“When our Lord inspires us with some good deed, He gives the strength to do it.”
~ St. Margaret Mary
What is ‘The Sacred Heart Devotion’?
~ St. Margaret Mary
What is ‘The Sacred Heart Devotion’?
The Sacred Heart is a symbol of God, the Father’s, love for each one of us. Because “GOD IS LOVE” (1John 4:16), the practice of the devotion to His Heart confirms and expresses the following truths: “God is Love. Jesus is God. Therefore, Jesus is Love. I exist because God loves me and I want to love Him in return by loving Jesus and His Heart. And with this definition it is easy to understand that the Sacred Heart devotion is central to our Catholic Faith and foundational for all other devotions. As Father Larkin states, it is the devotion of devotions.(Enthronement of the Sacred Heart, pg. 25)
In our times we say that the devotion is a way of life. It is a practice that infiltrates all of our thoughts and actions as we daily consecrate and abandon ourselves to live in the love of Our Lord, Jesus. We acknowledge His kingship, we welcome His friendship and we embrace His Lordship over our lives. Jesus becomes the central focus of our hearts and in our homes through consecration, reparation, prayer, frequent Mass attendance and Holy hours, observance of First Fridays, honoring His Mother and enthronement.
CONSECRATION and REPARATION
The Foundation
Consecration is the act of setting aside for a sacred purpose. We consecrate ourselves to the Sacred Heart by acknowledging Him as Creator and Redeemer and as having full rights over us as King of Kings, by repenting, and by resolving to serve Him in our daily lives out of love for Him.
St. Margaret Mary said, “There is no surer means of attaining perfection [or salvation] than to consecrate one’s self to the Sacred Heart of Jesus… [The] loving Heart of Jesus will not allow any of those consecrated to it to perish.”
In our times we say that the devotion is a way of life. It is a practice that infiltrates all of our thoughts and actions as we daily consecrate and abandon ourselves to live in the love of Our Lord, Jesus. We acknowledge His kingship, we welcome His friendship and we embrace His Lordship over our lives. Jesus becomes the central focus of our hearts and in our homes through consecration, reparation, prayer, frequent Mass attendance and Holy hours, observance of First Fridays, honoring His Mother and enthronement.
CONSECRATION and REPARATION
The Foundation
Consecration is the act of setting aside for a sacred purpose. We consecrate ourselves to the Sacred Heart by acknowledging Him as Creator and Redeemer and as having full rights over us as King of Kings, by repenting, and by resolving to serve Him in our daily lives out of love for Him.
St. Margaret Mary said, “There is no surer means of attaining perfection [or salvation] than to consecrate one’s self to the Sacred Heart of Jesus… [The] loving Heart of Jesus will not allow any of those consecrated to it to perish.”