The Sacred bagde:
http://www.olrl.org/pray/shbadge_card.shtml
Our Lord revealed to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque His wish for her to
order a picture of the image of His Sacred Heart for people
specifically to venerate and have in their homes and also small
pictures to carry with them. St. Margaret Mary always kept a Sacred
Heart badge with her and inspired her novices to do the same. She
made many badges and often said this practice was very pleasing to
the Sacred Heart.
The popularity of the Badge increased suddenly due to a very dramatic
event in the city of Marseilles in France. In the year 1720, about
thirty years after the death of St. Margaret Mary, Marseilles was
ravaged by the plague. About one thousand persons died each day from
the disease. Fear had reached near panic proportions. The Bishop of
Marseilles asked the nuns of the city to make thousands of Sacred
Heart Badges similar to the kind used by St. Margaret Mary and her
friends. When the Badges were ready, the Bishop led a procession to
the center of the city. There he consecrated Marseilles to the Sacred
Heart, and everybody present put on a Sacred Heart Badge. From that
moment not one new case of the plague was reported.
In 1870 a Roman lady, wishing to know the opinion of the Holy Father
Pius IX about the Badge of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, presented him
with one. Touched by the sight of this emblem of salvation", the Pope
approved the devotion forever and said: "This, Madam, this is an
inspiration from
Heaven. Yes, from Heaven." Blessed Pope Pius IX granted in 1872 an
indulgence of 500 days once a day to all the faithful who wear around
their neck this pious emblem and recite one Our Father, one Hail
Mary, and one Glory Be to the Father.
The Badge is a reminder of reparation by which we accept with love
and faith our share in the sufferings of Christ. Thus we cooperate
more closely with Christ in the vital work of the redemption of
mankind by accepting the obligations of God's commandments, by our
fidelity to the daily tasks of our state in life, by the patient
acceptance of the trials, disappointments, and crosses thrust upon us
each day.
Our Lord revealed to St. Margaret Mary: "Those who propagate devotion
to His Sacred Heart shall have their names written in My Heart never
to be blotted out." Our Dear Savior also revealed to Mother Rafols,
who belonged to the mother house of the Sacred Heart in Saragoza,
Spain (19th century): "To those who devoutly wear the image of His
Sacred Heart, He promised great graces and special protection at the
hour of their death." He said in time to come, many souls would
propagate the Devotion to His Sacred Heart.
A beautiful prayer composed by Blessed Pope Pius IX:
"Open Thy Sacred Heart 0 Jesus! Show me Its beauty and unite me with
It forever. May the throbbing in all the movements of my heart, even
during sleep, be a testimony of my love and tell Thee unceasingly:
Yes, Lord Jesus, I adore Thee ... accept my poor little actions ...
grant me the grace of repairing evil done ... so that I may praise
Thee in time and bless Thee for all eternity.
Condividi e segnala 
