Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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- Friday, 30 April 2021
As part of our Renewal from the Heartland, Archbishop McKnight invites everyone throughout the Archdiocese to consider enthroning the Sacred Heart of Jesus in their homes and renewing their trust in Christ’s love and mercy. This invitation takes on a special significance as the U.S. Bishops consecrated our nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 11 in anticipation of America’s 250th
anniversary. While the national consecration is a historic moment for the Church in the USA, it also provides the opportunity to respond personally by placing the Sacred Heart at the center of our homes and family life.
Enthroning an image of the Sacred Heart in your home strengthens the domestic church and as a nation, we turn to His Heart for healing and guidance. You can download the Sacred Heart image, worship aid, watch a video and find more information about the Sacred Heart
Consecration at https://archkck.org/consecration-to-sacred-heart/
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Through the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we draw near to the tender mercy and forgiveness of the Lord and His loving and sacred heart.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus that began beating in the womb of the Blessed Virgin more than 2,000 years ago still beats today in the glorified humanity of the Risen Christ. And it will pulsate forever, pumping out the grace, mercy and life of God to all - what a gift! In the Heart of the Lord, we experience the overwhelming mercy of God and His infinite desire to be in relationship with us.
Jesus reveals His heart, burning with love for all of humanity, pierced and crucified, offering salvation and mercy. Jesus’ heart longs for us to offer our love and devotion back to Him in return. The Sacred Heart beckons us to enter into the divine furnace of charity and make a simple daily offering. The daily offering is a prayer in which we give God our day: its prayer, work, joy and sufferings. This oblation of the heart renews our consecration and reminds us to live in holy mindfulness that what we do, say, value and embrace should be a worthy return to the Lord who has done so much for us.
In honoring and displaying images of the Sacred Heart, we invite others to experience Jesus’ love for themselves. We cannot contemplate such a holy and merciful image with indifference or ingratitude. One look at Jesus’ heart should melt us, convert us and inspire us to give our hearts in return. Sacred Heart devotion is not magic or some automatic ticket to heaven; it is a sacred way for us to encounter the fullness of the Gospel and the good news of God’s saving love poured out for us in Jesus Christ. That we will fall ever more deeply in love with Him and live out that transforming and redemptive relationship in every detail of our lives. This devotion unites our minds, hearts and wills in one great act of oblation, a total gift of the self to the One who loves us and has first offered himself completely to and for us.
- Bishop Donald J. Hying, 2023, OSV