Devotion to Sacred Heart- From Father Corapi

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

We have entered the month of June (already!), and we recall that the Church recommends devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus during this month. Pope Benedict XVI, during his Angelus address on Sunday, June 1st, reminded us of this. He stated,

"Every person needs a 'center' in his life, a source of truth and goodness to
draw from in the flux of the different situations of everyday life and its toil.
Everyone of us, when he pauses for a moment of silence, needs to feel not only
the beating of his own heart, but more deeply, the beating of a trustworthy
presence, perceptible to the senses of faith and yet more real: the presence of
Christ, heart of the world."

During this month try to begin the devotion of the First Fridays, which is associated with this devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Remember with thanksgiving the Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque:

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

2. I will establish peace in their homes.

3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

4. I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.

5. I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.

6. Sinners will find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.

7. Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.

8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

9. I will bless every place in which an image of my Heart is exposed and honored.

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

11. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart.

12. I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in my disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments.

"MY DIVINE HEART SHALL BE THEIR SAFE REFUGE IN THIS LAST MOMENT."

God bless you always,
Fr. John Corapi