106 years ago today, on June 11, 1899, Leo XIII consecrated the whole of humanity to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
He explained:
[S]ince there is in the Sacred Heart a symbol and a sensible image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love one another, therefore is it fit and proper that we should consecrate ourselves to His most Sacred Heart-an act which is nothing else than an offering and a binding of oneself to Jesus Christ, seeing that whatever honor, veneration and love is given to this divine Heart is really and truly given to Christ Himself.
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Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
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106 years ago today, on June 11, 1899, Leo XIII consecrated the whole of humanity to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
I love the devotion, but I don’t care for the artwork. This is the standard picture in ‘Sacred Heart’ devotions – are there any others?
I love the devotion, but I don’t care for the artwork. This is the standard picture in ‘Sacred Heart’ devotions – are there any others?
Lots of others. I personally like the Sacred Heart depicted in the following image (the entire picture is meant to depict the martyrdom of St. Edmund Campion):
St. Edmund Campion
But the picture Jimmy posted is a very common one with which most Catholics are probably familiar. I like it despite the fact that it is redolent of 1950s sentimental Catholicism.