HYMN

Thy mysteries let all men sing,
The-greatness of Thy wondrous ways.
In prostrate worship rnay we bring
With humble hearts unending praise.
Hail! Victim of all woes enthroned
Upon the Cross, the Martyrs' King!
Make Thou the Cross a joy entoned,
The crown and glory that we sing.

O Heart, transfixed with wounds of love,

Pierce every heart with love for Thee.
Refresh our thirst from high above
With nectar sweet and heavenly.
The host of love divine art Thou,
Salvation for all mortals here,
The way of grace lies open now,
For all redemption is brought near.
Draw nigh, all peoples, hasten near,
And in God's gentle heart confide.
He loves each one with love so dear,
It burns like flames spread far and wide.
O Love, of mercy sweet the Sire,
O Love, Redeemer of all men,
O Love, of God the grace and fire,
Forever and forever reign! Amen.

PSALMODY

Ant. 1. On coming into the world, Jesus said: In the scroll of the book it stands written that I should do your will. My God, I delight in your law in the depth of my heart. Alleluia.

Psalm 112

Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! May the name of the Lord be blessed both now and for evermore! From the rising of the sun to its setting praised be the name of the Lord! High above all nations is the Lord, above the heavens his glory. Who is like the Lord, our God, who has risen on high to his throne yet stoops from the heights to look down, to look down upon heaven and earth? From the dust he lifts up the lowly, from the dungheap he raises the poor to set him in the company of princes, yes, with the princes of his people. To the childless wife he gives a home and gladdens her heart with children.

Ant. 1. On corning into the world, Jesus said: In the scroll of the book it stands written that I should do your will. My God, I delight in your law in the depth of my heart. Alleluia.

Ant. 2. Come to me, little children, for I have loved you with an everlasting love; so I have drawn you to my Heart, the source of all good. Alleluia.

Psalm 145

My soul, give praise to the Lord; I will praise the Lord all my days, make music to my God while I live. Put no trust in princes, in mortal men in whom there is no help. Take their breath, they return to clay and their plans that day come te, nothing. He is happy who is helped by Jacob's God, whose hope is in the Lord his God, who alone made heaven and earth, the- seas and all they contain. It is he who keeps faith for ever, who is just to those who are oppressed. It is he who gives bread to the hungry, the Lord, who sets prisoners free, the Lord who gives sight to the blind, who raises up those who are bowed down, the Lord, who protects the stranger and upholds the widow and orphan. It is the Lord who loves the just but thwarts the path of the wicked. The Lord will reign for ever, Sion's God, from age to age.

Ant. 2. Come to me, little children, for I have loved you with an everlasting love; so I have drawn you to my Heart, the source of all good. Alleluia.

Ant. 3. Those who prove victorious I will allow to share my throne; and I will inscribe on them my new name. Alleluia.

SONG Rv 19, 1-7

(When sung, the following song is executed with an alleluia, as noted below: when recited, it suffices that the alleluia be said before and after each verse.)

Alleluia!
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
(R/ Alleluia!)
His judgments are true and just.
R/ Alleluia! (alleluia!)
Alleluia! Praise our God, all you his servants.
(R/ Alleluia!)
You who fear him, small and great.
R/ Alleluia! (alleluia!)
Alleluia! The Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.
(R/ Alleluia!)
Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory.
R/ Alleluia! (alleluia!)
Alleluia! The marriage of the Lamb has come.
(R/ Alleluia!)
And his bride has made herself ready.
R/ Alleluia! (alleluia!)

Ant. 3. Those who prove victorious I will allow to share my throne; and I will inscribe on them my new name. Alleluia.

WORD OF GOD Eph 5, 1-2

Be irnitators of God as his dear children. Follow the way of love, even as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us as an offering to God, a gift of pleasing fragrance.

SHORT RESPONSE

R/ God so loved the world. God so loved the world.
V/ That he gave his only Son.
R/ God so loved the world.
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy spirit.
R/ God so loved the world.

SONG OF THE VIRGIN MARY

Ant. As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.
Live on in my love.

PRAYERS

Considering the love shown to us in the Heart of Jesus Christ, and filled with joy at being loved so much, let us say to Jesus:

R/ Lord Jesus, possess our hearts forever.
Jesus, beloved son of the Father, your heart lives only for him;
- kindle our hearts with your filial love. R/
Jesus, you so loved the world that you wanted to die for us;

- grant that for your love's sake we may lay down our lives for others. R/
Jesus, you are the Heart of the Father;
- be the heart of our hearts, the spirit of our spirits, the life of our lives. R/

Lord, you are the life of the world, and nothing escapes the warmth of your love;
- let all reality sing for us the power of your love. R/
Jesus, you will that we remain in you and you in us, as you are in the Father and the Father in you;
- grant that we may fulfill our communion with you in eternity. R/

Jesus, you are the hope of those who die in you;
- grant that our departed brothers and sisters live forever with you. R/

Our Father. . .

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Ant. Come, let us adore the loving Heart of Jesus.

HYMN

O Word made flesh, of hearts the King,

Let all, who see the wonders great

Of Thy vast Heart, with one voice sing;

The grandeur of Thy Heart relate.

All hail, O Heart of wondrous line,

Of Son and Father twain but one,

O source of Holy Spirit, Thine

To bind together earth and sun.

What mysteries great Thou dost enfold,

O boundless treasure from above,

O royal ark of love foretold,

The Church's holy place of love.

Thou art our portion, hope and weal,

The glory of our multitude;

Our source and end, our heart and zeal,

Our leader and our plenitude.

O Heart of flame, we long for Thee

To burn for evermore within;

That Thou the source of graces free

Should overwhelm the whole world's sin.

O Love, of mercy sweet the Sire,

O Love, Redeemer of all men,

O Love, of God the grace and fire,

Forever and forever reign. Amen.

PSALMODY

Ant. 1. He rejoiced like a champion to run his course,
and nothing can escape the warmth of his love.

Psalm 18 A

The heavens proclaim the glory of God and the firmament shows forth the work of his hands. Day unto day takes up the story and night unto night makes known the message. No speech, no word, no voice is heard yet their span goes forth through all the earth, their words to the utmost bounds of the world.

There he has placed a tent for the sun; it comes forth like a bridegroom coming from his tent, rejoices like a champion to run its course. At the end of the sky is the rising of the sun; to the furthest end of the sky is its course. There is nothing concealed from its burning heat.

Ant. 1. He rejoiced like a champion to run his course,
and nothing can escape the warmth of his love.

Ant. 2. May the Father remember all your offerings and
give you your heart's desire.

Psalm 19

May the Lord answer in time of trial; may the name of Jacob's God protect you.

May he send you help from his shrine and give you support from Sion. May lie remember all your offerings and receive your sacrifice with favour.

May lie give you your heart's desire and fulfill every one of your plans. May we ring out our joy ai your victory and rejoice in the name of our God. May the Lord grant all your prayers.

I am sure now that the Lord will give victory to his anointed, will reply from his holy heaven with the mighty victory of his hand.

Some trust in chariots or horses, but we in the name of the Lord. They will collapse and fall,
but we shall hold and stand firm.
Give victory to the king, O Lord, give answer on the day we call.

Ant. 2. May the Father remember all your offerings and
give you your heart's desire.

Ant. 3. The Father has granted my heart's desire.

Psalm 20, 2-8, 14

O Lord, your strength gives joy to the king; how your saving help makes him glad! You have granted him his heart's desire; Vou have not refused the prayer of his lips.

You came to meet him with the blessings of success,

you have set on his head a crown of pure gold. He asked you for life and this you have given, days that will last from age to age.

Your saving help has given him glory,

You have laid upon him majesty and splendour, you have granted your blessings to him for ever. You have made him rejoice with the joy of your presence.

The king has put his trust in the Lord: through the mercy of the Most High lie shall stand firm.

O Lord, arise in your strength; we shall sing and praise your power.

Ant. 3. The Father has granted my heart's desire.
 V/ He rejoiced like a champion to run his course. R/ And nothing can escape the warmth of his love.

READING 1 Ez 34, 11-16, 23-27, 30; 36, 23-27

A reading from the prophet Ezekiel.

Thus says the Lord God: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when lie finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark. I will lead them out from among the peoples and gather them from the foreign lands; I will bring them back to their own country and pasture them upon the mountains of Israel, in the land's ravines and all its inhabited places. In good pastures will I pasture them, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing ground. There they shall lie down on good grazing ground, and in rich pastures shall they be pastured on the mountains of Israel. I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself will give them rest, says the Lord God. The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, the sick I will heal, shepherding them rightly.

I will appoint one shepherd over them to pasture them, rny servant David; lie shall pasture them and be their shepherd. I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I, the Lord, have spoken. I will make a covenant of peace with them, and rid the country of ravenous beasts, that they may dwell securely in the desert and sleep in the forests. I will place them about my hill, sending rain in due season, rains that shall be a blessing to them. The trees of the field shall bear their fruits, and the land its crops, and they shall dwell securely on their own soil. Thus they shall know that I am the Lord when I break the bonds of their yoke and free them from the power of those who enslaved them. Thus they shall know that I, the Lord, am their God, and they are my people, the house of Israel, says the Lord God.

I will prove the holiness of my great name. 'Mus the nations shall know that I am the Lord, says the Lord God, when in their sight I prove my holiness through you. For I will take you away from among the nations, gather you from all the foreign lands, and bring you back to your own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. And I will put my spirit within you.

RESPONSE 2 Cor 1,3, cf. Dn 3,61; Jn 3,16; Rom 8,32

R/ Father of mercies and God of all consolation, may all your angels praise you. For you so loved us that you gave your only Son and all things with him.

V/ So that, having but one heart with him, we may love you perfectly.

R/ For you so loved us that you gave your only Son and all things with him.

READING II

From a work by St. John Eudes: The Admirable Heart of Mary, XII (Oeuvres Complètes, VIII, 344-347).

We have three Hearts to adore in our Saviour which, nevertheless, are but one single Heart by their intimate union . The first is his divine Heart, which is God, for God is love; it is also the eternal love of the Word in the bosom of the Father which, with the love of the Father, is the source of the Spirit. The second is his spiritual Heart, which is the higher function of his soul, where the Holy Spirit wonderfully lives and reigns, and concentrates the treasures of the wisdom and knowledge of God; it is also his human will, whose work is love, love to the extent of laying down his life for us in obedience to the Father. Finally, the third is the organ of the body, hypostatically united to the Word, shaped by the Holy Spirit from the blood of his loving mother and pierced by a lance on the cross.

The most lovable Heart of Jesus is a furnace of love. He loves the Father eternally, immensely, and infinitely. He loves his Mother without measure or limit, which is abundantly proven by the inconceivable graces he has granted her. He also loves the Church - triumphant, suffering and militant -, whose sacraments, especially the Eucharist, which is a summary of all the wonders of God's goodness. are so many inexhaustible sources of grace and holiness flowing, as from an ocean, from the Sacred Heart of our Saviour. Finally, lie loves each and every one of us as he is loved by the Father. That is why he did everything and suffered everything to withdraw us from the abyss of evil in which we have been thrown by our sinfulness, and made us children of God, members of Christ, heirs of God with Christ, having the same kingdom that the Father gave his Son.

Our duty to this most loving Heart consists in this: that we adore him, praise him, bless him, glorify him, give him thanks and ask his forgiveness for ail that he suffered because of our sins; also, that we offer him, in atonement, ail the joy given him by those who love and ail the affliction endured by us for the sake of his love; and finally, that we love him fervently. We must also make use of this Heart, because it is ours: the eternal Father, the Holy Spirit, Mary, and Jesus himself have given it to us, to be our refuge in need, our revelation in doubt, and our treasure in difficulty. Moreover, they gave it to us not only to be the mode] and norm of our life, but also to, be our very own Heart, so that we might, through this wonderful Heart, fulfill our duty te, God and neighbour.

RESPONSE Mt 11, 27; Jn 3,16; Prv 23, 26

R/ Everything has been given over to me by my Father, and the Father so loved the world that he gave his only Son. Therefore everything is yours.

V/ So give me your heart, my little children, and I will give you mine.
R / Therefore everything is yours.

SONG OF PRAISE

PRAYER

God, Father of mercies, with ineffable goodness you gave us the loving Heart of your Son. Grant, we pray, that our hearts be united as one with the Heart of Jesus to love you perfectly. Through our Lord Jesus Christ ...

HYMN

O Jesus, height of charity,

Look down with countenance benign,

And see our minds' depravity

Redeemed by Thine own Blood divine,

Alas! how multiplied the toll

Of wounds mankind Thy Heart bas cost!

Thy gifts for every sinful soul

Must not by us be vainly lost.

Ail hearts' Most loving captor Thou!

Our prayer we offer through Thy Heart.

To God of ail creation now

Uplift our souls, uphold our part.

O Father of ail those who live,

Enliven us with love of Thee.

Within Thy breast, through Thee, O give

Us depth of life eternally.

O Love, of mercy sweet the Sire,

O Love, Redeemer of ail men.

O Love, of God the grace and fire,

Forever and forever reign! Amen.

PSALMODY

(Psalms and Song of Sunday 1.)

Ant. 1. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.

Ant. 2. Blessed be your Heart, good Jesus. Reposing upon it, the beloved disciple drank the water of your gospel of love tO pour it on us.

Ant. 3. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

WORD OF GOD Ez 36, 26-27

I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. And I will put my spirit within you.

SHORT RESPONSE

R/ As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.

V/ Live on in my love.
R/ So I have loved you.

V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.

SONG OF ZACHARIAH

Ant. You will live in my love if you keep my commandments.

PRAYERS

Rejoicing in the Lord, let us celebrate in honour of the loving Heart of Jesus our Saviour, saying:

R/ In your love gather us, O Lord.

Jesus, when you came into the world you said: I come to do your will, O God;

- grant that your Church may live the will of the Father with a generous heart and resolute will. R/

Lord, you wish to associate us with your prayer, that we may see the glory of the Father;

- give us your Heart, and come pray to the Father in us R/

Christ Jesus, for love of us you emptied yourself even to accepting death;

- teach us to love you with a heart that is truly poor. R/

Jesus, you willed to bring everything together in your Heart and give it to the Father;

- grant us that, living in the world, we may live in you R/

Lord, you are the bond of those who receive your love;

- make our community one heart and one soul in you. R/

Our Father ...

CONCLUDING PRAYER

God, Father of mercies, with ineffable goodness you gave us the loving Heart of your Son. Grant, we pray, that our hearts be united as one with the Heart of Jesus to love you perfectly. Through our Lord Jesus Christ ...

(Psalms of Sunday 1)

Ant. He gave us his flesh as food and his blood as drink,
ransom and bath, because of his great love for us.

WORD OF GOD Rom 8, 3lb-35a

If God is for us, who can be against us? Is it possible that he who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for the sake of us all will not grant us all things besides? Who shall bring a charge against God's chosen ones? God, who justifies? Who shall condemn them? Christ Jesus, who died or rather was raised up, who is at the right hand of God and who intercedes for us? Who will separate us from the love of Christ?

V/ My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready.
R/ I will sing, I will sing your praise.

Ant. Do not be afraid, little children - even if a mother
could forget her child, I would never forget you.

WORD OF GOD Hos 11, 3-4

Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, who took them in my arms; I drew them with human cords, with bands of love;

I fostered them like one who raises an infant to his cheeks;
Yet, though I stooped to feed my child, they did not know that I was their healer.
V/ He rejoiced like a champion to run his course.
R/ And nothing can escape the warmth of his love.

Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I arn, that they may be one in us.

WORD OF God Ez 36, 24-25

For I will take you away from among the nations, gather you from all the foreign lands, and bring you back to your own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

V/ May he give you your heart's desire.

R/ And fulfill every one of your plans.

HYMN

We sing the praise of Jesus' Heart

With fire of ardent love aflame:

With joy we tell the boundless part

His love and gifts so rightly claim.

We marvel at His wondrous grace!

His Heart He gives with total love,

From bondage frees the human race

And pays our debts to heaven above.

Hail, priest of hearts and victim, hail!

Alone Thou equal art to God,

Most worthy Temple, holy Grail,

And altar, holiest to laud.

An altar flaming, all afire,

And always set for victims there;

Receive our hearts as victims, fire

And burn them in Thy heavenly flame.

O Love, of mercy sweet the Sire,

O Love, Redeemer of all men;

O Love, of God the grace and fire,

Forever and forever reign! Amen.

PSALMODY

Ant. 1. O admirable Heart of Jesus, which the Father 

made the dwelling of his love and glory, alleluia.

Psalm 109, 1-5,7

The Lord's revelation to my Master: "Sit on my right: I will put your foes beneath your feet. The Lord will send from Sion your sceptre of power: rule in the midst of all your foes. A prince from the day of your birth on the holy mountains; from the womb before the daybreak I begot you. The Lord has sworn an oath he will not change. -You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedeck of old. The Master standing at your right hand will shatter kings in the day of his great wrath. He shall drink from the stream by the wayside and therefore he shall lift up his head.

Ant. 1 - O admirable Heart of Jesus, which the Father made the dwelling of his love and glory, alleluia.

Ant. 2- 

O incomparable love - while we were still sinners, he loved us and washed away our sins with his blood, alleluia.

Psalm 110

I will thank the Lord with all my heart in the meeting of the just and their assembly. Great are the works of the Lord; to be pondered by all who love them.

Majestic and glorious his work, his justice stands firm for ever. He makes us remember his wonders. The Lord is compassion and love.

He gives food to those who fear him; keeps his covenant ever in mind. He has shown his might to his people
by giving them the lands of the nations.

His works are justice and truth: his precepts are all of them sure, standing firm for ever and ever: they are made in uprightness and truth.

He has sent deliverance to his people and established his covenant for ever. Holy his name, to be feared.
To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who do so prove themselves wise. His praise shall last for ever!

Ant. 2.

O incomparable love - while we were still sinners, he loved us and washed away our sins with his blood, alleluia.

Ant. 3. Little children, make my joy complete by doing
everything in the love of my Heart, alleluia.

Song Eph 1, 3-10

Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who bas blessed us with all the spiritual blessings in Christ.

Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence,

determining that we should become his adopted sons, through Jesus Christ, for his own kind purposes,

to make us praise the glory of his grace, his free gift to us in the Beloved, in whom, through his blood, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.

Such is the richness of the grace which he has showered on us in all wisdom and insight.

He has let us know the mystery of his purpose, the hidden plan he so kindly made in Christ from the beginning to act upon when the times had run their course to the end; that the would bring everything together under Christ, as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth.

Ant. 3.

Little children, make my joy complete by doing everything in the love of my Heart, alleluia.

WORD OF GOD 1 Jn 4, 8b-10

God is love. And Gods love was revealed in our midst in this way: he sent his only Son to the world that we might have life through him. Love, then, consists in this: not that we have loved God but that he bas loved us and has sent his Son as an offering for our sins.

SHORT RESPONSE

R/As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.

V/ Live on in my love.
R/ So I have loved you.
V/ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
R/ As the Father bas loved me, so I have loved you.

SONG OF THE VIRGIN MARY

Ant. This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you.

PRAYERS

Considering the love shown to us in the Heart of Jesus Christ, and filled with joy at being loved so much, let us say to Jesus:

R/ Lord Jesus, possess our hearts forever.

Jesus, beloved son of the Father, your heart lives only for him;

- kindle our hearts with your filial love. R/

Jesus, you so loved the world that you wanted to die for us;

- grant that for your love's sake we may lay down our lives for others. R/

Jesus, you are the Heart of the Father;

- be the heart of Our hearts, the spirit of our spirits, the life of our lives. R/

Lord, you are the life of the world, and nothing escapes the warmth of your love;

- let all reality sing for us the power of your love. R/

Jesus, you will that we remain in you and you in us, as you are in the Father and the Father in you;

- grant that we may fulfill our communion with you in eternity. R/

Jesus, you are the hope of those who die in you;

- grant that our departed brothers and sisters live forever with you. R/

Our Father ...

CONCLUDING PRAYER

God, Father of mercies, with ineffable goodness you gave us the loving Heart of your Son. Grant, we pray, that our hearts be united as one with the Heart of Jesus to love you perfectly. Through our Lord Jesus Christ ...