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Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

From Dom Prosper Gueranger's The Liturgical Year : "...It was on the 27th of January, in the year 1281, in the Benedictine Monastery of Helfta, near Eisleben, in Saxony, that our Divine Lord first revealed these ineffable secrets to one of the community of that house, whose name was Gertrude. She was then twenty years of age. The Spirit of God came upon her,…

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Ch. 6 - The Imitation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

1. The voice of Jesus .-----My Child, if thou wilt enter into the intimacy of My Heart, and taste the unutterable sweetness of Its intercourse, cleanse thy heart from every evil. For I, thy Well-beloved, am pure and stainless, I delight Myself among the lilies. How could there exist a union betwixt My Heart and thine, unless thou hadst carefully purified it? For who…

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Ch. 5 - The Imitation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

1. The voice of Jesus .-----My Child, all thy perfection consists in thy resemblance to My Divine Heart. For My Heart, which is the Heart of the Word of God, is the standard of all virtues, is holiness itself. Whoever, therefore, imitates my Heart, imitates God, his Saviour, perfection itself. Now, since My Heart is the model of sanctity and the source of every grac…

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Ch. 2 - The Imitation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

1. The voice of Jesus .-----My Child, thou art created for happiness. This experience affirms, this reason proves, this faith teaches. Thou seekest incessantly for happiness, and thou dost well. But leave off seeking thy happiness in things created; in them thou shalt not find it. No object of this world can satisfy the longings of thy heart; even shouldst thou alo…

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Ch. 4 - The Imitation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

1. The voice of Jesus .-----My Child, one thing above all others is necessary, to save thy soul. For if she is lost, all is lost; but if she is saved, all else is saved. Yet, thou shalt not attain thy eternal salvation, if thou do not imitate My Heart. For those whom God did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son. Which is this …

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Ch. 3 - The Imitation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

1. The voice of Jesus .-----My Child, if thou desirest to attain true felicity, render thy whole heart similar and conformable to My Heart. In My Heart thou shalt find peace and tranquillity, which the world cannot give nor take away. If once thou hadst entered perfectly into the interior of My Heart, thou wouldst thence behold all things earthly, such as they are …

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Ch.1 - The Imitation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

CHAPTER I. THE FOUNDATION 1. The voice of Jesus .-----Learn of Me because I am meek and humble of Heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls. The voice of the Disciple.-----These are the words of Jesus Christ, whereby we are commanded to learn and imitate the Virtues of His Heart, that we may be set free from all misery of soul, and be made truly happy. This is H…