Guard of honor to the Sacred Heart, a devotion inspired by Jesus

Da Paolo Tessione - October 6th, 2019

ORIGIN - Was inspired by Jesus to the Servant of God Sr. Maria Bernaud del S. Cuore and began to be practiced in the Monastery of the Visitation in Bourg (France) on March 13, 1863, the third Friday of Lent. Leo XIII declared her Archconfraternity for France and Belgium on November 26, 1878. In the year 1871 the Camillian Fr Giovanni Baccichetti transplanted her to Italy and placed the See in the Parish of SS. Vincenzo and Anastasio at the Trevi Fountain, at the time entrusted to the Camillians. On July 18, 1879, Leo XIII was elevated to Arciconfraternita for Italy and the Nations without their own Directorate General. In May 1910, created by Pope Pius X at the behest of the new Parish dedicated to St. Camillus to the Sallustian Gardens, the Camillians moved here definitively establishing the Central Management in it.

END - Consoling the Holy Heart of Jesus transfixed one day on the Cross, today by the forgetfulness and ingratitude of men, making it a cult of Glory, Love and Perpetual Repairs hour by hour by the Guard of Honor around the world .

ROOTS - “From the side of Christ, pierced by the spear, John saw water and blood come out, a double testimony of the love of God, which corroborates the testimony of the Spirit. Now this water and blood continue to exercise their vivifying power in the Church "(Xavier Leon-Dufour). “The Heart of Jesus in which the wound was seen ... was surrounded by a crown of thorns and a cross hung over it, which seemed to be stuck there. The Lord explained to me that those instruments of his Passion meant that his infinite love for men had been the source of all his pains ... "(St. Margaret M. Alacoque).

MEANS

I. Registration in the register of the Archconfraternity or of another Center dependent on it.
II. Hour of watch - Who enrolls in the G. d'O. he chooses at will once and for all an hour of the day to consecrate to Jesus, during which, without taking anything away from his ordinary occupations, with devoted ejaculation, he offers his labors, his pains, his heart to Jesus, keeping himself inspired close to him who moans in the Holy Tabernacle, repairing his love outraged and forgotten by sinners who offend him all over the world. Nothing obliges under pain of sin, and whoever forgets to make the hour of guard can replace at another time of his choice. It is not necessary to recite different prayers in it, nor to go to the Church, but each one can regulate himself according to his occupations and his own fervor.
III. The very precious offer - The guards of honor have a mission of repair and propitiation; therefore they make a special cult to the Divine Heart of Jesus pierced by the spear and in imitation of the first heroic Guards of Honor at the foot of the Cross: Maria SS.ma, S. Giovanni Ev., S. Maria Maddalena and the other Pious Women, in they console the pains, and offer the Eternal Father the precious Blood and Water that gushed out of it, for the needs of the Holy Church and the salvation of sinners. This offer can be made in the hour on call and during the day with a special indulgent formula.

PRACTICES of G. d'O. to the Sacred Heart

They are not mandatory, but can be done according to one's devotion:

1. I ° FRIDAY of the MONTH - It is the proper day of the G. d'O. dedicated to love and reparation. In it it is customary to renew the act issued on the day of registration, communion and reparative adoration.

2. The DIALMORDER DIAL - A means of obtaining the conversion of even the most obstinate sinners. It consists in making a special hour of Guard - hour of mercy - for the soul whose repentance is desired. The person who offers to do this hour, has the sinner's initials inscribed on the Quadrant, determining the special guard time chosen for him. The Quadrant of Mercy for Italy is erected in the Parish of S. Camillo in Rome, the seat of the Directorate General of the Honor Guard. To this address for the inscriptions of sinners and for the reports of conversions obtained.

3. PERPETUAL SUPPLICATION —All members from all over the world pray to the Holy Heart of Jesus for the Holy Church, the Society and the living and deceased Confreres in the hour of watch, alternating with the help of prayers exchanges that comforts them at any time of day in life and after death.

4. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION - Especially on the first Friday of each month, in the Quarantore, on the feasts of the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Heart.

5. The proper REPAIRING COMMUNION for the first Friday of the month asked by Jesus himself to St. Margaret Alacoque.

6. THE HOLY HOUR - It consists in spending an hour in prayer - in the Church or at home - from 23 to 24 from Thursday to Friday in memory of the hour of agony suffered by Jesus in the garden. We pray for the remission of our sins, of sinners and for the dying. It was commanded by Jesus to S. Margherita Alacoque.

7. THE VICTIM SOULS of the H. HEART - The purpose of these generous souls is to offer all themselves to the Divine Heart, and also life by accepting with resignation any cross for the glory of God, the good of the Holy Church and conversion of sinners. To be part of this group you must be truly called and the approval of your confessor.

The eleventh promise of Jesus to St. Margaret M. Alacoque: "The people who zeal this devotion will have their name written in my Heart and it will never be canceled". The Pontiffs of Saint Pius X and Blessed Pius IX have joined the Guard of Honor at the Holy Heart. The Association is now widespread in Italy in many parishes and hospitals, and finds the adhesion of many generous souls who offer their sufferings - of body and soul - to implore Divine Mercy on the Community of Men, every day more and more forget to be children of one Father and all brothers in Christ Jesus the Redeemer.