Catholic Saints, who have written on the Spiritual Life, suggest that a "remote preparation" is necessary in order to better understand the Word of God.  This includes being a lover of the Truth as well as the practice the Virtues of Humility, Meekness, and Docility to God the Holy Ghost.  "Proximate preparation" includes two prayers:  1) The Act of Contrition; and, 2) The Veni, Sancte Spiritus.

An Act of Contrition

O my God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, because I love Thee above all things with my whole heart and soul.  I detest all of my sins because it was for them and His Love for me that Jesus Christ, the Second Person of the Most Blessed Trinity, my Lord and my God, suffered, was crucified, and died on the cross.  O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee by my sins, faults, imperfections, negligences and carelessness, Who art all good and deserving of all of my love.

I firmly resolve with the help of Thy Grace, to sin no more, to confess my sins, to do penance, to amend my life, to avoid all of the near occasions of sin, and always give to Thee freely, liberally and generously what is of supererogation and perfection, not only in greater things, but especially in lesser things, so that I may gain beforehand Thy efficacious, superabundant, particular and special Graces and Helps so that I will always be victorious in resisting and overcoming all temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil and his followers.  Grant me those Graces and Helps needed so that my every thought, word and action may be done solely out of love for Thee, Who art Love.  Amen.

Saint John Chrysostom

It was the custom of Patriarch Saint John Chrysostom [b. Antioch, c. 347 A.D. - d. at Commana in Pontus on Friday, September 14, 407 A.D.], Patriarch of Constantinople [Thursday, February 26, 398 A.D. - Thursday, June 24, 404 A.D.], exiled from his See the 2nd time on Thursday, June 24, 404 A.D., Father and Doctor of the Catholic Church, to properly prepare himself and his Congregation before preaching. He taught that unless God the Holy Ghost prepares the minds and hearts of the Preacher and of the Congregation, the Preacher preaches in vain and the Congregation listens in vain.

Therefore, so as not to waste your time, please pray the Veni, Sancte Spiritus, remembering how one Holy Saint was of the opinion that a Sermon is a Sacramental.

Veni, Sancte Spiritus

Come, O Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful
And kindle in them the fire of Thy love.

V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created;
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let Us Pray

O God, who didst instruct the hearts of Thy faithful by the light of Thy Holy Spirit, grant us in the same Spirit to relish what is right and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary; pray for us.
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Patron Saint of Catholic Schools, pray for us.

Epistle for
The Sunday Within the Octave of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

1 Peter 5:6-11.

The Epistle appointed to be read during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass today is taken from the First Epistle of Saint Peter, Chapter 5, Verses 6-11.

Beloved:

Be you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in the time of visitation:  Casting all your care upon Him, for He hath care of you.

Be sober and watch: because your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.  Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world.

But the God of all Grace, Who hath called us into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will Himself perfect you, and confirm you, and establish you.

To Him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.
 
 

Gospel for
The Sunday Within the Octave of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Luke 15:1-10.

The Gospel for today is taken from the Holy Gospel of Saint Luke, Chapter 15, Verses 1 to 10.

At that time:

The publicans and sinners drew near unto Him to hear Him.

And the Pharisees and the Scribes murmured, saying:

This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

And He spoke to them this parable, saying:

What man of you that hath an hundred sheep:  and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which was lost, until he find it?  And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing:  And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them:  Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?

I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.

Or what woman having ten groats; if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?  And when she hath found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying:  Rejoice with me, because I have found the groat which I had lost.

So I say to you, there shall be joy before the Angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.
 

Thus far are the words of today's Holy Gospel.

Today is the Sunday Within the Octave of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  It is fitting, therefore, to preach about the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Two primary points suggest themselves to us.

First point.  Great are the afflictions that overtake one in this life.  But so also are the consolations provided by the all merciful God through the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Would that everyone would know and understand how to take advantage of this!

Yet the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus complains about Catholics in this way:

“ For My people have done two evils. They have forsaken Me, the Fountain of Living Water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water”  (Jeremias 2:13).

What is the cause of this foolishness?  Because they do not know how to draw from the Divine Fountain.  In today’s age of gross worldliness, paganism, materialism, secular humanism, atheism, agnosticism, and hatred of Almighty God, the majority of the population of the world is ignorant of the existence of God, not to mention their ignorance of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.  What is worse, younger generations of Catholics - with some exceptions - are likewise either ignorant of,  or disdainful of, Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus because those who are sensual and foolish know not, because the darkness of  their pride abjures that which is Spiritual, including this precious Devotion which is given to us from a Merciful God, in witness whereof this Scripture testifies:

“Now we have received not the spirit of this world, but the Spirit that is of God; that we may know the things that are given us from God.  Which things also we speak, not in the learned words of human wisdom; but in the Doctrine of the Spirit, comparing Spiritual things with Spiritual.  But the sensual man perceiveth not these things that are of the Spirit of God; for it is foolishness to him, and he cannot understand, because it is Spiritually examined.  But the Spiritual man judgeth all things; and he himself is judged of no man.  For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that we may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:12-16).

Second point. There is no object of Christian piety more august, none sweeter, none more conducive to salvation, than the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Merely saying “Most Sacred Heart of Jesus” stimulates love for the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

What a treasure which Catholics have which so many fail to really appreciate!  It is a wonderful Devotion and one which has rich Spiritual rewards as found in its fantastic 12 wonderful Promises, which, to materialistic people, are worthless!  Real Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is a real treasure trove, a virtual paradise on earth.

Therefore, within the above context, let us together consider these two salient points:

I. What is Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus?
II. Why Should You Practice Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus?

I. What is Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus?

It is a Devotion analogous to Devotion to the Five Wounds of the Holy Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Just as one venerates the hands, the feet, the pierced side of our Dear Lord, so also, one worships His Divine Heart.

In so doing, one worships the real heart that was wounded for us on the Altar of the Cross on Calvary, not but a mere image of it.

This Holy Devotion is none other than a particular way of honoring Jesus Christ Himself, just as Devotion to His Holy Wounds is an august Devotion to the Lord Himself, manifested under a most special aspect.

And why this special way of honoring Christ?   Because there are special motives for so doing . His Wounds are honoured as the symbol of His Passion, and as the effect of His Infinite Divine Love for each and everyone of us.

His Divine Heart is worshipped:

1) As the seat, and, therefore, as the symbol, of the Infinite Divine Love He bore us.

2) As the source and fountain of all of His Divine favors, particularly of His Passion, and the institution of the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist.

3) As the Infinite Sanctuary of all Graces and Virtues.

4) As the standard and exemplar of Sanctity, to which our hearts should conform.

These four motives are most truly found in the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus:

1) As the head is the source and symbol of intelligence, by the same token, the heart is befittingly regarded as the source and symbol of love and all affection.  In this way, you sometimes hear how a certain man has “the heart of a Father”, and/or, what is not so common in this day and age, “the heart of a friend”.

2) As from “the heart of a Father”, all good things flow to his family, so also from the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus all Graces come to all of us who choose to seek them.  Just as our celestial sun is the source of light and heat in this world all of us share together with each other, so also the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is the fount and origin of all the Divine Love and bounty that are diffused in the world of Souls.

3) As the heart of a just man is the Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, which goest to explain why the Holy Martyr, Leonides, kissed the breast of his sleeping Son, Origen, so too, but in an Infinite way, the Divine Sanctuary of God is the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus:

A)  “For in Him [Christ] dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead corporeally”  (Colossians 2:9).

B) “In Whom are hid all the treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge” (Colossians 2:3).

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is the mystical glory and treasure of

“that which lieth hid within”  (Canticle of Canticles 4:3).

The images and figures of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus are:

1) The Ark of the Covenant.
2) The precious gem spoken of in the Gospel.
3) The treasure hidden in the field.
4) The garden and paradise into which the spouse of the Canticles is invited:

“I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse”  (Canticle of Canticles 5:1).

4) The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is our exemplar.  Consider, for a moment, how your heart, in which is contained all of the affections of your soul, should be regulated and made to conform to some type. But where do you find such a type which can really and truly satisfy such craving? It is to be found in the one and only Divine Heart - the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Appearing to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
 

What of the origin of this devotion?

Although from the beginning the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus was an object of worship to the Blessed Virgin Mary, to the beloved Apostle, Saint John, to Saint John Chrysostom, as well as many others, it pleased our Dear Lord to make this devotion known in a most special manner, through a Private Revelation in 1670 A.D. to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, to whom He showed His Divine Heart burning with the flames of the Fire of Divine Love and wounded with a lance, whilst He said:

“Behold My Heart, which has so loved men”.

Thereafter, especially beginning in 1763 A.D., the Holy Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus was approved by the Church and propagated in a wonderful manner.

How should you practice the Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus?

You can do so by venerating, invoking, praying to, and meditating on, the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, in addition to making the First Fridays of nine consecutive months.

Approach the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus as an open Sanctuary, and as the Infinite Fountain of inexhaustible Graces!  So also, strive to console the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus for the gross indifference and despicable ingratitude of mankind among so many of whom today, it is so sad to say, Catholics - Catholics whose Religious education and training should have taught them this wonderful Devotion but which, due to the rampage of the Heresy of Modernism, which is “...the errors of the Modernists that is, the synthesis of all heresies” (Roman Catholic Pope, Saint Pius X, Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto [Tuesday, August 4, 1903 - Thursday, August 20, 1914], Motu Proprio - On His Own Initiative - PRÆSTANTIA SCRIPTURÆ SACRÆ, Monday, November 18, 1907, ¶ 5), it has been conveniently ignored with the excuse too often heard today about it being “old fashioned” and/or “not in with the times”!

Let all Catholics now make a real effort to try, by the Grace of God, to repair the injuries, outrages,  and sacrileges committed against the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

I remember seeing a photograph which was taken of a Satanic firing squad of some of the human instruments of the Devil who were shooting at a most innocent target: a Statue of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus!  Such was their insane hatred for the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus!

Sad to say, although Catholics today do not resort to taking part in similar firing squads, yet too often too many Catholics, by their rampant indifference, or what has become even worse as the result of the infiltration of the Church by atheistic Communists, a blatant disregard for Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus as witnessed by smaller and smaller numbers of Catholics who make a sincere effort to make their First Fridays.

On the contrary, let all real Catholics - not the cafeteria Catholics who only pick and choose what only their whims endorse - keep before their eyes the image of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
 
 

Statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

This image can be one or more statues, or pictures, in their homes, their vehicles, their work-places and to have the Enthronement of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus performed at their home altars in their homes, most especially those of you who number in the millions upon millions of Catholics who are Faithful to the authentic Apostolic Tradition.

How does the Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus differ from that to the Most Blessed Sacrament?

There is both a difference, and yet still close affinity of the one with the other.

For example, you can  adore the Sacrament Presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament which is present in the Tabernacle on the Main Altar, a.k.a. High Altar, in your Catholic Church, without any specific reference to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

However, because our Dear Lord manifests His Divine Love in a special way in the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist, and at the same time commends Devotion to His Most Sacred Heart, it is natural, in view of this intimate connection, that, while you adore the Jesus Christ Who is present in the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist, your eyes of Faith and Devotion should, at the same time, turn to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

How does Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus differ from Devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ?

Practically speaking, just as in the preceding case. When you consider how the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus has loved you, it should naturally occur to your mind at the same time how this very same Divine, Infinite Love, which the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus has for you is the same love manifested for you in His Holy Passion - this Divine Love being identical in both instances.

This explains why the memory of the Sacred Passion of Jesus Christ is essentially contained in Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.  So much so is this True that our Holy Mother the Church commemorates the intimate union of these two in her prayers and hymns, both the Divine, Infinite Love and Sacred sufferings of our Divine Saviour, Jesus Christ, and which union is perfectly made visibly manifest in the fact that both the statues and holy pictures of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus depict his Most Sacred Heart, atop of which is a Cross surrounded by the flames of the Fire of Divine Love,  encircled with a Crown of Thorns and His Most Sacred Heart, which was cut by a lance on the Cross, depicted with drops of His Most Precious Blood coming forth out of the cut in His Most Sacred Heart, and the top of His Most Sacred Heart showing flames which represent His Divine Love for you which is so intense that it is burning, it is on fire with the flames of Divine Love for you!

II. Why Should You Practice Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus?

Because we are urged by many motives, some coming from God, some from the Catholic Church, and some having to do with ourselves.
 
 

Such is the lovableness of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, that it merits, and should win, the love, the veneration, and the special devotion, of every human heart. Would that this Divine lovableness were known! It shines forth at every point in the Life of Christ - from His birth in the manger to His death on the cross, and most especially in the Sacrament of His Infinite, Divine Love - the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist.  In the tears that ran down His cheeks, in the sweet words of forgiveness to sinners, in every work of mercy He performed, the Divine Love of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus was evident and shone forth.

Because we are urged by motives of gratitude and reparation which helps us to return a most special thankful gratitude for His many and great favors.  And seeing that most of mankind are not only unmindful of what the Divine Love of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus has done for them, but which offer insult instead of thanks, it is meet that real and True Catholics - Catholics in deed as well as in word - should do what they can do to make atonement and reparation for such ingratitude and indifference in the present virtual moral plague of degenerative erysipelasly atheistic, modernistic, vituperative  behavior.

Because we are urged by the invitation of the Lord Himself, Who, in manifesting the Holy Mystery of His Most Heart, sweetly and earnestly seeks the love of faithful souls.

You are prompted thereunto by personal advantages, in the precious fruits you can thereby gather. For Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is:

1) The Fount of Consolation.
2) The Fount of Grace.
3) The Fount of Sanctity.
4) The Fount of Light.
5) The Fount of Purity.
6) The Fount of Strength.

1. Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is the Fount of Consolation to your heart in every sorrow, whether external or internal, that may afflict it. Sorrow may be deep and great, but deeper and greater are the resources of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and, what is more, they are never exhausted because they are Infinite!

2-3. Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is also the Fount of Grace and the Fount of Sanctity.  Why?  Because this Holy Devotion makes your heart like the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.  All sanctity is to be found in the heart where is found Grace and Virtue, and those affections of which the human heart is the seat.

Wherefore, if you thus mold your heart, you therefore, mold your life. And in one way only can you mold your heart, namely, by making it like the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.  So,  how can you do this? By drawing near to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and coming within its Divine influence.

For example:

1)  Cold iron which is put in a furnace soon becomes hot.
2)  A mirror exposed to the sun reflects its rays.

So this is the same way it works when you approach the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Remember how the face of Moses shone so brightly that he had to cover his face.  And why was it so bright?  Because Moses had talked with God:

“And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face [i.e. in a most familiar manner.  N.B.  It can not be taken literally, but figuratively, because in Exodus 33:20 you find that God did not reveal His Holy Face to Moses because God told Moses:   “Thou canst not see My Face: for man shall not see Me, and live”.], as a man is wont to speak to his friend. And when he returned into the camp, his servant Josue, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not from the tabernacle” (Exodus 33:11).

“And when Moses came down from the Mount Sinai, he held the two tables of the testimony [i.e. the Ten Commandments], and he knew not that his face was horned [i.e. sending out very intensely bright rays of light somewhat similar to horns.  Statues and pictures that depict Moses with two physical horns are inaccurate.] from the conversation of the Lord.  And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned [i.e. having very intense bright rays of light in the shape of two horns], were afraid to come near.....  And all the children of Israel came to him: and he gave them in commandment all that he had heard of the Lord on Mount Sinai.  And having done speaking, he [Moses] put a veil upon his face.  But when he went in to the Lord, and spoke with Him, he took it away until he came forth, and then he spoke to the children of Israel all things that had been commanded him.  And they saw that the face of Moses when he came out was horned, but he covered his face again, if at any time he spoke to them” (Exodus 34:29-30; 34:32-35).

God the Holy Ghost, through the pen of the Apostle, teaches you how this works:

“But we all beholding the glory of the Lord with open face, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians  3:18).

Each of us is transformed into Christ; we become meek, humble and patient, just as Christ Himself is meek, humble, and patient.  You become animated by the Spirit of Christ, so that you can truly say with the Apostle:

“And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me” (Galatians 2:20) which is the height of the real Spiritual Life!

4. Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is the Fount of Light. It illumines the eyes of the Soul, so that it can discern the world of spirit, the world of Grace, the world of the Spiritual Life, a.k.a. the Interior Life.  It illumines by showing the form and exemplar of every virtue the exemplar expressed in symbol.

What do the lance, the thorns, and the cross signify? Do they not stand for sorrows, internal or external, and ignominies?  But why these in  the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus? By what torturer were these inflicted? Was it not by me and by my sins? And for this cruelty and ingratitude, the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus flashes back, not in vengeance, but as flames of the Fire of Divine Love.

In that heart I see no gems, no flowers, no golden diadem, but in it a lance, and around it thorns and atop it a cross with flames of fire. And yet what do I find in its inmost recesses?  Not vengeance, not ill-will, not impatience, not bitterness, but light and love’s purest flame. In a word, Charity - only Charity. And in that Charity all Virtues are contained. Thus does  the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, by this image of sanctity, illumine us, that, by the influence of the light of His Sacred Heart, He might imprint this same Sanctity on our hearts.

5.  Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is the Fount of Purity by cleansing us from our sins, even those which seem to be minor, and by making us detest and avoid every sin.

6.  Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is the Fount of Strength. We are strengthened by copious Graces, which flow from the Divine Heart as their source. This is particularly true of Charity, of which it is said:

“Love is strong as death” (Canticle of Canticles 8:6).

“Where there is love there is no labor because the labor itself becomes an object of love” (Saint Augustine, De Bono Viduitatis - On the Good of Widowhood, Chapter 26).

Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus has rich promises attached to it:

I will Bless every house in which a picture of My Heart shall be exposed and honored.

Here a word of explanation can be given as to the Blessings that come to the various classes of persons: to fathers of families, to the young, to those who labor, to the just, and to sinners.

Besides these promises which are for all, there are others that are special to Priests, and those who have the care of souls, as may be read in the famous 12 Promises the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus made to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque.
 
 

The 12 Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
to those who have
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Especially the Great Promise
To Those who Make the Nine First Fridays

1. I will given them all of the Graces necessary for their state of life.
 

2. I will establish peace in their families.
 

3. I will Bless every place in which a picture of My Heart shall be exposed and honored.

4. I will console them in all of their difficulties.
 

5. I will be their refuge during life and especially at the hour of death.
 

6. I will shed abundant Blessings upon all of their undertakings.
 

7. Sinners shall find in My Heart a fountain and boundless ocean of mercy.
 

8. Tepid souls shall become fervent.
 

9. Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection.
 

10. I will give to Priests the power of touching the hardest hearts.
 

11. Those who propagate this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart never to be blotted out.

The GREAT PROMISE

12.  I promise thee, in the excessive mercy of My Heart, that My all-powerful Love will grant to all who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays of nine consecutive months, the Grace of final repentance.  They will not die under My displeasure or without receiving their Sacraments. My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in their last moment.

Friday, June 11, 2010 A.D.

Dear Readers,

Friday, June 11, 2010 A.D. was the Feast Day of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.  On this Holy Feast Day, the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus performed a number of wonderful miracles for two Catholic Archbishops who have a great devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in their own personal lives!

Even IF your church never taught you Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is not to late for YOU to begin to practice Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus!

The above 12 Promises of Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus contain great Blessings.  But even one wonderful Promise should be more than enough to motivate YOU to really practice Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus!

In any event, the bottom line is that real Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus brings with it Blessings you would otherwise most probably not receive?

May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus pour His wonderful Blessings upon each of you for your Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus!

Resolutions

For our resolutions, let all of us prayerfully thank the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus for giving us the wonderful and Holy Devotion to His Most Sacred Heart:

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I give Thee thanks for Thy great goodness in making known to us the Divine Love and treasures of Thy Most Sacred Heart. May it be to us all a sun in the midst of heaven, hidden by no cloud, but radiating, illumining and vivifying.  May it fill all hearts with its light and love, thus converting this vale of tears into a virtual Paradise!

Let all of us earnestly resolve, with the help of the Grace of God, to sincerely practice the Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in practical ways.

One way is to have a picture and/or a statue of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in your home, vehicle, and even where you work.

Contact a Catholic Priest to perform the Enthronement of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.  IF none is available, then do a "Spiritual Enthronement" by reading the prayers of the Enthronement and desiring to have the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Enthroned in your home, no matter how small or huge your home may be.

Make copies of all of the 12 Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to help you remember them.

IF possible, make your 9 First Fridays.  For the many millions of Catholics around the world who are Faithful to the authentic Apostolic Tradition, and who are mostly in Catacombs III, IF you are not physically able to receive Holy Communion during a Catholic Traditional Valid Mass Offered by a Valid Catholic Traditional Bishop or Priest, at least make a Spiritual Communion with the intention of making your 9 First Fridays.

Do what you can do to actively spread Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.