Friday — The Passion & the Sacred Heart
*Per crucem ad lucem.* The day of the Cross. The day of penance, fasting, and reparation to the Heart that was opened for us.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee, because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. Every Friday the Church remembers a Friday. The Lord did not redeem us in private; the wood of the Cross was set up in public, and that public hour is the center of the world's history. On Fridays the faithful keep a small fast, recall the Passion, and offer reparation to the Heart that was opened for them with the lance. The First Friday of each month adds the Great Promise given to Margaret Mary at Paray-le-Monial — nine consecutive First Fridays, and the grace of final perseverance.
Today
A nine-minute Friday guide — the Stations refrain, a Passion meditation, the En ego prayed before a crucifix, the Litany of the Sacred Heart, and Pius XI's Act of Reparation.
Go Deeper
For a longer Friday — the Stations, the Holy Hour of Reparation, the Seven Sorrows of Mary at the Cross, and on the First Friday the great devotion of the Nine.