Just about every Jesuit I know has this utter love for the sacred heart. They might be very ‘liberal’ on a number of things, but never this. For an order that has such a reputation for shall we call it ‘boundary riding’, this dedication to a ‘dated’ devotion often surprised people. Thanks for sharing this connection.
"Catholic writers have detected a decline in devotion to the Sacred Heart in recent years." The decline is not so recent. In "Heart of the Savior," a collection of essays published in 1954, the editor writes in the preface that "devotion to the Sacred Heart no longer has that power to attract and influence men that it should have." There are many remarks to the same effect throughout the collection. My own, wholly subjective impression is that in the last decade or so, the devotion has made a modest comeback,
Just about every Jesuit I know has this utter love for the sacred heart. They might be very ‘liberal’ on a number of things, but never this. For an order that has such a reputation for shall we call it ‘boundary riding’, this dedication to a ‘dated’ devotion often surprised people. Thanks for sharing this connection.
Fascinating history. Thank you, Pillar!
Maybe the consecration of the Sacred Heart by the Jesuits will make them Catholic again.
"Catholic writers have detected a decline in devotion to the Sacred Heart in recent years." The decline is not so recent. In "Heart of the Savior," a collection of essays published in 1954, the editor writes in the preface that "devotion to the Sacred Heart no longer has that power to attract and influence men that it should have." There are many remarks to the same effect throughout the collection. My own, wholly subjective impression is that in the last decade or so, the devotion has made a modest comeback,