The Sacred Heart of Jesus Brown Scapular commemorates one of the most famous religious devotions in Christianity - devotion to physical heart of Jesus as the representation of his divine love for humanity. The origin of this devotion in its modern form is derived from a French Roman Catholic nun, Marguerite Marie Alacoque, who learned the devotion from Jesus himself during a mystical experience. The feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is 19 days after Pentecost, on a Friday.

The Sacred Heart is often depicted in Christian art as a flaming heart shining with divine light, pierced by the lance-wound, encircled by the crown of thorns, surmounted by a cross and bleeding. Sometimes the image shown shining within the bosom of Christ with his wounded hands pointing at the heart. The wounds and crown of thorns allude to the manner of Jesus' death, while the fire represents the transformative power of divine love.

"Hail, Sacred Heart of Jesus, living and strengthening source of eternal life, infinite treasury of the Divinity, and burning furnace of divine love! You are my refuge and my sanctuary. | My loving Savior, consume my heart in that burning love with which your own Heart is inflamed. Pour out upon me those graces which flow from your love. Let my heart be so united with yours that our wills may be one, and my will may in all things be conformed with your will. May your will be the guide and rule of my desires and of my actions. Amen."

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