Welcome to Day #4 of our Heart-to-Heart Mini-Retreat!
If you missed any earlier days of this Retreat, you can find them here.
For our most recent full Holy Hour, you can find it here.
We at Catholic Holy Hour are offering eight days of prayer to the Sacred Heart honoring the apparitions of Jesus during the Octave of Corpus Christi (June 13-20, 1675… exactly 350 years ago!) in which He gave the Sacred Heart devotions to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.
Sonnet Four from The Golden Chapel of the Sacred Heart [VIDEO – click on the play icon to start]
The Golden Chapel of the Sacred Heart
A Sonnet Crown to the Sacred Heart as Healer
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No. He can make it beautiful instead.
Don’t doubt it. He transfigures, rises, heals.
Two blind men followed Him once, and they spread
their arms out, crying, making their appeals.
He asked if they believed, He touched their eyes,
and at His touch, their eyes were opened. Just
imagine their first sight: the greatest prize—
His face: those shining eyes, broad smile. Our trust
in Him will heal our blindness, too. The scales
will fall. We’ll blink at all His brightness, like
a child looking east on sunrise trails.
He does not give what we deserve: a strike—
rather, a gentle touch, eyes filled with sight.
It’s He who drags the dawn into our night.
—Annabelle Moseley, from Our House of the Sacred Heart
Ponder and Pray Questions:
- Read Matthew 9:27-30 (see below)
- What verse or word in this passage moves you most deeply?
- When has Christ “opened your eyes” in the past?
- What is it that you ask Jesus to open your eyes to now? For what are you seeking greater clarity, or the ability to see or understand better?
Chapter 9
And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, “Son of David, have pity on us!” When he entered the house, the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they said to him. Then he touched their eyes and said, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.” And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.”
Together we pray: Sacred Heart of Jesus, we place all our trust in Thee.
Let us contemplate the love of the Sacred Heart as we listen to the classic hymn, “Be Thou My Vision”:
Be Thou My Vision [VIDEO – click on the play icon to start]
Together we pray: Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make our hearts like unto Thine.
Please support our exciting and brand-new not-for-profit initiative: The Gethsemane Institute. This Institute will be a charitable foundation and support all the work we do at Catholic Holy Hour… and also empower important new initiatives! For more about what we’re building click here: All donations are 100 % tax-deductible. We are running a pledge drive called Heart to Heart and ask you to prayerfully consider donating as much as you are able to.
Can you please give at least $27 (in honor of the 27th of June …June 27th is the Feast of the Sacred Heart!) to help support our new Institute and Foundation? If you are able to give more we will be forever grateful, and we even have gifts for various donor levels! You can enter a custom amount if you’d like, and we welcome and are deeply grateful for every dollar, which makes such a difference. We cannot do this without you!!! Please help us in our efforts to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart in Gethsemane and to realize powerful goals we have set out to achieve, which you can read more about here.
Donations and Membership Levels
- $27-$100 Guardian: All Guardian Donors will receive the 33-Day Consecration to the Sacred Heart podcast.
- $101-$200 Consoler: All Consolers will receive the 33-Day Consecration to the Sacred Heart and the 9-Day Novena to saints Martha & Mary podcast.
- $201-$300 Angel: All Angels will receive the 33-Day Consecration to the Sacred Heart podcast and the 9-Day Novena to saints Martha & Mary podcast. Angels will also receive a personalized author-signed copy of Awake with Christ.
- $301-$499: Seraphim: All Seraphim will receive the 33-Day Consecration to the Sacred Heart podcast and the 9-Day Novena to saints Martha & Mary podcast, a personalized author-signed copy of Awake with Christ, as well as a personally author-signed copy of Sacred Braille: The Rosary as Masterpiece.
- $500-$999: Awake Apostle of Gethsemane: Your gift of $500 or more makes you a Member of the Awake Apostles of Gethsemane Guild. All members at this level receive all of the above privileges plus a personalized author-signed copy of The Host of Gethsemane. Guild members will be listed as a Founding Member on our Awake Apostles of Gethsemane Guild page.
- $1000: Cornerstone Guild: Members at this level receive all of the above privileges plus a personalized author-signed copy of Our House of the Sacred Heart. Guild members will be listed as a Founding Member on our Cornerstone Guild page. As a Cornerstone Guild member, you will receive discounts and early access on all classes, courses, retreats, and events sponsored by the Gethsemane Institute.
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