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The Universal Church - Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox - needs, now more than ever, devotional practices to sustain her members. The wonderful news is that the Church has had these practices for centuries. Many of them began prior to the Protestant Reformation and others have developed since. Whatever their origin, we believe that they belong to the whole Church. No one denomination or group has exclusive ownership of devotion to God! The Sacred Heart Society is open to people from every Christian tradition and believes without reservation that Christ's love in the Eucharist extends to all people without exception. We invite you to explore our web pages and learn more about how you can make your devotional life more rich regardless of your religious background!

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The Promises of Jesus to those devoted to his Sacred Heart

The most significant source for devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the form known today came from visions claimed by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Her relevations were numerous and some especially remarkable.

In June or July, 1674, Margaret Mary claimed that Jesus requested to be honored under the figure of His Heart of flesh, also claiming that, when He appeared radiant with love, He asked for a devotion of expiatory love: frequent reception of Communion, especially Communion on the First Friday of every month and the observance of the Holy Hour.

In a vision known as "the great apparition", Jesus said "Behold the Heart that has so loved men....instead of gratitude I receive from the greater part (of mankind) only ingratitude....", and asked Margaret Mary for a feast of reparation of the Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi.

Christ in His appearances to St. Margaret Mary, promised 12 blessings to those who practiced devotion to His Sacred Heart:

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

2. "I will give peace in their families."

3. "I will console them in all their troubles."

4. "I will be their refuge in life and especially in death."

5. "I will abundantly bless all their undertakings."

6. "Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy."

7. "Tepid souls shall become fervent."

8. "Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection."

9. "I will bless those places wherein the image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and venerated."

10. "I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts."

11. "Persons who propagate this devotion shall have their names eternally written in My Heart."

12. "In the excess of the mercy of My Heart, I promise you that My all powerful love will grant to all those who will receive Communion on the First Fridays, for 9 consecutive months, the grace of final repentance: they will not die in My displeasure, nor without receiving the sacraments; and My Heart will be their secure refuge in that last hour."

"And He showed me that it was His great desire of being loved by men and of withdrawing them from the path of ruin into which Satan hurls such crowds of them, that made Him form the design of manifesting His Heart to men, with all the treasures of love, of mercy, of grace, of sanctification and salvation which it contains, in order that those who desire to render Him and procure for Him all the honor and love possible, might themselves be abundantly enriched with those divine treasures of which this Heart is the source.

He should be honored under the figure of this Heart of flesh, and its image should be exposed...He promised me that wherever this image should be exposed with a view to showing it special honor, He would pour forth His blessings and graces. This devotion was the last effort of His love that He would grant to men in these latter ages, in order to withdraw them from the empire of Satan which He desired to destroy, and thus to introduce them into the sweet liberty of the rule of His love, which He wished to restore in the hearts of all those who should embrace this devotion."..... "The devotion is so pleasing to Him that He can refuse nothing to those who practice it."

from Revelations of Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque