{"id":10887,"date":"2026-11-05T15:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T20:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?page_id=10887"},"modified":"2026-11-05T15:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T20:36:53","slug":"litany","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/litany\/","title":{"rendered":"Litany of Healing and Repentance in the Eucharist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Composed and led by Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB, for the Friday night Revival Session of the National Eucharistic Congress, Indianapolis, July 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n

This litany was composed and led by Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB for Friday night\u2019s Revival Session at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in 2024. This is intended to be prayed as a group before the Blessed Sacrament with a leader and responses. It can also be prayed personally and devotionally anywhere, especially by placing ourselves in our imagination before the Eucharist in our favorite Church or even by looking at the Blessed Sacrament in an adoration chapel that is broadcast online. As you pray through this, take your time, and let the words sink into your heart. Try to notice movements in your heart and any particular lines that might stand out. This is an opportunity to expose places that need healing, especially places in our hearts that are ready for healing. It might also help to remember the 50,000 participants who prayed this together at the National Eucharistic Congress in Lucas Oil Stadium.<\/p>\n

Jesus, we all have places in our hearts and in our histories that have been hurting for a long time. Some wounds might be self-inflicted, but the wounds caused by others tend to cut most deeply. At the same time, there is also a sacred place in each of us where we can be alone with You and the whole Trinity. The most powerful healing can begin by bringing those painful places into relationship with You, Who love us infinitely. And right now, You are here with us in all Your power and glory in the Eucharist. Nothing is lacking in Your Presence with us. It can be hard to open tender places in our hearts. You respect us and You honor our experience through Your offer of healing. We are here together and here with the communion of Saints, and we lean on each other for support as we seek to open our hearts to you. We want to be gentle with ourselves and allow the Holy Spirit to descend with all the gentleness of the dewfall onto our thirsty hearts. We pray for courage now as we hold all the hurting places in our hearts before Your loving gaze.<\/p>\n

[Note: The following meditation can help to prepare your heart to receive the Lord\u2019s healing power, or you can go straight into the Litany]<\/em><\/p>\n

Close your eyes (if you are comfortable doing so)
\nTake a deep breath.
\nBreathe in the Holy Spirit\u2026Come, Holy Spirit
\nBreathe out negativity
\nBreathe in the Holy Spirit\u2026Come, Holy Spirit
\nBreathe out all that is not of Him
\nNotice your heartbeat
\nEach heartbeat is a gift
\nGod wants you
\nHe made you.
\nHe knit you together with love, with His own hands in your mother\u2019s womb
\nYou are a masterpiece of His loving creativity
\nHe has chosen you
\nHe sees you
\nHe gazes on you with love
\nHe delights in you<\/p>\n

Now I want to invite you on a journey of healing and reconciliation. Jesus wants to lift you up to see your whole life through His eyes of healing and hope.<\/p>\n

Try to zoom out, letting yourself be lifted up away from the details
\nHe wants to lift you up so you can see your whole life from your conception in your mother\u2019s womb to this very moment.
\nHe is lovingly drawing near to you with the Father.
\nThere is only love.
\nTogether He looks on your whole life with you.
\nHe looks on you and your whole life with love.
\nThrough your whole life there is a golden thread of goodness.
\nYou are made in His image.
\nEven where there are deep sorrows, the Holy Spirit weaves a golden thread of goodness.<\/p>\n

As you look together on your life
\nYou may see some darker moments, clouded moments, harder moments.
\nSome of those moments might be too hard to enter into right now and that is ok.
\nThere are some sins and failures.
\nThere are times of weakness.
\nThere are times you were hurt.
\nHe wants to bring healing to your whole life: healing for your hurts, healing for your failures.
\nHe has only compassion for you, loving care.
\nHe honors you and wants to protect you.
\nTry to open your heart to Jesus\u2019s healing love.
\nIf any of these heart movements are difficult, that\u2019s ok. You can still let Jesus draw close.<\/p>\n

Please repeat after me:<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesus, I believe in you.
\nJesus, I believe in your Real Presence in the Eucharist.
\nJesus, I believe you are here with me.
\nJesus, I believe you are in my heart.
\nJesus, I believe in your love for me.
\nJesus, I believe your love is greater than every sin.
\nJesus, I believe your love is greater than all evil.
\nJesus, I believe your love can free me from my sin.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s practice the response several times:<\/em> Jesus, heal my heart with Your love<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the times I\u2019ve felt abandoned\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been betrayed\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been rejected\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been forgotten\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been disappointed\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been let down by the Church\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been lonely\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been desperate\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been lost\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been dejected\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been used\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been neglected\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been starved for love\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve been deprived of affirmation\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve lost my way\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve gone astray\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve made the wrong choice\u2026<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s practice the response several times:<\/em> Jesus, come close to me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whenever I feel unseen\u2026
\nWhenever I feel ignored\u2026
\nWhenever I feel unimportant\u2026
\nWhenever I feel useless\u2026
\nWhenever I feel alone\u2026
\nWhenever I feel abandoned\u2026
\nWhenever I feel like it would be better if I didn\u2019t exist\u2026
\nWhenever I feel misunderstood\u2026
\nWhenever I feel used\u2026
\nWhenever I feel forgotten\u2026
\nWhenever I feel angry\u2026
\nWhenever I feel anxious\u2026
\nWhenever I feel depressed\u2026
\nWhenever I feel envious\u2026
\nWhenever I feel lustful\u2026
\nWhenever I feel afraid\u2026<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s practice the response several times:<\/em> Please forgive me, Jesus<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the times I\u2019ve used others\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve failed to see\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve hardened my heart to a person in need\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve failed to do the right thing\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve given in to peer pressure\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve lied when someone needed me to tell the truth\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve looked away when someone needed my help\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve closed my ears to the cries of the helpless\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve chosen comfort over courage\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve turned my back on someone who was hurting\u2026<\/p>\n

For the times I\u2019ve ignored my feelings\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve silenced the cry of my heart\u2026
\nFor the times I haven\u2019t been Your mercy for others\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve invalidated my own feelings\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve believed the lies of others\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve repeated the lies of others\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve suppressed righteous anger\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve given up in despair\u2026<\/p>\n

For the times I\u2019ve failed to share You with someone who needed You\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve wrongly hid my faith from others\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve misrepresented You in my words and actions\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve caused scandal by my words or actions\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve brought hatred instead of love\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve brought division instead of peace\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve brought gossip instead of charity\u2026
\nFor the times I\u2019ve torn down when I could have built up\u2026<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s practice the response several times:<\/em> Jesus, help me to believe<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I doubt the power of Your love\u2026
\nWhen I doubt Your love for me\u2026
\nWhen I struggle to trust\u2026
\nWhen I doubt that I am worthy of love\u2026
\nWhen I doubt that I have a place in anyone\u2019s heart\u2026
\nWhen I wonder if I am enough\u2026
\nWhen I doubt I have what it takes\u2026
\nWhen I feel helpless\u2026
\nWhen I feel useless\u2026
\nWhen I doubt that I have anything to offer\u2026
\nWhen I doubt that I can make a change\u2026
\nWhen I doubt that my efforts matter\u2026
\nWhen I feel hopeless\u2026
\nWhen I want to give up on my neighbor\u2026
\nWhen I want to give up on my enemy\u2026
\nWhen I want to give up on the Church\u2026
\nWhen I want to give up on myself\u2026
\nWhen I want to give up on You, Jesus\u2026<\/p>\n

Jesus I need you.
\nJesus I trust in you.
\nJesus I love you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
\nMake my heart like unto yours.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let us pray.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lord Jesus Christ, You are the Good Shepherd who rescues the lost. You are the Divine Physician who heals the sick. You are the Savior Who washes away our sin in your Blood. You are the Beloved Son who shares your sonship with us along with the love of the Father. We know that even if we do not feel it, you will continue this work of healing in our hearts. We trust that you love us and desire our wholeness and flourishing. Fill each of our hearts as we worship you and receive You in all your love in this Holy Eucharist. We make this prayer in your Name, Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Nihil obstat:<\/em> The Reverend Monsignor Raymond E. Riffle, VG, MSW, MPA, Censor Librorum
\nImprimatur:<\/em> The Most Reverend Larry J. Kulick, JCL, Bishop of Greensburg
\nAugust 2, 2024<\/p>\n

The nihil obstat and imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the nihil obstat or imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions or statements expressed.<\/p>\n

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