Catholic Novenas

The 9 First-Fridays Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

12 promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to families who honor His Most Sacred Heart

Vic Alcuaz
Ave Maria
Published in
4 min readOct 1, 2020

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The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was started and made popular by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. She was inspired by visions of Jesus to spread this devotion.

We have two versions of the novena, immediately hearunder is the written version you may read and follow. At the bottom of this article, is a YouTube video version complete with the novena hymns. Check out both versions and see what is best for you.

The general idea is to pray the novena for 9 consecutive first Fridays. You may start any month or may decide to do this as a yearly novena and begin every first month of the year, in January. Your 9th Friday will fall on the first Friday of September.

Here is the novena:

Sacred Heart of Jesus Daily Novena Prayers

O my Jesus, you have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.”

Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of…

(Mention your intention here)

Our Father…
Hail Mary……

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Vic Alcuaz
Ave Maria

Manila based Filipino/Spanish Author, Cafe owner, Hotel Consultant. A Catholic. Cat Lover. Editor of Medium.com/ave-maria