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What is behind the theology of the Sacred Heart?

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Behold this Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming itself, in order to testify its love. In return, I receive from the greater part only ingratitude, by their irreverence and sacrilege, and by the coldness and contempt they have for Me in this sacrament of love… It is for this reason I ask thee … to honor My Heart … making reparation for the indignity that it has received.”

The devotion to the Sacred Heart, which spread throughout the Church from the 17th century to the present day, began with these words spoken to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. The words accompanied a revelation: the Lord unveiled his Sacred Heart to the visionary. But why the heart? Why does beholding his heart matter? And what does our decision in response to his heart mean? These are three crucial questions about the Sacred Heart of Jesus which may only be answered theologically.

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