The Sacred Heart Enthronement Network, a ministry in Columbus, has kicked off a new campaign, the Sacred Heart Revival, encouraging Catholics everywhere to enthrone their home, business, classroom or school to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in June.
Enthronement involves saying consecration prayers and displaying an image of the Sacred Heart in a prominent location.
Historically, the Catholic Church has dedicated June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The solemnity of the Sacred Heart is a movable feast that falls on the Friday after the octave of Corpus Christi.
It became a universal feast in 1856, and in 2023 the solemnity is celebrated on June 16. Many popes and saints have had a deep devotion to the Sacred Heart, including Popes St. John Paul II and Leo XIII and Sts. Aloysius Gonzaga and Frances Cabrini.
The Sacred Heart Revival is encouraging people worldwide to dedicate a space as a “little Bethany” to welcome Jesus, so that He may share the graces of His Sacred Heart. The Sacred Heart Enthronement Network has kits available to help the process.
More information about the Sacred Heart Revival, including free parish resources, can be found on the campaign website, www.sacredheartrevival.com.
“The Sacred Heart Revival is a perfect way to prepare for the jubilee to the Sacred Heart,” said Emily Jaminet, executive director of the Sacred Heart Enthronement Network.
“Bishop Benoît Rivière in France declared a year and a half jubilee to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Jesus revealing the promises of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, and, as Catholics around the world prepare to celebrate this jubilee, enthronement is a great way to start.”
The bishop declared the jubilee will start Dec. 27, 2023 – the 350th anniversary of the first apparition to St. Margaret Mary – and end on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart on June 27, 2025. The theme of the jubilee is “Giving back love for love.”
Devotion to the Sacred Heart goes back centuries, but the apparitions to St. Margaret Mary starting in 1673 enflamed the devotion.
In the apparitions, Jesus revealed His love for mankind, His sorrow at mankind’s ingratitude and indifference for His love, and His desire for a feast to celebrate the love of His Sacred Heart. Jesus also revealed to St. Margaret Mary 12 promises to those who have a devotion to His Sacred Heart.
The Sacred Heart Enthronement Network is a non-profit ministry whose mission is to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart through promotion of enthronement. Its website is www.welcomehisheart.com.
