Prayer to St. Madeleine Sophie Barat

Lord, our God, as the Psalmist said, "your plans hold good forever, the intentions of Your Heart are from age to age." We thank You that in Your holy plan You chose St. Madeleine Sophie Barat as foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart. During her long life, a life of joy but also one often filled with struggles, trials and even terrorism, she consistently turned to You for inspiration and guidance, for energy and courage. Through our remembrance of her and through her intercession, we ask Your Lord, our God, to continue to bless all of us here and all the world-wide family of the Sacred Heart.

As with St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, enable us to grow in faith which will shape and inform our choices and lives. Enable us to deepen our love so that we might be creative and generous in our service to others. Help us also, Lord, to turn to You prayerfully, with everything that touches our lives. We praise You Lord, and thank You anew for the gift of all our loved ones. Today we especially are grateful to St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, for the purpose and destiny of her life which continues in Your everlasting plan to touch our lives.

Amen.

Prayer to St. Madeleine Sophie 

St. Madeleine Sophie, wonderfully chosen by God to make the Divine Heart of Jesus known and loved, and ever faithful to that apostolate, accept this day our confidence and prayers in proof of our allegiance. Guide us in the path of meekness and humility; set our hearts on fire with the zeal with which thine own was devoured; protect us, that we may deserve to see our names written in that most Sacred Heart, and to make in It our home for time and for eternity.

Amen.

Prayer St. Madeleine Sophie Recited Every Day

Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus, give me a heart that is one with your own; a humble heart that knows and loves its nothingness; a gentle heart that holds and calms its own anxieties; a loving heart that has compassion for the suffering of others; a pure heart that recoils even at the appearance of evil; a detached heart that longs for nothing other than the goodness of heaven; a heart detached from self-love and embraced by the love of God, its attention focused on God, its goodness is its only treasure in time and in eternity.

Amen