LITANY TO THE SACRED HEAD OF JESUS «It is the will of Our Lord that His Sacred Head be adored as the Seat of Divine Wisdom, as the Shrine of the powers of the Soul and the faculties of the mind and in these the Wisdom which guided every affection of the Sacred Heart and motions of the whole being of Jesus our Lord and our God» T. H. Teresa Hetena HIGGINSON (1844-1905) was an exemplary catholic school-teacher. She received from Heaven the favours of the Sacred Wounds and Mystical Marriage She was chosen to make known to the world the great desire of Jesus that His Sacred Head be worshipped as the Seat of Divine Wisdom as an act of reparation for intellectual pride and infidelity - the crying evils of our times «This DEVOTION is the completion not only of the Devotion of the Sacred Heart, but the crowning and perfection of all Devotions» Teresa Higginson now lies in the cemetery of Neston - CHESHIRE ENGLAND.LITANY TO THE SACRED HEAD OF JESUS Lorp have mercy on us (Repeat) CurisT have mercy on us » Lorp have mercy on us » Curist hear us. Gop THE FATHER of Heaven, have mercy on us Gop THE Son, Redeemer of the world =» » Gob THE HOLy Spirit » » HOLy TRINITY, one God » » SacRED HEAD OF Jesus (before invocations) Formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Have mercy on us (after each invocation say “GUIDE US IN ALL OUR WAYS”) Substantially united to the Word of God — Temple of Divine Wisdom — Hearth of eternal clarities — Sanctuary of Infinite Intelligence — Sacred Providence against error — Head Sun of Heaven and earth — of Treasure of science and pledge of Jesus 7h Beaming with beauty, justice and Love — Full of grace and truth — Living lesson of humility — Reflection of God's Infinite Majesty —Sacred Head of Jesus Object of the delights of the Heavenly Father — Who received the caresses of the Bles- sed Virgin Mary — On Whom the Holy Spirit reposed — Who allowed a reflection of Thy Glory to shine on Thabor — Who had no place on earth to lay — To Whom the perfumed ointment of Magdaien was pleasing — Who deigned to tell Simon that he did not anoint Thy Head when Thou en- tered his house — Bathed in a sweat of Blood in Geth- semani — Who wept over our sins — Crowned with thorns — Disgracefully outraged during the Pas- sion — Consoled by the loving gesture of Vero- nica — That Thou inclined towards the earth at the moment Thou savest us by the separation of Thy Soul from Thy Bo- dy on the Cross — Light of every man coming into this world — Our Guide and our Hope — Who knows all our needs — Who dispenses all graces —