Novena for the Safe Re-opening of the Churches and the Restoration of Public Mass as soon as possible

We are writing today to ask you to join us in prayer for a very important intention, the Litany below will be said by Catholics across the UK from Sunday, 26th April, (The Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel) until the following week Monday, 4th May, the Feast of the English Martyrs.

This novena petitions Our Lord, the Good Shepherd, that it may be safe to re-open Churches and restore public Masses as soon as possible.

We know that many Catholics are finding it difficult in these times, separated from Our Lord’s Sacramental Presence in the tabernacle in His Churches. And, of course, many have been affected by the coronavirus, many have died and others have lost loved ones.

We know that care must be taken to ensure the safety of all, so we earnestly entreat Our Lord that, it will be safe to reopen the Churches and restore public Masses as soon as possible.

Please join us. If you hear about it later than those dates, please join anyway.

We continue to pray daily for all our supporters, especially those afflicted by this illness, and for the Mothers in need of our support, which we have continued to provide during the lockdown.

Please do share the Novena with your friends too.

Novena for the Safe Re-opening of the Churches and the Restoration of Public Mass as soon as possible

 

The Litany of the Sacred Heart

For the Intention that it may be safe to re-open the Churches and restore public Masses as soon as possible, we pray:

Lord, have mercy on us.

-          Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

-          Christ, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us.

-          Christ, graciously hear us.

 God the Father of Heaven,

-          Have mercy on us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world,

-          Have mercy on us.

God the Holy Spirit,

-          Have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Formed by the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mother,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Substantially united to the Word of God,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Of Infinite Majesty,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Holy Temple of God,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High,

-          Have mercy on us.

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

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Burning Furnace of charity,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Vessel of Justice and love,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Full of goodness and love,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Abyss of all virtues,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Most worthy of all praises,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, King and centre of all hearts,

-          Have mercy on us.

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

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, In Whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Divinity,

-          Have mercy on us. 

Heart of Jesus, in Whom the Father is well pleased,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Of Whose fullness we have all received,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Desire of the everlasting hills,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Patient and abounding in mercy,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Rich unto all who call upon Thee,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Fountain of life and holiness,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Atonement for our sins,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Filled with reproaches,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Bruised for our offenses,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Made obedient unto death,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Pierced with a lance,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Source of all consolation,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Our Life and Resurrection,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Our Peace and Reconciliation,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Victim for our sins,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Salvation of those who hope in Thee,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Hope of those who die in Thee,

-          Have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, Delight of all the Saints,

-          Have mercy on us.

Lamb of God Who takest away the sins of the world,

-          Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God Who takest away the sins of the world,

-          Graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God Who takest away the sins of the world,

-          Have mercy on us.

Jesus, meek and humble of heart,

-          Make our hearts like unto Thine.

 

Let us pray.

 

Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Thine most-beloved Son, and upon the praises and satisfaction He offers Thee in the name of sinners; and appeased by worthy homage, pardon those who implore Thy mercy, in Thy Great Goodness in the name of the same Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

Next Latin Mass for Good Counsel 9th July

It was very nice on the feast of the Sacred Heart to see Fr Patrick Hayward so happy with the large turnout for our Mass at Corpus Christi.
On the second Friday of every month the Latin Mass Society organises Mass, in the Old Form of the Latin Rite, for The Good Counsel Network at Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, Central London at 6.30pm. It is normally a Low Mass celebrated by Fr Haywood with a dozen or so of the faithful making up the small congregation.
As the second Friday of June was the feast of the Sacred Heart we had a sung Mass with a congregation 5 or 6 times the norm.
Fr Hayward who faithfully celebrates this Mass every month said that he hoped that they could all come next month and continue to do so.
As the second Friday of July, - the 9th July - is the feast of Sts John Fisher and Thomas More we will have another Sung Mass. Please attend if you can.

Stuart McCullough

On the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Friday 11th June marked the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and was also the day chosen by Pope Benedict to end the Year for Priests.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus embodies the heart of our Catholic faith. God shared our humanity in His Son, Jesus Christ. Our Lord suffered enormously during His earthly life. He took on our wounds and sins upon Himself, whilst remaining sinless, and died a most horrendous barbaric death on the cross, and rose from death three days later.

We are all sinners, wounded and broken, and yet Our Lord's death on the cross, and His defeat of death through His Resurrection, shows us His infinite love for us. God desires above all that we trust in His love and mercy for us, that despite our brokeness, our sins and wounds, inflicted by others and by ourselves, He will purify us and save us.

Confession, or also known as the Sacrament of Reconciliation is an invitation for us all to confess our brokeness, our sins and above all our inability to strive for holiness alone. Through confession, God embraces us with His infinite mercy. God loves us so much and His love is unconditional. No sin is to big for Him, even the sin of abortion. God takes away all feelings of guilt, hurt, betrayal, shame and fear, through this wonderful Sacrament. The slate is wiped clean, though our sins be as scarlet they shall be whiter than snow.

As it said in the Communion Rite on the Feast of the Sacred Heart:

"The Lord says: If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me: whoever believes in me, let him drink, streams of living water shall flow out from within him. " (John 7: 37-38)

Let us take great courage and hope from Our Lord's words. He loves us so much. His Sacred Heart desires all of us to be saved.Our mother, whose feast day was Saturday 12th June,the "Immaculate Heart of Mary", will draw us ever closer to her Sons Sacred Heart so that we will have "streams of living water flowing from within us" and Our Lord through his Holy Spirit will draw all of mankind to Himself.

James Coulborn

Feast of the Sacred Heart, Mass and Act of Consecration London Friday 11th June

Feast of the Sacred Heart. On Friday 11th June 6.30pm at Corpus Christi Church Maiden Lane, London. A Sung Mass in the old form of the Roman Rite has been organised for the Good Counsel Network by the Latin Mass Society and will include a Consecration of the World to the Sacred Heart.