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 Jesus Christ, that renders these wounds so venerable and amiable. The same may be said of the festival of the holy name of Jesus: the name itself exhibited to the faithful is the sensible object; the spiritual objects are the mysteries contained in this name, which expresses all the grandeur of a Man-God. What we have said of these three devotions may be applied to all others. I now come to the subject before us, and I will endeavour to give you a clear and distinct idea of the devotion of which we treat.

If we would enter into the designs of Jesus Christ, we need look no farther for this idea of the devotion to his sacred heart, than to the revelation which gave rise to it; and since it has pleased our divine Redeemer to explain himself on this subject, his own words will furnish the best idea we can form of it; as he has spoken so plainly that he cannot be misunderstood. We will lay this part of the revelation before our readers. But since the church has delivered no opinion on this revelation, nor on the sanctity of the person who