History of The Sacred Heart of Jesus
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The Sacred Heart as an emblem of the Chuanes.
The devotion to the Heart of Jesus has medieval origins, with the writings
of Saint Matilda of Hackeborn, Saint Gertrude of Helfta, and Saint Angela of
Foligno the oldest testimonies. However, the most reliable source
important of devotion, in the way we know it today,
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque of the Order of the Visitation of Saint Mary
Mary, to whom Jesus appeared. In these appearances, Jesus told her that
Those who pray with devotion to the Sacred Heart will receive many graces.
divine. We have already indicated that the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has
existed since the early times of the Church. However, there is a date
concrete in which this devotion began to be lived with a determined focus;
approach that Jesus himself gave to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
December 27, 1673. The confessor of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque was
Saint Claude de la Colombière, who, believing in mystical revelations
that she received, spread the devotion. The Jesuits extended the devotion
through the world via the members of the Company, and the books of the
Jesuits Juan Croisset and José de Gallifet
were fundamental for this dissemination.
Despite controversies and opponents,
Like the Jansenists, the faithful trusted
in the promise that Jesus made to the saint:
My heart will reign despite my
enemies.
Father Mateo Crawley-Boevey, SS.CC.
he devised a movement of regeneration of
the families and the society through
a moral crusade, and for that, he founded the
Work of the Enthronement of the Sacred
Heart in the Homes, with
repercussions all over the world. One of
his interests were to achieve the
establishment of the Social Kingdom. In the mid-20th century, the Capuchin
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina and Blessed Leon Dehon promoted and
they revived the concept of the prayer directed to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The
the spread of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is due to saint
Margarita de Alacoque to whom Jesus appeared with these words:
Look at this heart of mine, that despite being consumed by a burning love for
men receive from Christians nothing but sacrilege, contempt,
indifference and ingratitude, even in the very sacrament of my love. But the
what tears my heart more painfully is that these insults
receipt of people consecrated especially to my service.
Liturgical celebration
Embroidery that represents the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in the church
from Saint Nicholas of Ghent, in Belgium.
In the Roman rite, the feast is of 1st Class and is celebrated on the VI feria (Friday)
after the II Sunday of Pentecost (or previously called Dominica
from the infraoctave of Corpus Christi). It is celebrated in white (or gold). It is
Mass letter B, that is: 1) the Exequial Mass is allowed (Cf. General Institution
from the Roman Missal, n. 380; and 2) In the celebration of marriage, the following is said
Mass for the solemnity indicated in the calendar, but it can be substituted.
one of the readings of the day for one of those corresponding to the celebration
of the marriage.
In the Roman rite reformed by Paul VI, the
celebration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus has
range of solemnity, and it is celebrated on Friday
after the II Sunday of Pentecost. All the
the month of June is, in some way, dedicated to
the Christian compassion for the Heart of Christ.
Saint Margaret's main aspiration was the
papal approval of public worship to
Heart of Jesus, however, there had to be
waiting for the pontificate of Pope Clement XIII in
1765 for its approval, and even limited to
Poland and Rome.
The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus gained momentum when it was embraced as
devotion particular to the Apostolate of Prayer (founded on December 3rd
in 1844 by Father Francisco Javier Gautrelet, SJ). In 1861, a child was born in France,
first publication to promote devotion to the Heart of Jesus: The
Messenger. Soon similar publications emerged all over the world.
In 1917, during the apparitions of Fatima, the angel and the Virgin taught the
children to pray and respond to the designs of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
From Fátima, the devotion to the hearts of Jesus.
