Though this devotion was practised by saintly souls before 1675, it is due to the apparitions of our Lord to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque in the Visitation Monastery at Paray-le-Monial that the feast of the Sacred Heart is now kept on the day assigned by Our Lord. On the feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King, the last Sunday of October, an act of consecration of the human race is prescribed. On the feast of the Sacred Heart, an act of reparation is prescribed for recitation in every church in the world. In this form it is now solemnly approved by the Church. Love, consecration, and reparation are the characteristic acts of this devotion. We also honour the Heart of Jesus as a reminder or symbol of His love for us, and we are moved to make Him a return of love, because He has loved us and He is not loved by men. On account of the hypostatic union, every part of our Lord’s Human Nature is worthy of adoration. Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has its dogmatic foundation the Incarnation of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.

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