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"God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, we have gone before him holy and blameless in love."

(Ephesians 1:4)

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love."

(1John 4:18)

"Who is there who would not love this wounded Heart? Who would not love, in return, Him who loves so much?"

-St. Bonaventure

"Sacred Heart is a Furnace of Divine Love. Those who desire to be united to this most loving Heart are purified, enflamed and transformed by the Divine Love."

-St. John Eudes

"The Divine Heart is an ocean full of all good things, wherein poor souls can cast all their needs; it is an ocean full of joy to drown all our sadness, an ocean of humility to drown our folly, an ocean of mercy to those in distress, an ocean of love in which to submerge our poverty."

-St. Margaret Mary

The Twelve Promises Of Our Lord To Saint Margaret Mary For Those Devoted To His Sacred Heart

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

2-I will establish peace in their families.

3-I will console them in all their troubles.

4-They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and especially

at the hour of their death.

5-I will pour abundant blessings on all their undertakings.

6-Sinners shall find in My Heart the source of an infinite ocean of mercy.

7-Tepid souls shall become fervent.

8-Fervent souls shall speedily rise to great perfection.

9-I will bless the homes where an image of My Heart shall be exposed and honored.

10-I will give to priests the power of touching the most hardened hearts.

11-Those who propagate this devotion shall have their names written in

My Heart, never to be effaced.

12-The all-powerful love of My Heart will grant to all those who shall

receive Communion on the First Friday of nine consecutive months the grace

of final repentance; they shall not die under my displeasure, nor without

receiving their Sacraments; My heart shall be their assured refuge at that

last hour.

A Salutation To the Sacred Heart, by Saint Margaret Mary Alocoque

Hail, Heart of Jesus, save me!

Hail, Heart of my Creator, perfect me!

Hail, Heart of my Saviour, deliver me!

Hail, Heart of my Judge, grant me pardon!

Hail, Heart of my Father, govern me!

Hail, Heart of my Spouse, grant me love!

Hail, Heart of my Master, teach me!

Hail, Heart of my King, be my crown!

Hail, Heart of my Benefactor, enrich me!

Hail, Heart of my Shepherd, guard me!

Hail, Heart of my Friend, comfort me!

Hail, Heart of my Brother, stay with me!

Hail, Heart of the Child Jesus, draw me to Thyself!

Hail, Heart of Jesus dying on the Cross, redeem me!

Hail, Heart of Jesus in all Thy states, give Thyself to me!

Hail, Heart of incomparable goodness, have mercy on me!

Hail, Heart of splendor, shine within me!

Hail, most loving Heart, inflame me!

Hail, most merciful Heart, work within me!

Hail, most humble Heart, dwell within me!

Hail, most patient Heart, support me!

Hail, most faithful Heart, be my reward!

Hail, most admirable and most worthy Heart, bless me!

Saint Margaret Mary's Prayer of Consecration To the Sacred Heart

I, ( your name. . .), 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 save 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 Thee, 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 Thy Father, and turn away from me the strokes of His righteous anger. O Heart of love, I put all my confidence in Thee, for I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty; but I hope for all things from Thy goodness and bounty.

Do Thou consume in me all that can displease Thee or resist Thy holy will. Let Thy pure love imprint Thee so deeply upon my heart that I shall nevermore be able to forget Thee or to be separated from Thee. May I obtain from all Thy loving kindness the grace of having my name written in Thee, for in Thee I desire to place all my happiness and all my glory, living and dying in true bondage to Thee.

Amen.

LINKS

This is the most extensive website that I have found about devotion to the Sacred Heart.

Devotion to the Sacred Heart

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ENCYCLICALS

On Reparation to the Sacred Heart

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius11/P11miser.Htm

On Devotion to the Sacred Heart

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius12/P12HAURI.HTM

SAINTS & THE SACRED HEART

St. Margaret Mary