14 Aug 2024
Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2024
Our annual Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a beautiful time of reflection and thanksgiving, when we bring our prayers and petitions before Our Lady.
Our Novena of Masses runs for nine days and will take place from Saturday, August 31st to Sunday, September 8th.
All are welcome to join in this year’s Novena Masses, which will take place daily at 10.00am and 8.00pm at the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road, Cork. Daily Novena Masses will also be available to watch live from the Sacred Heart Church, as we welcome those who cannot be with us in person.
Céad míle fáilte! The Sacred Heart Parish welcomes each and every one of our mission friends and parishioners, from near and far, to pray with us during this year’s Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.
Be part of this year’s Novena to the Sacred Heart
At this special time of year, you can help us to help others by supporting our ongoing mission projects, and in gratitude for your contribution, we will be glad to remember your intentions at our daily Novena Masses. You can then submit your personal prayers and intentions online, and our MSC priests will remember your petitions specially throughout the course of the Novena.
The theme of year’s Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart will centre on “The ultimate and effective remedy for broken hearts and a world unhinged.”/“Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should visit me?” (Lk 1:43). Our Novena Masses will be celebrated by our MSC priests and guest speakers over the nine days.
Each year, the Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart offers great solace and comfort to all who take part, as we bring our prayers and personal intentions before our Holy Mother. As we navigate the ongoing challenges of our troubled world, we come together in the spirit of hope, reflection, and thanksgiving at this sacred time. All are very welcome to join us, in person and online, for our Novena Masses as we come together to reflect and give thanks in the grace and love of Our Lady.
OLSH Novena at the Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork
Daily Novena Masses:
10.00am & 8.00pm
Saturday, August 31st
Novena Masses celebrated by
Fr John Finn MSC
“Woman behold thy son, son behold thy Mother.”
“He listens to our prayers… Let us live like You in the Love of our Son!”
Adoration & Confession: After 10.00am Mass until 1.00pm
Sunday, September 1st
Novena Masses celebrated by
Fr John Finn MSC
“Lead all to the source of Living Water that flows from His heart.”
Adoration & Confession: 5.00pm – 8.00pm
Monday, September 2nd
Day of Reconciliation
Reconciliation Services celebrated by
Fr John Finn MSC
“Mary refuge of sinners, and the afflicted,
hope of the hopeless and cause of our joy.”
Confession: After 10am Mass until 12 noon
Tuesday, September 3rd
Guest speaker:
Margaret Griffin
Mary’s Flame of Love –
A call to be an Apostle of the Universal remedy of all our ills.
“Receive this flame of love, add your own and pass it on.”
Adoration & Confession: 5.00pm – 8.00pm
Wednesday, September 4th
Guest speaker:
Christine O’Hara
“Joining forces – hearts united – the Rosary Prayer.
This proven ‘X’ Factor never fails in our struggles
to overcome additions, depression, and anxiety.”
Thursday, September 5th
Guest speaker:
Ann Keating
To Jesus through Mary!
Mary – Star of the new Evangelisation.
Come to me in the Blessed Sacrament and be empowered
to go “make disciples of all Nations,
Baptising them in the name of the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit,
teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you.
Lo – I Am with you always until the end of time!”
Friday, September 6th
Day of Healing
(Anointing available at Novena Masses
at 10.00am & 8.00pm, and at 3.00pm in the hall)
Novena Masses celebrated by
Fr Joe McGee MSC
“Lord, the one you love is ill!”
“See our trust in You, answer our prayers,
show yourself always our Mother, Amen.”
First Friday Devotion
“I am the Immaculate Conception.” (Our Lady of Lourdes)
Saturday, September 7th
Novena Masses celebrated by
Fr Joe McGee MSC
Mary’s Immaculate Heart –
An oasis and harbour of peace and calm
amidst the trouble and struggles of life.
First Saturday Devotion
Adoration & Confession: 5.00pm – 8.00pm
Sunday, September 8th
Feast of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Novena Masses celebrated by
Fr Joe McGee MSC
“My soul glorifies the Lord,
My Spirit rejoices in God my Saviour.”
Thanksgiving!
“Gratitude – the hinge on which Peace & Joy swings!”
Dates to Note
- Day of Reconciliation: Monday, September 2nd
- Day of Healing: Friday, September 6th
For those who cannot be with us in person, you are very welcome to join us for our daily online Novena Masses on our live stream, united in spirit as we pray together as a great family of faith.
We welcome each and every one of you to this year’s Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.
We hope and pray that these nine days of prayer will be a grace-filled and blessed time for all of us.