Devotion to the Sacred Heart began in the 17th century with St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a Visitation Sister in France.
She was instrumental in spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart, famously distributing ‘badges’ bearing its image. These badges became popular symbols of protection and devotion, especially during times of plague and persecution.
During one of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque’s revelations from Jesus, He inspired her to compose the first ever prayer of consecration to the Sacred Heart.
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque showed the prayer to her spiritual confessor, Jesuit Father John Croiset, writing “it comes from Him, and He would not agree to its omission” from Croiset’s upcoming book.
Pray below the personal act of consecration to the Sacred Heart!
“I give myself and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, my person and my life, my actions, pains and sufferings, so that I may be unwilling to make use of any part of my being other than to honor, love and glorify the Sacred Heart. This is my unchanging purpose, namely, to be all His, and to do all things for the love of Him, at the same time renouncing with all my heart whatever is displeasing to Him. I therefore take You, O Sacred heart, to be the only object of my love, the guardian of my life, my assurance of salvation, the remedy of my weakness and inconstancy, the atonement for all the faults of my life and my sure refuge at the hour of death. Be then, O Heart of goodness, my justification before God the Father, and turn away from me the strokes of his righteous anger. O Heart of love, I put all my confidence in You, for I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty, but I hope for all things from Your goodness and bounty. Remove from me all that can displease You or resist Your holy will; let your pure love imprint Your image so deeply upon my heart, that I shall never be able to forget You or to be separated from You. May I obtain from all Your loving kindness the grace of having my name written in Your Heart, for in You I desire to place all my happiness and glory, living and dying in bondage to You. Amen”
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us! ❤️🔥🙏
Did you know wearing THIS scapular keeps the Sacred Heart of Jesus close to your own?
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