Morning Offering
Also known as: Apostleship of Prayer Morning Offering
English Text
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day in union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, and the reunion of all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our bishops and of all Apostles of Prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month. Amen.
Translation tradition: Apostleship of Prayer (official English text)
Scripture: Romans 12:1; Colossians 3:17
When to pray: Each morning upon rising, to consecrate the day to God.
History & Background
The Morning Offering in its current form originated with the Apostleship of Prayer, a worldwide Catholic association founded by the Jesuit Father François-Xavier Gautrelet at Vals, France, in 1844. Father Gautrelet proposed that Jesuit scholastics who could not yet go to the missions could still support missionary work by offering each day's actions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The prayer was refined over several decades and gained papal approval under Pope Pius IX. It is associated with the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus formally recognized by Pope Clement XIII in 1765. The Apostleship of Prayer today operates under Jesuit direction with papal approval, and the monthly intentions prayed for are the Pope's Universal Apostolic Intentions, which John Paul II and subsequent popes have issued monthly.
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