Home Enthronement to the Sacred Heart

This past Sunday, our Bishop consecrated our Diocese to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We have already consecrated ourselves to Our Blessed Mother: now I encourage you to enthrone your home to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Here is a pamphlet on home enthronement which our Legion of Mary hands out (PDF). The text of the pamphlet is at the bottom of this post (after the picture). Please read through it carefully and consider making this home enthronement tomorrow. It is recommended (but not necessary) for a priest to enthrone your home so you can still do it even though we are quarantined. Here are the promises to our Lord made to St. Margaret Mary for those who are devoted to His Sacred Heart:

12 PROMISES OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

1. I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

2. I will establish peace in their homes.

3. I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

4. I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.

5. I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.

6. Sinners will find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.

7. Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.

8. Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

9. I will bless every place in which an image of my Heart is exposed and honored.

10. I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.

11. Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart.

12. I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in my disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

Keep the Faith!

Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Home:

Its Purposes - Its Rewards

The purpose of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is to make us aware of His love and to arouse us to respond to that love by offering our love in return. We do this by the consecration of ourselves to Jesus and by reparation (prayer and sacrifices in atonement for our sins and sins of others). The enthronement is a crusade to establish the Social Reign of the Sacred Heart in society through the family, the social cell. It is the answer to the question: "What can we do to save the family?"

The enthronement will restore the family to Christ because the family is putting Our Lord and His interest first. In return the Sacred Heart takes over the interests of the family. Our Lord Himself has promised that He will bless and sanctify those families who enthrone Him as King. He asked St. Margaret Mary, to whom He revealed His Sacred Heart, that He be allowed to reign over the homes of the rich and the poor; that He be solemnly received as King and Friend and that His Sacred Heart be honored and loved. Consider Our Lord's beautiful promises carefully and then full of trust and confidence, sincerely and devoutly follow step by step the Enthronement Ceremony. Promises of Our Lord Jesus Christ to Saint Margaret Mary granted to persons devoted to the Sacred Heart.

1. For Persons living in the World. "They will find by means of this devotion all the helps necessary for their state, such as peace in their families, refreshment in their labors, the blessing of heaven in all their undertakings, consolation in their troubles, and it is truly in this Heart, that they will find their refuge during life and above all at the hour of death. He promised He would reunite families that are separated.

2. For Homes where the picture of the Sacred Heart shall be Exposed and Honored. "Since He is the source of all blessings, He shall shower them in abundance on every place where a picture of His Divine Heart shall be set up and honored.

3. Promise of Salvation for All Who Have Been Devoted and Consecrated to It. "He then confirmed His assurance that the pleasure He takes in being loved, known and honored by His creatures is so great . . . that all who will be devoted and consecrated to It shall never perish.

4. For Those Who work For the Salvation of Souls. "My divine Savior has given me to understand that those who work for the salvation of souls will have a gift of touching the most hardened hearts, and will labor with marvelous success, if they themselves are penetrated with a tender devotion to His Divine Heart.

5. Promise of a Happy Death for those Who Communicate on the First Friday of Nine Consecutive Months. One Friday during Holy Communion, He said these words to His unworthy slave if she is not mistaken, "I promise thee in the excessive Mercy of My Divine Heart, that It's all-powerful love will grant the grace of final repentance to all who communicate on the First Friday of nine consecutive months, that they shall not die under Its displeasure nor without receiving the sacraments, for My Divine Heart will become their secure refuge at that last moment.

6. Promise of the Reign of the Sacred Heart. "Yes, this Divine Heart will reign in spite of those who would oppose it; Satan will be put to confusion with all his followers.

7. For Those Who Promote Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. "Those who propagate this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart never to be blotted out." What a perfect blessing! We can easily promote this devotion to His Sacred Heart by distributing this brochure among as many people as possible, urging them to enthrone their home to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

8. For Communities. "He has promised me . . . that He will spread the sweet unction of His burning charity over all those communities who honor It and place themselves under its special protection, that He will turn away from them all the strokes of divine justice, in order to restore them to grace when they have fallen from it."

What Must I do to Enthrone the Sacred Heart of Jesus in my Home?

The family makes arrangements with a priest as to date, time, etc. It is important to have a priest preside at the ceremony but it is not essential. The father or someone else may preside and lead the prayers. In any case, consult a traditional Catholic priest who is familiar with the enthronement process. If possible, attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on the day of the enthronement. The entire family should try to receive Holy Communion at this Mass. A beautiful picture or statue of the Sacred Heart is procured and a place of honor or "throne" is prepared (preferably in the most prominent place of your home) and decorated with flowers and candles. Ceremonial leaflet and other literature needed for this occasion can be obtained from a promoter or priest who has responsibility for the enthronement in a particular diocese. Invite your friends and relatives to be present; thus you will already begin to be an "apostle" of the Sacred Heart. Have a family gathering in honor of your Divine Guest.

RENEWAL OF THE CONSECRATION OF THE FAMILY (To be said at night prayers in union with all families in which the Sacred Heart has been enthroned)

Most sweet Jesus, humbly kneeling at Thy feet, we renew the consecration of our family to thy Divine Heart. Be Thou our King forever! In Thee we have full and entire confidence. May Thy spirit penetrate our thoughts, our desires, our words and our works. Bless our undertakings, share in our joys, in our trials and in our labors. Grant us to know Thee better, to love Thee more, to serve Thee without faltering.

By the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Peace, set up Thy kingdom in our country. Enter closely into the midst of our families and make them Thine own through the solemn enthronement of Thy Sacred Heart, so that soon one cry may resound from home to home: "May the triumphant Heart of Jesus be everywhere loved, blessed and glorified forever!" Honor and glory to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary!

"Sacred Heart of Jesus, protect our families."

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Our Lord revealed to Mother Rafols, who belonged to the mother house of the Sacred Heart in Saragoza, Spain (19th century) that His Sacred Heart is hurt when It is forgotten, offended and despised by souls consecrated to Him. They sometimes forget how dearly He loves His chosen ones, how eagerly He waits in the Tabernacle for them to come to Him for inspiration and assistance in the great mission of saving souls. He wants them to be humble and chaste, and to practice true charity towards one another, and thus, avoid giving scandal. He desires that His priests be living models of Himself and that they propagate devotion to His Sacred Heart.

He desires that men perform acts of satisfaction to forestall the wrath of Divine Justice, and that the Feast of the Sacred Heart be made a Holy Day of Obligation and that all the faithful receive Holy Communion on that day.

To those who devoutly wear the image of His Sacred Heart, He promised great graces and special protection at the hour of their death. He said that in times to come, many souls would propagate the devotion to His Sacred Heart.

Bl. Pope Pius IX extended the feast of the Sacred Heart to the universal Church in 1856 and on June 11, 1899 Pope Leo XIII consecrated the entire human race to the Sacred Heart. In 1925, Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King and decreed that the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus be renewed on that day.