Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-06
MESSAGE Of NUN CAME
WHEN WORLD WAS COLD
Bishop Conaty breaches Sunday
Sermon at Cathedral of
st. Vibiana

Rt Rev. Bishop Conaty preached a
sermon yesterday morning at the
Cathedral of st. Vibiana in observance
of special devotions to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus during the month or
June.
The bishop spoke of the history of the
devotions to the Sacred Heart dating
from 1863, when an apparition of Christ
appeared to the Blessed Margaret
Mary, d nun of the Visitation Convent
at Paray LIE Monial, France. He SAID
in part:
God has often and in mysterious
ways appeared to men, bestoWlng upon
them special missions in the work OF
salvation. He spoke to Adam, TO
Moses and to the prophets he gave
them his commandments for the peo-
ole and made them the messengers or
his will. The mission of the Sacred
Heart was given to Il simple religious
woman whose life was full of sanctlty
and whose heroic virtues have caused
the church to name her as a blessed
one of God.
VARIOUS DEVOTIONS
CAT different times in the history of
the church special devotions have been
established to meet the spiritual needs
of the people, The Rosary devotion
in the days of st. Dominic, the Blessed
Sacrament devotion in the thirteenth
century. that of St. Joseph in the nj
teenth and the Sacred Heart in the
seventh, are examples of the way IN
which this need has been met. Illus
trious men brought honor to the church
of France at the very time when CHRIST
selected this simple, obscure nun and
made her the messenger of his Will IN
the establishment 0f the devotion OF
the Sacred Heart. Ii was the day OF
Bossuet and Fenelon, amid the glories
Of Louis XIV. God chose none of them
but rather turned ro the quiet of the
cloister and selected the sanity re-
ligious and commissioned her to bear
his message to bishops and pontift.
"The devotion of the Sacred Heart
is devotion to Jesus Christ whose heart
loved men and shed its blood for them.
The heart is adorable as being an in
tegral part of his sacred humanity.
There is also the symbolism of the
heart expressing the love of God Tor
mankind. 1t places before us the love
of Jesus Christ and thus the devotion
of the Sacred Heart is an expression
of the gospel of that divine love which
has brought US redemption.
LOVE OF CHRIST
Human life knows no greater love
than that of Christ in redemption, for
he alone mas ldlu uONll his llLS lilIOuSA u
love for us. The devotion to the Sacred
Heart impells to love for Christ be-
cause of his love for us, and it also
appeals for a spirit of reparation for
the outrages which Christ receives
through the sins OF the world.
1.-The commandment of Jesus Christ
is the commandment of love. He came
to the world that the world might know
the love of God, and the precept or
life which he imposed upon his fol-
lowers was the precept of love.
1--WE need to know more of Jesus
Christ, to understand better the great
mystery of his incarnation and to have
our hearts moved to love for God, who
has SO loved us that he became man
and died Calvary for our redemp-
ton. The Sacred Heart as a symbol
of love is to us a constant reminder OF
what Christ stands for in our life. 1t
appeals to us to love God and cur fell
low men, for we are brethren in Christ
and our lives should tend toward love
for the brotherhood.
WHEN WORLD WAS COLD
"The devotion to the Sacred Heart
has for purpose the stirring of our
hearts to greater love for Jesus Christ.
1t was established at a time when the
world was growing cold and Indifferent
to the things of God. 1t came as an
appeal to the heart that thus man
might be stirred TO remember Gods
love and give love in return. II
needed a strong appeal to the best OF