Devotionals
July 1st — The Name of the Precious Blood of Jesus.
July 1st — The Name of the Precious Blood of Jesus. 1. Why is the blood of Jesus called the Precious Blood? Because it was the blood of God Himself veiled under the form of man, and therefore every drop of it as it flowed through His sacred veins deserved our supreme homage, as being…
The Precious BIood of Jesus – Short Meditations for July.
The precious BIood. Short Meditations for July.
June 30 — The Best Means of Honoring the Sacred Heart.
The Best Means of Honoring the Sacred Heart. 1. There is one very simple way of honoring the Sacred Heart. Our Lord promises to Blessed Margaret Mary that wherever an image of it is exposed and honored, it shall bring with it all kinds of blessings (we’ve posted those images before you all month, on…
June 29 — The Piercing of the Sacred Heart.
The Piercing of the Sacred Heart. 1. When Our Lord had breathed forth His soul into the hands of His Eternal Father, the Sacred Heart could for a time no longer continue its work of love for men. But as if to show that even in death it loved them still, God ordained that it…
June 28 — The Sacred Heart in the Tabernacle.
The Sacred Heart in the Tabernacle. 1. Where shall we find a better proof of the love of the Sacred Heart for man than in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar? He was not satisfied with proving His love for men by His Sacrifice on the Cross, but He must needs prolong that Sacrifice to…
June 27 — The Sacred Heart in Heaven.
The Sacred Heart in Heaven. 1. Now that Jesus has returned to His throne in heaven, has He forgotten His friends on earth? No, He loves them now as much as ever, nay. He loves them if it be possible better than ever. As the world grows old, and the love of many waxes cold,…
June 26 — The Sacred Heart after the Resurrection.
The Sacred Heart after the Resurrection. 1. When Our Blessed Lord rose again from the dead. His apostles were at first struck with mingled fear and joy. He in His turn seeks to reassure them, condescends to eat with them, to let them touch Him, encourages in them a loving familiarity. Jesus in the love…
June 25 — The Confidences of the Sacred Heart.
The Confidences of the Sacred Heart. 1. Our Lord for nearly seventeen hundred years endured in silence all the ingratitude of men. Some faithful hearts had been devoted to Him, but from the generality He had received neglect, coldness, indifference, sometimes outrage, insult, sacrilege. He had witnessed the revolt of thousands and tens of thousands…
June 24 — The Sacred Heart on Calvary.
The Sacred Heart on Calvary. 1. When a man is suffering intensely, an impulse must be very strong which turns him from his sufferings. Let us listen to the words that Our Lord kept repeating as His executioners nailed Him to the Cross, and as He hung there amid the insults and derision of the…
June 23 — The Sacred Heart at Gethsemane.
The Sacred Heart at Gethsemane. 1. During Our Lord’s Sacred Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, His mental desolation and distress seem to have been more intense, more crushing, than at any subsequent part of His Sacred Passion, saving only when on the Cross He cried: “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”…
