Friday, June 26, 2015

MONTH OF THE SACRED HEART - TWENTY- FIFTH DAY


"Behold this Heart which has loved men so much, and yet men do not want to love Me in return. Through you My divine Heart wishes to spread its love everywhere on earth."


The use of the pictures or images of the Sacred Heart 

A person who loves another, consoles himself in some manner for his absence by the possession of his portrait; he carries it about him, looks upon and frequently kisses it. This is what the devout Lanspergius advises us to do with the images of the sacred heart of Jesus: “Place a picture of the adorable heart of your Savior,  does he say, “in some conspicuous place, that the sight of it may inspire you to love him, and kiss this image with the same devotion as the sacred heart itself." Our Lord himself, M. Alacoque says, assured her that he took a singular pleasure in beholding the interior sentiments of his heart, his love, honored under the figure of this heart of flesh, such as it had been shown to her surrounded with flames, crowned with thorns, and surmounted by a cross; and that he wished to have its portrait exposed in public, thereby to touch the insensible hearts of men. He promised her also, that he would abundantly bestow the graces of which his heart is the source, on those who would honor it; and that wherever it was exposed, it would draw down special benedictions. The inhabitants of Antioch, it is related, once arrested a violent earth quake by writing on the doors of their houses, “Jesus Christ is with us; cease." Let us carry about us the image of the sacred heart, and we will be able to bid defiance to the enemies of our salvation, by saying, in all our temptations, the "heart of Jesus is with me; stop, cease."


Say thrice: Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.


MEMORARE TO THE SACRED HEART

Remember, O most sweet Jesus, that no one who has had recourse to Thy Sacred Heart, implored its help, or sought it mercy was ever abandoned. Encouraged with confidence, O tenderest of hearts, we present ourselves before Thee, crushes beneath the weight of our sins. In our misery, O Sacred Heart of Jesus, despise not our simple prayers, but mercifully grant our requests.

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