.
LEADER: Agonizing Heart of Jesus,
ALL: Have mercy on the dying.

Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

ALL: Adorable Heart of Jesus, glowing with love for us and inflamed
with zeal for our salvation. O Heart, ever sensible of our misery and the
wretchedness to which our sins have reduced us, infinitely rich in mercy
to heal the wounds of our souls, behold us humbly prostrate before You
to express the sorrow that fills our hearts for the coldness and indifference
with which we have so long requited the numberless benefits that You
have conferred upon us. With a deep sense of the outrages heaped upon
You by our sins and the sins of others, we come to make a solemn
reparation of honor to Your most sacred majesty. It was our sins that
overwhelmed Your Heart with bitterness; it was the weight of our
iniquities that pressed down Your face to the earth in the Garden of
Olives, and caused You to expire in anguish and agony on the cross. But
now, repenting and sorrowful, we cast ourselves at Your feet, and implore
forgiveness.
Adorable Heart of Jesus, source of true contrition and ever merciful to the
penitent sinner, impart to our hearts the spirit of penance, and give to our
eyes a fountain of tears, that we may sincerely bewail our sins now and
for the rest of our days. Oh, would that we could blot them out, even with
our blood!
Pardon them, O Lord, in Your mercy, and pardon and convert to You all
that have committed irreverence and sacrileges against You in the
sacrament of Your love, and thus give another proof that Your mercy is
above all Your works. Divine Jesus, with You there is mercy and plentiful
redemption. Deliver us from our sins, accept the sincere desire we now
entertain, and our holy resolution, relying on the assistance of Your grace,
henceforth to be faithful to You.
And in order to repair the sins and ingratitude by which we have grieved
Your most tender and loving Heart, we are resolved in the future ever to
love and honor You in the most adorable Sacrament of the Altar, where
You are ever present to hear and grant our petitions, and to be the food
and life of our souls.
Be, O compassionate Jesus, our Mediator with Your heavenly Father,
whom we have so grievously offended. Strengthen our weakness,
confirm our resolutions of amendment, and as Your Sacred Heart is our
refuge and our hope when we have sinned, so may it be the strength and
support of our repentance, that nothing in life or death may ever again
separate us from You. Amen.
(One song for silent reflection)

FOURTH QUARTER

Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

LEADER: Lord, have mercy on us.
ALL: Lord, have mercy on us.
LEADER: Christ, have mercy on us.
ALL: Christ, have mercy on us.
LEADER: Lord, have mercy on us.
ALL: Lord, have mercy on us.
 R: HAVE MERCY ON US.

Holy Trinity, one God. (R)

Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father. (R)
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother.
(R)
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God. (R)
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty. (R)
Heart of Jesus, Sacred Temple of God. (R)
Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High. (R)
Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven. (R)
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity. (R)
Heart of Jesus, abode of justice and love. (R)
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love. (R)
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise. (R)
Heart of Jesus, King and center of all hearts. (R)
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
(R)
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received. (R)
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills. (R)
Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful. (R)
Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke you. (R)
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness. (R)
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins. (R)
Heart of Jesus, loaded down with reproaches. (R)
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses. (R)
Heart of Jesus, obedient unto death. (R)
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance. (R)
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation. (R)
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection. (R)
Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation. (R)
Heart of Jesus, victim for sin. (R)
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who trust in You. (R)
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in You. (R)
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints. (R)
 LEADER: Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world.
ALL: Spare us, O Lord.
LEADER: Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world.
ALL: Graciously hear us, O Lord.
LEADER: Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world.
ALL: Have mercy on us.

LEADER: Jesus, meek and humble of heart.

ALL: Make our hearts like unto Yours.
LEADER: Let us pray. O Almighty and Eternal God, look upon the
heart of Your dearly beloved Son, and upon the praise and satisfaction
He offers You in behalf of sinners, and being appeased, grant pardon to
those who seek Your mercy in the name of the same Jesus Christ, Your
Son, who lives and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world
without end.
ALL: Amen.

Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in time of trouble

ALL: O Sacred Heart of Jesus, make us remember, when the world is
cold and dreary, and we know not where to turn for comfort, that there
is always one spot bright and cheerful – the Sanctuary. When we are in
desolation of spirit, when all who are dear to us have passed away like
summer flowers, and none are left to us or care for us, we whisper to our
troubled souls that there is one friend who dies not, one whose love
never changes – the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the altar.
When sorrows deepen and crush us with their burden, when we look in
vain for comfort, let Your dear words come forth with full force from the
tabernacle: “Come to Me all you that labor and are heavily burdened,
and I will refresh you.” With that, we would realize the pure happiness
of receiving Your sympathy. With that, we could feel – when we are
crushed and humbled, when the hope we have live for has withered,
when sorrows and trials that we dare not reveal to any make our souls
sink well night unto death; when we look in vain for someone to
understand us, one who will enter into our miseries – make us
remember that there is One on the altar who knows every fiber of our
hearts, every sorrow, every pain special to our peculiar natures, and
who deeply sympathizes with us. Compassionate Heart of Jesus, our
hearts crave for sympathy, and to suffer seems nothing to the bitterness
of suffering alone.

Prayer before Benediction

ALL: O Jesus, who are about to give Your blessing to us, all who are
here assembled, we humbly beseech You that it may impart to each and
all of us the special grace we need, but more than this, we ask: let Your
blessings go far and wide. Let it be felt in the souls of the afflicted who
cannot come here to receive it at Your feet. Let the weak and tempted
feel its power wherever they may be. Let the poor sinner feel its
influence, arousing him to come to You. Let it cross the seas and animate
and comfort the missionary far away from home and brethren and
toiling for the love of souls so dear to Your Sacred Heart. We humbly
beg Your blessings for: (here mention the name of the person for whom you ask the
blessing), and may it affect that salutary purpose of which O Lord, You do
so lovingly impart it. Amen.

ALL: Jesus, my God, my King, now I must leave You, but carry away
with me the memory of Your wounded love. It will not be long until I
come to visit You. Till then, I leave my poor heart before the tabernacle.
Let its every beat tell You that I love You, and that I am longing to be
free to spend another hour with You. Bless me before I go, my Jesus.
Bless my home and undertakings. Bless my dear ones, my friends, and
my enemies too. Amen.
 TANTUM ERGO
Tantum ergo Sacramentum, veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum novo cedat ritui;
Praestet fides supplementum sensuum defectui.

Genitori, genitoque, laus et jubilatio,

Salus, honor, virtus quoque, sit et benedictio,
Procedenti ab utroque compar sit laudatio.
Amen. Amen.

Benediction
Priest: You have given them bread from heaven. (Alleluia)
All: Containing in itself all sweetness. (Alleluia)
Priest: Let us pray. O God, who under a wonderful Sacrament has
left us a memorial of Your Passion; grant that we may so
venerate the Sacred Mysteries of Your Body and Blood, that
we may always feel within ourselves the effects of Your
redemption; You who live and reign with God the Father, in
the unity of Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
All: Amen.
 The Divine Praises
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.

O SACRAMENT MOST HOLY

O Sacrament Most Holy!

O Sacrament Divine!
All praise and all thanksgiving,
be every moment Thine,
be every moment Thine!

O Sacrament Most Holy!

O Sacrament Divine!
All praise and all thanksgiving,
be every moment Thine,
be every moment Thine!