PY205BSP Sacred Heart #205

<p>Each beautifully designed medal is stamped in heavy gauge bronze and finished in a heavy silver plating that is thick enough to be engraved. The medals are rubbed with a soft patina to give them the distinct 'Py look.'</p> <p>The Sacred Heart (also known as Sacred Heart of Jesus) is one of the most famous religious devotions to Jesus's physical heart as the representation of His divine love for Humanity.This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic, Anglo Catholic, and Lutheran Churches. It stresses the central Christian concept of loving and adoring Jesus. The origin of this devotion in its modern form is derived from a French Roman Catholic nun, Marguerite Marie Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion from Jesus in visions. Predecessors to the modern devotion arose unmistakeably in the Middle Ages in various facets of Christian mysticism.</p> <p>The most significant source for the devotion to the Sacred Heart in the form it is known today was Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), who claimed to have received visions of Jesus Christ. There is nothing to indicate that she had known the devotion prior to the revelations, or at least that she had paid any attention to it. The revelations were numerous, and the following apparitions are especially remarkable:</p> <ul> <li>On December 27, probably 1673, the feast of St. John, Margaret Mary reported that Jesus permitted her, as He had formerly allowed St. Gertrude, to rest her head upon His Heart, and then disclosed to her the wonders of His love, telling her that He desired to make them known to all mankind and to diffuse the treasures of His goodness, and that He had chosen her for this work.</li> <li>In probably 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 the month, and the observance of the Holy Hour.</li> </ul> <p>Christ, in his appearances to Margaret Mary, allegedly promised these blessings to those who practice devotion to his Sacred Heart. This tabular form of promises was not made by St. Margaret Mary or her contemporaries. It first appeared at 1863. In 1882, an American businessman spread the tabular form of the promises profusely throughout the world, the twelve promises appearing in 238 languages. In 1890, Cardinal Adolph Perraud deplored this circulation of the promises in the tabular form which were different from the words and even from the meaning of the expressions used by St. Margaret Mary, and wanted the promises to be published in the full, authentic texts as found in the writings of St. Margaret Mary.</p> <p>1.I will give them all the graces necessary for their state of life.</p> <p>2.I will give peace in their families.</p> <p>3.I will console them in all their troubles.</p> <p>4.I will be their refuge in life and especially in death.</p> <p>5.I will abundantly bless all their undertakings.</p> <p>6.Sinners shall find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.</p> <p>7.Tepid souls shall become fervent.</p> <p>8.Fervent souls shall rise speedily to great perfection.</p> <p>9.I will bless those places wherein the image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and venerated.</p> <p>10.I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts.</p> <p>11.Persons who propagate this devotion shall have their names eternally written in my Heart.</p> <p>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 nine 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.</p> <p>Picture Shown is not actual size. Actual size is 5/8" diameter.</p>