Motives Impelling Devotion to the Sacred Heart

By Original Sin man lost Sanctifying Grace and thereby forfeited the right to Heaven. But God, in His merciful love, had decreed from eternity to restore him to the state of supernatural grace and to make him worthy of eternal happiness. This was to be accomplished by the Incarnation of the Son of God, who,…

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True Devotion to the Sacred Heart

Chapter 1 Heart of Jesus, Symbol of Love “Announce it, and let it be announced to the whole world, that I set neither limit nor measure to My gifts of grace for those who seek them in My Heart!” –Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque The Church, governed and taught by the Holy Ghost,…

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The Secrets of the Sacred Heart

On the night before Our Lord suffered and died, He took comfort in the consolation offered by His beloved disciple, St. John the Evangelist, who reclined on His Sacred Heart. In less than twenty-four hours, the Heart that once beat in the womb of Our Lady in Bethlehem, would beat no more. Instead, the Sacred…

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