Ireland will be consecrated again to the Sacred Heart of Jesus 152 years later

This Friday, February 7, the so -called “Crusade of the Sacred Heart” begins in Ireland, an initiative framed in the Jubileo de la Esperanza, in which four images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, blessed by Pope Francis, will pilgrimage through the parishes of the country .

The project will conclude with a celebration in the Knock sanctuary on June 22 of this year, in which the Armagh archbishop, Mons. Eamon Martin, Primado de Ireland, will renew the consecration of the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The country that evangelized St. Patricio was the first to consecrate himself to the heart of Jesus in May 1873.

Pope Francis blessed on January 8 in El Vaticano the images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that from this Friday will tour the four provinces of Ireland; Leinster, Munster, Connaught and Ulster.

Those responsible for taking them to Rome were four priests from the country. Among them was Fr. John Mocker, who affirmed to Catholicnews.ie that “the Sacred Heart has joined us all in his love. My prayer is that the flames of the love of the Sacred Heart penetrate in our country and in the heart of each person. ”

“The Sacred Heart of Jesus has already begun to generate in his crusade. The Sacred Heart is calling everyone to be part of their love mission. Pope Francis tells us in his recent encyclical that ‘Only his love can generate a new humanity, ”said the Irish priest referring to the encyclical Loves us.

The “Crusade” will start from Ulster, with a Mass in the Cathedral of San Eunan, in Donegal County, in honor of the Sacred Heart and held by Mons. Kevin Gillespie, Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Raphoe.

In addition, on February 2, a concert in honor of this devotion was held in Abbeyleix (Ireland), in which priests, bishops and faithful of the country participated. The show was in charge of singer Dana, winner of the Eurovision Festival in 1970, who said he grew up “in a home where there was always an image of the sacred heart with a red light in front.”

Caroline Holmes, one of the organizers of the Crusade, said in statements to local media his desire that “thank you spill over all the pilgrims of hope.”

“We hope that everyone will be welcomed to one of the four pilgrim statues of the Sacred Heart in their tour of each province,” he added.

The promoters of the initiative also expect that devotion to the Sacred Heart will be revitalized and acts as a reminder and proclamation of the promises that Santa María Margarita Alacoque revealed in 1675.