The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

 


Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us, now and at the hour of death! 


The Saturday following the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Immaculate Heart of Mary is the treasury by which all other Marian devotions are born. Honoring the Heart of the Mother of God today besides Mass, the Rosary and wearing the scapular is to consecrate ourselves to her by means like the method of St. Louis de Montfort. 

We honor the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart each month on First Friday and First Saturday respectively also in accordance with revelations of Our Lord and Our Lady. With today’s feast, following the feast of the Sacred Heart to reflect Jesus and Mary’s unity, there won’t be any other major Sunday solemnities like Corpus Christi until Christ the King Sunday. All the feast days that are moveable based on the date of Easter thus are complete. In this was just as our redemption began by Mary’s “Fiat”, Her Immaculate Heart closes the Easter related celebrations.

Indulgences: A plenary indulgence is given for visiting a church on the feast of its titular Saint. Any church titled for the Immaculate Heart of Mary holds a plenary indulgence under the normal conditions (see indulgences section) and for praying the creed and Our Father once. For those consecrated to Mary on this feast in previous years and renew their indulgence a plenary indulgence can be gained today. To make this renewal more efficacious see here. For members of the Rosary Confraternity and Living Rosary a plenary indulgence is gained under the usual conditions. 

The Litany of the Immaculate Heart 

(For Private Devotion)

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, 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 Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.

Heart of Mary, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, like unto the Heart of God, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, united to the Heart of Jesus, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, instrument of the Holy Ghost, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, sanctuary of the Divine Trinity, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, tabernacle of God Incarnate, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, immaculate from thy creation, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, full of grace, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, blessed among all hearts, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, throne of glory, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, most humble, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, holocaust of Divine Love, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, fastened to the Cross with Jesus Crucified, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, comfort of the afflicted, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, refuge of sinners, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, hope of the agonizing, Pray for us.
Heart of Mary, seat of mercy, Pray for 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.

V. Immaculate Mary, meek and humble of heart, 
R. Make our hearts like unto the Heart of Jesus.

Let Us Pray:
O most merciful God, Who, for the salvation of sinners and the refuge of the miserable, wast pleased that the Most Pure Heart of Mary should be most like in charity and pity to the Divine Heart of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, grant that we, who commemorate this sweet and loving Heart, by the merits and intercession of the same Blessed Virgin, may merit to be found like unto the Heart of Jesus, through the same Christ Our Lord. 
R. Amen.

The Alliance of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary 

Saints of the Immaculate Heart (Note this page is from a different year so the date for the feast isn’t correct, in 2023 it’s June 17th.) 

The Green Scapular (The Badge of the Immaculate Heart)

Iconography of the Immaculate Heart 

Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima 

About Our Lady of Fatima  

If you didn’t pray the Sacred Heart Novena before yesterday’s feast you can pray it today as it honors too Mary’s Immaculate Heart. 

The 12 Virtues of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Personal note: In 2024, the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary falls on June 8th which is the 27th anniversary of my Baptism. I would like to thank God for all the graces He’s granted me through the Blessed Mother’s intercession. I renew today my Marian consecration and thus I renew my Baptismal vows to give my all to Jesus through Mary.


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