Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

in 1681, and ten by the Visitandine Anne-Madeleine Remuzat, plus others for a total of thirty-three, as in the years of Jesus' earthly life.

Pope Leo XIII approved the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for public usage in 1899.

[2] It is traditionally prayed on the First Fridays of the month and on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart.

In June 2023, The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called "...on Catholics to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart on June 16, offering this prayer as an act of reparation for the blasphemies against our Lord we see in our culture today.

Heart of Jesus, formed in the womb of the Virgin Mother by the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, united substantially with the word of God, have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, house of God and gate of heaven, have mercy on us.

Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love, 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.

[5] The 2004 Enchiridion Indulgentiarum grants the partial indulgence to the faithfuls of Christ who piously pray the Litanies.

Devotion picture of the Sacred Heart being adored by Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart (Maria Droste zu Vischering) and Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque