Loved first
Begin
✠ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, draw me into the love of Your Sacred Heart. Receive my intention, heal what is wounded, and teach me to remain in Your mercy. Make my heart more like Yours.
We are able to love because God loved us first.Scripture is presented as a brief devotional summary. Read the cited passage in your preferred Catholic Bible when possible.
Reflect
Remain with the Word
The Sacred Heart reveals that divine love is not an idea. In Jesus, God loves us with a human heart. Prayer begins by receiving this love before trying to earn it.
Let us pray
Heart of Jesus, help me receive the love You have already given. Quiet the fear that I must prove my worth. Let Your faithful love become the beginning of every response I make.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, make our hearts like Yours.
Carry it into the day
Rest your hand over your heart and receive this truth: “Jesus loves me first.”
Close with the ChurchOur Father · Hail Mary · Glory Be
Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 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.
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
✠ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.