Bishop Daly asked Father Barnett, the rector of Bishop White to organize and lead a 30-day novena among the priests. Permission was given to the diocesan communications office to invite others into this campaign of prayer.
"Prior to and underlying any plan to reopen society as a whole, Bishop Daly has asked me to invite all of us to pray together that we reopen our hearts." said Fr. Barnett, "We are asked to allow the grace of Christ to enter us through our wounded hearts just as it poured out into the world through the wounded Sacred Heart of Christ."
The prayer included below is a 30-day Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ending on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The prayer to be prayed is one that St. Pio of Pietrelcina prayed daily for the intentions of all who asked him for prayers.
Let's join our shepherds in preparing our hearts for a return to public Mass by praying this Novena.
Thursday, May 21 – Friday, June 19, 2020