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ENCYCLICAL LETTER - HAURIETIS AQUAS POPE PIUS XII ON DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

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ENCYCLICAL LETTER

- HAURIETIS AQUAS

POPE PIUS XII

ON DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

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1. THEOLOGICAL BASIS1. Difficulties and objections2. The tesching of the popes3. Basis of the devotion4. Culto of latria5. Old Testament

2. NEW TESTAMENT TRADITION1. Holy Fathers2. The physical Heart3. Symbol of the triple love of Christ

3. CONTEMPLATION OF THE LOVE OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

1. Eucharist, Mary, Cross2. church, sacraments3. Ascension4. Pentecost5. Sacred Heart, symbol of the love of

Christ4. HISTORY OF THE DEVOTION OF THE

SACRED HEART1. Saints, Saint Margarite Mary2. 1765, Clemente XIII, and 1856, Pius

IX3. Devotion to the Heart of Jesus,

devotion in spirit and truth4. The most complete profession of the

chrstian religion. 5. GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE

DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

1. Diffusion of this devotion2. Actual problems or the Church3. A providential devotion4. Conclusion

Index

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You shall draw waters with joy out of the saviour’s fountain” Is 12,3

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"Every perfect gift is from above,

coming down from the Father of Lights,” SANTIAGO 1, 17

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"The charity of God is poured forth in our

hearts by the Holy Spirit Who is given to us." Rom 5,5

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"Now to Him Who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us, to Him be

glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations world without end. Amen."

Eph 3, 20-21 [13]

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The Sacred Heart is

"the symbol and express image of the infinite love

of Jesus Christ which moves us to

love in return."

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"Hear, O Israel ! The Lord our God

is one Lord. Thou shall love the Lord, thy God, with your whole heart,

and your whole soul, and your

whole strength. And these words which I command you this

day shall be in your heart.“Dt 6, 4-6

In the Old Testamen

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"As the eagle enticing her young to fly, and hovering over them,

(God) spread his wings, and has taken him

(Israel) and carried him on his shoulders."

Dt 22,11

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"Because Israel was a child, and I loved him; and I called my son out of Egypt. . .And I was like a foster father to Ephraim, and I carried them in my

arms, and they knew not that I healed them. I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bonds of love. . .I will heal their wounds, I will love them; for My

wrath is turned away from them. I will be as a dew, Israel shall spring up as a lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus” Hosea 11, 1, 3-4; 14, 5-6.

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"And Sion said, 'the Lord has forsaken me; the Lord has

forgotten me.” Can a woman

forget her infant so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? And if she should forget,

yet I will not forget you.“

Is 49, 14-15

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"As the lily among thorns, so is My love among the daughters. . .

I to My beloved and My beloved to Me, who feeds among the lilies. . .Put Me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death,

jealousy is hard as hell, the lamps thereof are lamps of fire and flames.“ Cant 2, 2; 6, 2; 8, 6.

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"I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have drawn you, taking pity on you . . .Behold the days shall come, says the Lord, and I shall make a new covenant with the house of Israel

and with the house of Juda. . .this will be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord; I will give My law in their bowels, and will write it in their heart,

and I will be their God and they shall be My people. . .for I will forgive their iniquity and I will remember their sin no more Jer 31, 3; 31, 33-34.

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"And of his fulness we have all received, and grace for grace. For the Law was given by

Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Jn1, 16-17

NEW TESTAMENT

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Divine and human love

«complete in his properties, complete in ours» (Leon Magno)«perfecto in divinity and himself perfect in his humanity» Conc Chalecedon a.451 «Totally God (made) man, and all man [subsistent in] Gpd» (papa S Gelasio)«If He had not possessed our nature, he would not have experienced many times sadness» - St John Chrisóstom - De fide ad Gratianum 2, 7, 56 PL 16, 594.

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“God our Saviour, has manifested his the goodness and kindness to men” Titus 3,4

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«I feel sorry for these people»

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“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to you; How many times

I wished to gather you as children, like a hen gathers her chicks underr her wings, y you didn’t

want to”. Mt 23,37

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A new commandment I give to

you, that you love one

another as I have loved

you. . .This is My

commandment that you

love one another as I have loved you. Jn 13,34

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“I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I

suffer “ Lk 22,15

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“Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me” Mt 23,69

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The women of Jerusalem

wept for Jesus

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"Daughters of

Jerusalem, weep not over Me,

but weep for yourselves

and for your children. . .for if in the

green wood they do these

things, what shall be

done in the dry?“ Lk 23,28

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One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at

him: “Aren’t you the Messiah?

Save yourself and us!”But the other criminal

rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said,

“since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are

punished justly, for we are getting what our

deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing

wrong.”Then he said, “Jesus,

remember me when you come into your kingdom.

Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today

you will be with me in paradise.”Luke 23,39

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"Father, forgive them;

they know not what they do!“ Lk

23,34

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Y around the ninth hour Jesus cried our loud: «¡Elí, Elí! ¿lemá sabactaní?», that is:

«¡my God, my God why have you abandoned me?» Mt 27,46

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No one has greater love, than he who

gives his life for his friends Jn 15,13

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In this we have known the love of God, in that He gave his life for us, and so we

should give our life for

our brothers

1 Jn 3,16

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"By suffering out of love and

obedience, Christ gave more

to God than was required

to compensate for the offense of the

whole human race."

Sum. theol. 3, 48, 2: ed. Leon. 11 (1903) 464.

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HE LOVED ME AND GAVE UP HIS LIFE FOR

ME” Gal 2,20

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"(Your Heart) has been wounded so that through the visible wound we may behold the invisible wound of love”

S. Buenaventura, Opusc. X Vitis mystica 3, 5: Opera Omnia; Ad Claras Aquas (Quaracchi) 1898, 8, 164. -Cf. S. Th. 3, 54, 4: ed. Leon. 11 (1903) 513.

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From His open side the Church is born, the spouse of Christ...

From the heart there is outpoured grace

Cant Grez - Hymn. ad Vesp. Festi Ssmi. Cordis Iesu.

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- And water to the sacrament of Baptism which neverthesless

receives it’s power for washing from the blood

of Christ» - - 3, 66, 3 ad 3: ed. Leon. 12 (1906)

65.

«From his side ther e flowed water for washing and blood for eedeeming. That is why blood

is proper to the sacrament of the Eucharist

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“Christ loved us

and offered Himself up to God as

an oblation and host of pure scent”

Eph 5,2

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"That man should be delivered by Christ's Passion was in keeping with both His mercy and His justice. With His justice, because by His Passion Christ made satisfaction for the sins of the human race, and so man was set free by Christ's justice;

and with His mercy, for since man of himself could not

satisfy for the sin of all human nature, God gave him

His Son to satisfy for him

And this came of a more copious mercy than if he had forgiven sins without satisfaction: Hence St. Paul says: 'God, who is rich in mercy, by reason of His

very great love wherewith He has loved us even when we were dead by reason of our sins, brought us to life together with Christ.'“3

2. Eph. 2:4; Sum. Theol. III, q. 46, a. 1 ad 3: ed. Leon., vol. XI, p. 436.

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"That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts, that

being rooted and founded in charity you

may be able to comprehend with all the

saints what is the breadth, and length, and

height, and depth;

to know also the charity of Christ which surpasseth all

knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

Eph 3, 17-19

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"By love, He allowed Himself

to be espoused to His Church.

“ Cf. S. Th. Sum. theol. 3, 19, 1: ed. Leon. 11 (1903) 329.

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AscensionOn ascending on High, He

took with Him a great multitude of captives, and

poured out his gifts on men….

He who came down is the same who ascended above

all the Heavens, to fulfill all things»

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"I will ask the Father and He will

give you another

Paraclete so that He may abide with

you forever." Jn 14, 16

PENTECOST

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 For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being

rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be

filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Eph 3, 14, 16-19

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in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor

things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in

Christ Jesus our Lord. Rm 8,38

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"Christ loved the Church, and

delivered Himself up for it, that He might sanctify it,

cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life, that He might present it to

Himself a glorious Church, not having spot or wrinkle, or

any such thing, but that it should

be holy and without blemish.

1 Jn 2,1

THE CHURCH

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“You shall love the Lord thy God with your whole heart,

and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind,

and with your whole Strength” Mc 12, 30

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"Behold, today, another true sign of God's favor is presented to our gaze, namely, the Sacred Heart of

Jesus. . .shining forth with a wondrous splendor from amidst flames. In it must all our hopes be placed; from

it salvation is to be sought and hoped for.“Enc. Annum Sacrum: AL 19 (1900) 79. Enc.

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Leo XIII - "to call to mind the act of supreme love whereby our Redeemer, pouring forth all the treasures of His Heart in order to remain with us till the end of time, instituted the adorable Sacrament of the Eucharist."(122) For "not the least part of the revelation of that Heart is the Eucharist, which He gave to us out of the great charity of His own Heart."

S. Alberto M., De Eucharistia, dist. 6, tr. 1, c. 1: Opera Omnia ed. Borgnet, vol. 38, Parisiis 1890, p. 358.

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"The reign of Jesus Christ takes its strength

and form from divine love:

to love with holiness and order is its

foundation and its perfection.

From it these must flow: to perform duties without blame;

to take away nothing of another's right;

to guide the lower human affairs by heavenly

principles; to give the love of God

precedence over all other creatures.“

Enc. Tametsi: AL 20 (1900) 303.

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In the Catholic Church, devotion to the Sacred Heart referes to the heart of Jesus of Nazaret as a symbol of divine love.. This devotion had its origin in a mystical current centered on the person

of Jesus Christ, which conceives of the heart as the vital center y expresion of His surrender and total love. In this sense, the devotion to the Sacred Heart refers especially

to the sentiments of Jesus and his love for humanity.

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Many saints were devoted to the Sacred Heart of JesUs: St Buenaventura,

St Alberto Magno, St Gertrudis,

St Catalina de Siena, blessed Henry Suso,

St Peter Canisius St Francis of Sales.

St JohnEudes etc. etc.

Saint Catalina of Siena

Saint Margarite

Mary Alacoque

St John Eudes

Blessed Bernar

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Hoyos

HISTORY OF THE DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART

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"Religious worship is not paid to images, considered in themselves, as things; but according as they are representations leading to

God Incarnate. The approach which is made to the image as such does not stop there, but continues towards that which is

represented. Hence, because a religious honor is paid to the images of Christ, it does not therefore mean that there are

different degrees of supreme worship or of the virtue of religion.“ 2.ae 81, 3 ad 3: ed. Leon. 9 (1897) 180.

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Saint Matilda

Saint Gertru

de

Saint Ángel

aThe devotion to the Sacred Heart

of Jesus is of medieval origin, and can be

found in the writings of St Matlida of

Hsckeborn, St Gertrude of Hlfta and Saint Angela

of Foligno

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SANTA MARGARITA MARÍA ALACOQUE

Saint Margarite Mary Alacoque

Although there have been many devoted to the Sacred Heart the modern day devotion is due to St Margarite M A of the order of the Visitation to whom Our Lord appeared in 1673. In these apparitions, Jesus said to her that whoever preayed to the Sacred Heart, would receive many graces.“Behold this my heart, despite consuming itself in ardent love for men, doesn’t receive from christians more than sacrilegious scorn, indifference and ingratitude even in the very sacrament of my love. The worst that wounds my Heart is the insults I receive from persons consecrated to my service”.

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Fr. Matthew Crawley Boevey SSCC promoted a movement of renewal of

the familes and society through a moral cruzade, and founded the Work of Enthroning of the Sacred Heart in

the homes.

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A In mid XX century the Italian Capuchine St Pio of Petrelcina and Blessed Leon Dehon

promoted and renewed the idea of prayer directed to the Sacred Heart.

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in his papal encyclical Auctorem Fidei, Pius VI

mentioned the devotion to the Sacred Heart.

In the letters of Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart (1863-

1899) she made the petition in the namv of Christ, to Pope Leon XIII to consecrate the whole world to the Sacred

Heart of Jesus. In his encyclical Annum Sacrum (25 may 1899 ) Pope

Leon said that the entire humanity should be

consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and he made this consecration on the 11

june 1899.

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Pius XII promoted in his encyclical Haurietis Aquas the devotion to the Sacred Heart “Jesus, during his live, passion and agony has known and loved each and every one

of us and he gave himself up for us.” The Son of God loved me and surrendered himself for me” Gal 2,20. He has loved us all with a human heart. Therefore the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pierced

for our sins and our salvation (cf. Jn 19, 34), “is considered as the principle indicator and symbol… of the love the Divine Redeemer has continually for the eternal Father and for all men” (Pio XII, Enc."Haurietis aquas": DS 3924; cf. DS 3812).4

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This devotion invites those who practise it to have in the words of Paul of Tarso “the same

sentiments as Jesus Christ” Phil 2,5

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is it remarkable that love, which is the supreme law of the Christian religion, the surest foundation of true and perfect justice and the

chief source of peace and innocent pleasures, loses its warmth in the souls of many? For as our Savior

warned us: "Because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.“ ( Is 32, 17.)

Since then, alas, one can see that the number of those whose

boast is that they are God's enemies is in some places

increasing, that the false slogans of materialism are being spread

by act and argument, and unbridled license for unlawful desires is everywhere being

praised

COUNTER CURRENTS

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Many Congregations and spiritual families were founded with the devotion to the Sacred Heart

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Punducherry India

Bahrain Vientiane

Laos

New Delhi

Moca Rep.

Dominican

Temples dedicated to the Sacred Heart

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In the United States

Cincinnati

Dearborn, Mich

Newark, N.J.

Tampa, Florida

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In many homes the image of the Sacred

Heart is over the front door as a symbol of their

catholic identity. Many homes had

images of the Sacred Heart of

Jesus enthroned as king, with slogans

like “the Sacred Heart reigns in this home”

Spain and Latin

America

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This is an example of the Spanish coat of arms in which

Carlos VII, claimant to the

throne incorporated the Sacred

Heart

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One of the most spectacular celebrations or the Sacred Heart in Spain is in the town of Alhaurín in Malaga, where the brotherhood of “our Father Jesus Nazarene” make

many processions on Saturday and Sunday after Corpus Christi

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King Alphonsus XIII consecrated

Spain to the Sacred Heart in Getafe, in Cerro de los Angeles,

the geographical centre or the

Iberian Peninsula

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During the Spanish Civil War, many soldiers of the nationalists carried Sacred Hearts cloth badges tied to their clothes. They called them “detentes” praying that they might “detain” the bullets of the enemy.

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Ecuador was the first country in the world, officially consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate heart of Mary. The Governor ordered the building in Quito of a basilica of the

“National Vow” in honour of this consecration.

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In Peru, the Church of St Peter of the

Jesuits is the national

Sanctuary of the Sacred Heart of

JesusEach year during

June there are celebrations and finally procession

of the Sacred Heart, since 1878.

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The Sacred Heart of Jesus is the patron of the Navy of Chile and also of the train workers.

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Colombia was consecrated

to the Sacred Heart 22 June 1902

in the “National

Vow Temple”.

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MEXICOThe expiatory Temple of the Sacred Heart

is in Leon Guanajuato. The Sacred Heart is also patron of the

cathedral of Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas

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The Jesuits helped spread the devotion to the Sacred Heart in America and the Phillipines

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In Africa

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The true devotion to the Sacred Heart

requires making an effort to know Him in prayer and

study, to imitate his

virtues, especially humility, and

identify fully with Him in thoughts, in order to think like Him and not like the world

in sentiments, loves and behaviour.

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1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.

2. I will give peace in their families.3. I will console them in all their

troubles.4. I will be their refuge in life and especially

in death.5. I will abundantly bless all their

undertakings.6. Sinners shall find in my Heart the

source and infinite ocean of mercy.7. Tepid souls shall become fervent.8. Fervent souls shall rise speedily to

great perfection.9. I will bless those places wherein the

image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and venerated.

10. I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts.

11. Persons who propagate this devotion shall have their names eternally written in my Heart.

12. In the excess of the mercy of my Heart, I promise you that my all powerful love will grant to all those who will receive Communion on the First Fridays, for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance: they will not die in my displeasure, nor without receiving the sacraments; and my Heart will be their secure refuge in that last hour.

Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for those who

practise this devotion -

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Another most precious gift of His Sacred Heart is, as We

have said, Mary the beloved Mother of God and the most

loving Mother of us all. She who gave birth to our

Savior according to the flesh and was associated with Him

in recalling the children of Eve to the life of divine grace has

deservedly been hailed as the spiritual Mother of

the whole human race. And so St. Augustine writes of her: "Clearly She is Mother of

the members of the Savior (which is what we are),

because She labored with Him in love that the faithful who

are members of the Head might be born in the Church."

De sancta virginitate 6 PL 40, 399.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus and

the Immaculate Heart of Mary