First Friday & Saturday Vigil to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Everyone is welcome to St. Joseph Catholic Church (710 S. 19th St. CC) for First Friday Confessions starting at 6:30 p.m., followed by Mass and Adoration through 1:00 a.m. Please join us as we adore our God and give Him thanks.

Questions about this event? Contact Art Torres at 361-703-0808.
 

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“The prayer of the Church venerates and honors the Heart of Jesus just as it invokes his most holy name. It adores the incarnate Word and his Heart which, out of love for men, he allowed to be pierced by our sins.” (CCC 2669)

Our Lord Jesus Christ made  twelve promises to those who honor His Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French nun, whom he called “the Beloved Disciple of the Sacred Heart” in the 1670’s. These promises were revealed in one of many private revelations that Jesus gave St. Margaret Mary.

 

Our Lord promised the following:

 

1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state in life.
2. I will establish peace in their families.
3. I will comfort them in their trials.
4. I will be their secure refuge during life, and, above all, in death.
5. I will shed abundant blessings on all their undertakings
6. Sinners will find in My Heart an infinite ocean of mercy.
7. Lukewarm souls will become fervent.
8. Fervent souls will rapidly grow in holiness and perfection.
9. I will bless every place where an image of My Heart shall be exposed and honored.
10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
11. The names of those who promote this devotion will be written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.
12. I promise thee, in the excessive mercy of My Heart, that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Friday of nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their Sacraments; My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.