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SACRED HEART SHRINE
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HISTORY
The Sacred
Heart (also known as Most Sacred Heart of Jesus) is one of
the most widely practiced and well known devotions,
takingJesus' physical heart as the representation
of his divine love for humanity.
This devotion is predominantly used in the Catholic Church and among some high-church Anglicans and Lutherans. The devotion especially emphasizes the unmitigated
love, compassion, and long-suffering of the heart of Christ towards humanity.
The origin of this devotion in its modern form is derived from a French Roman
Catholic nun, Marguerite
Marie Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion from Jesus during a mystical experience. Predecessors to the
modern devotion arose unmistakably in the Middle Ages in various facets of Catholic mysticism.[1]
In the Roman Catholic
tradition, the Sacred Heart has been closely associated with Acts
of Reparation to Jesus Christ. In hisencyclical Miserentissimus
Redemptor, Pope Pius XI stated:
"the spirit of expiation or reparation has always had the first and
foremost place in the worship given to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus".[2] The Golden Arrow Prayer directly refers to the Sacred Heart.
Devotion to the Sacred Heart is sometimes seen
in the Eastern
Catholic Churches, where it remains a point of controversy and is seen as
an example of Liturgical
Latinisation.
The Sacred Heart is often depicted in Christian art as a flaming heart
shining with divine light, pierced by the lance-wound, encircled by the crown of thorns, surmounted by a cross and
bleeding. Sometimes the image is shown shining within the bosom of Christ with
his wounded hands pointing at the heart. The wounds and crown of thorns allude
to the manner of Jesus' death,
while the fire represents the transformative power of divine love.
The Feast of the
Sacred Heart has been in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar since
1856, and is celebrated 19 days afterPentecost. As Pentecost is always celebrated on Sunday, the Feast
of the Sacred Heart always falls on a Friday.
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