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Living in the company of our Lord Jesus
“When we open our heart to the love of God and to others, it makes us capable of shaping history according to God’s plan.” - John Paul II, Novo Millennio Ineunte, 2000.
According to Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, “Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a most effective means of living always in the company of our Lord Jesus whom we receive in Holy Communion. In other words, our devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is an extended act of love for Him who shows us the greatest possible love by offering His Body and Blood for us in the Eucharistic Sacrifice. In His fourth apparition to St. Margaret Mary, our Lord revealed His Sacred Heart, declaring:
"Behold this Heart which has so loved men that it spared nothing, even going so far as to exhaust and consume Itself, to prove to them Its love.”
The center of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the Enthronement of the image of the Sacred Heart in the home. By the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart, we link the tabernacle of our parish church to our home, inviting our Lord to be our constant and most intimate companion. The Enthronement is a way of life. It means that Christ is King of our hearts, and we desire Him to be present with us always.
In other words, by the Enthronement we signify our desire to make our hearts and our homes holy, to sanctify our lives in every aspect. Father Mateo Crawley-Boevey, SS.CC (1875-1961), great apostle of the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, insisted on its official and social characteristics. The Enthronement is the outward expression of an interior commitment to submit one's whole life in obedience to Christ. It is social because it involves every member of the household in which we live and all our relationships with others, in and outside the home. Those who carry out the Enthronement always comment on the difference it makes in the relationships of family members with each other and in work, business, recreation and other relationships.
Today, the Sacred Heart Apostolate is launching a global mission of bringing the “fire of God’s love” to the world.
The Social Reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Our World
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San Michel School in Boucan Carre', Haiti
Sacred Heart Mission Team Shares the Enthronement Ceremony with San Michel School in Boucan Carre', Haiti. Read more >> |
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Nyang'oma, Kenya, Africa
Sacred Heart Mission Team Shares the Enthronement Ceremony in Nyang'oma, Kenya. Read more >> |
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