{"product_id":"the-sacred-heart","title":"The Sacred Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eArthur R. McGratty, S.J.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus \u003c\/b\u003eis a relatively late arrival to the list of Catholic spiritual practices, only beginning formally in the late seventeenth century. Three centuries before, St. Gertrude had had a vision of St. John the Evangelist, who assured her that the divine reasoning for the delayed revelation of the Sacred Heart devotion was so it might be given when the world, grown older and colder, might “recover some warmth of the divine love.” As the seventeenth century drew to an end, that providential plan came to fruition. Into the soil prepared and cultivated in the Middle Ages by St. Bernard, St. Gertrude, and St. Bonaventure, the apparitions of Christ to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque planted the devotion, where it took root and quickly burst into flower, tended to reverently and steadfastly by its champion, St. John Eudes. In the centuries since, the devotion has enjoyed such success that Pope Pius XI could declare that the devotion to “the Sacred Heart is the very epitome of our religion, and opens the way to a more perfect life.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eLearn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart.\u003c\/em\u003e” (Matthew 11:29)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eJesus, meek and humble of heart, make our heart like unto Thy Heart.\u003c\/em\u003e” (The Roman Breviary)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eTreating his subject with love and honor, Arthur R. McGratty, S.J., records a story of \u003ci\u003ecor ad cor loquitur\u003c\/i\u003e—the Sacred Heart speaking to every human heart and inviting each to draw near the altar of the world’s desire. First published in 1951, \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Heart: Yesterday and Today \u003c\/i\u003edistills the abundant fruit of a venerable devotion into a refreshing blend of historical interest and spiritual inspiration.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur R. McGratty, S.J. \u003c\/b\u003e(1909–1976) was an American Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus. Besides \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Heart: Yesterday and Today\u003c\/i\u003e, his writings include \u003ci\u003eFace to the Sun \u003c\/i\u003e(1942), \u003ci\u003eThe Fire of Francis Xavier \u003c\/i\u003e(1952), and \u003ci\u003eThe Early Miracles of Jesus \u003c\/i\u003e(1958).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685954024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48692905050327,"sku":"978-1685954024","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0495\/2834\/0630\/files\/Images_18.png?v=1780331118","url":"https:\/\/catholic.store\/products\/the-sacred-heart","provider":"Catholic.Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}