The Devotion to the Sacred Head of Our Lord Jesus Christ
as the seat of Divine Wisdom
Prayers
Here there are some set prayers. But beyond these, it is really a matter of using our imagination to meditate on the Sacred Head.
Teresa Higginson herself came to see everything through the prism of Jesus' most loving wisdom
O WISDOM of the Sacred Head, guide me in all my ways.
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O LOVE of the Sacred Heart, consume me with thy fire.
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Three Glory be’s, in honour of the Divine Will, Memory and Understanding.
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O SEAT OF DIVINE WISDOM, and guiding Power, which governs all the motions and love of the Sacred Heart, may all minds know thee, all hearts love thee, and all tongues praise thee, now and for evermore. Amen.
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O WILL, which was always in meek subjection to thy Heavenly Father's, control me in all things, as thou didst govern all the affections and motions of the Sacred Heart of the God made man.
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O UNDERSTANDING, which knows all things, ever guide me with thy light.
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O MEMORY, in which past, present and future are at once reflected, which is ever mindful of me, and always seems studying some new means of giving fresh favours, force me to love thee more and more.
This prayer was written by Teresa Higginson
Imprimatur: Jacobus Canonicus Carr, Pro Episcopo Liverpolitana
Prayer for the Beatification
of Teresa Higginson
O Jesus by thy bitter passion;
O hidden God by thy yearning love for men in the Blessed Sacrament, grant we humbly beseech thee, that if it be for thy greater glory
and the good of souls, the halo of the blessed may soon be placed
on the head of Teresa Higginson, thy servant. Amen
Lord have mercy on us
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Christ graciously hear us
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Litany
composed in France, this has been in wide-spead use since 1937
Lord have mercy on us
Christ have mercy on us
Lord have mercy on us
Christ hear us
God the Father of heaven
God the Son, Redeemer of the world
God the Holy Spirit
Holy Trinity, One God
Formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Substantially united to the Word of God
Temple of Divine Wisdom
Hearth of eternal clarities
Sanctuary of infinite intelligence
Providence against error
Sun of heaven and earth
Treasure of science and pledge of faith
Beaming with beauty, justice and love
Full of grace and truth
Living lesson of humility
Reflection of God's infinite majesty
Object of the delights of the heavenly Father
Who received the caresses of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On whom the Holy Spirit reposed
Who allowed a reflection of Thy Glory to shine on Tabor
Who had no place on earth to lay
To whom the perfumed ointment of Magdalen was pleasing
Who deigned to tell Simon that he did not anoint Thy Head when Thou entered his house
Bathed in a sweat of blood in Gethsemane
Who wept over our sins
Crowned with thorns
Disgracefully outraged during the passion
Consoled by the loving gesture of Veronica
Which thou inclined towards the earth at the moment Thou saved us by the separation of Thy Soul from Thy Body on the cross
Light of every man coming into this world
Our Guide and our Hope
Who knows all our needs
Who dispenses all graces
Who directs the movements of the Divine Heart
Who governs the world
Who will judge all our actions
Who knows the secrets of our hearts
That we want to make known and adored by the whole world
Who ravishes the angels and the saints
That we hope to contemplate one day, unveiled
- I adore Thy Sacred Head , oh Jesus,
- And I submit myself to all the decrees of Thine infinite Wisdom.
Let us pray
Oh Jesus, Who deigned to reveal to Thy servant Teresa Higginson Thine immense desire to see Thy Sacred Head adored, grant me the joy to make it known and honoured; let fall on my soul a ray of Thy light, in order that I may advance from clarity to clarity, conducted by Thine adorable Wisdom to the recompense promised to Thine elect. Amen.
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The original devotional prayer leaflets can be downloaded here