Sacred Heart

by Jimmy Akin on June 11, 2005

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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Lauda Jerusalem Dominum

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.

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