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Our Lady of the Sacred HeartPrayer to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

Remember, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the great things the Lord has done for you. He chose you for his Mother. He wanted you close to his cross. He gives you a share in his glory. He listens to your prayer. Offer him our prayers of praise and thanksgiving; present our petitions to him. Let us live like you, in the love of your Son that his Kingdom may come. Lead all people to the source of living water that flows from his Heart, spreading over the world hope and salvation, justice and peace. See our trust in you; answer our prayer. Show yourself always our Mother.

Amen.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, pray for us!

“She is the hope of the hopeless.”  –St. Ephren


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Mary at Calvary PDF Print
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 20:03

Br. Joseph Tesar, MSCBy Br. Joe Tesar, MSC

In Mel Gibson's movie, The Passion of the Christ, he portrayed Mary as Jesus' Mother in several scenes. One showed her running to comfort her little boy who fell down just as my mother or your mother would. Another, my favorite, showed Mary calling her young carpenter son to dinner. He is testing a table he has just made. She tells Jesus to take off that filthy carpenter's apron before he comes inside, just like my mother would. She makes Jesus wash his hands (oh fond memories) and he teasingly splashes water on her and then kisses her on her forehead. I imagine Mary carried such fond memories in her heart. She was used to doing that - just like your mother and mine.

She also carried Simeon's prophesy in her heart, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed" (Luke 2:34-35). Fond memories and painful prophesies. What do they mean? What will happen to my son?
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153rd Anniversary PDF Print

December, 2007

Excerpt of a Letter from the Generalate to all Missionaries of the Sacred Heart on the Occasion of the 153rd Anniversary of Our Foundation It was 150 years ago that the Basilica and then Our Lady’s chapel were built in Issoudun, the first publications about our Lady of the Sacred Heart appeared and in 1869 the official approval of this new devotion by Pope Pius IX when he allowed the statue in the Basilica to be crowned in his name. From now until 2019, almost every year will be the 150th anniversary of some event in the spectacular spread of this devotion. Our sisters, the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, have chosen to make 2009 their year of celebration. We will accompany them in celebrating the one whose name they are privileged to bear. At the same time, we feel that these next twelve years would be an ideal moment for us to revisit and to renew the devotion that with Fr. Chevalier we have given to the Church. Today we would speak more of a “spirituality than of a “devotion.” We do not mean to imply that we have two “spiritualities.” Rather, our Spirituality of the Heart has a Marian dimension that we should revisit and renew if we are to be faithful to our Founder and our charism.
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Reflection of the Week

Fr. Mike Miller, MSCFr. Mike Miller, MSC (Pastor of St. Therese Parish in Aurora, IL) reflects on St. Mary Magdalene, drawing from his experiences in Bogotá, Colombia where part of his ministry included working with Fundación Vida Nueva (New Life Foundation), an organization which works with prostitutes and their children to break the cycle of prostitution. Each of us, no matter what our background is, can be transformed by Jesus' presence like Mary Magdalene was. Click here to read an interview (in Spanish) with Nohora Cruz, founder of Fundación Vida Nueva.

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