O culto ao Sagrado Coração de Jesus: da devoção à vivência litúrgica na perspectiva do Mistério Pascal

Abstract

This work presents The Sacred Heart of Jesus devotion historical overview, raging from its origins to its promulgation as a liturgical celebration throughout the Church, and explores how this celebration’s official prayers, which brings along a solemnity level, helps us to contemplate the Paschal Mystery. The main purpose is to explore the biblical foundations of how God’s love, symbolized in the Heart of Jesus, is expressed in both texts of New and Old Testament, as well as in Patristics’ writings. We will build up the heart’s definition as a symbol and its significance in different cultures and in popular tradition. The historical of Sacred Heart devotion path will be presented, from its birth in France, the saints and some people who promoted it, to its arrival in Brazil. In the end, this devotion journey will be examined, its widespread among Christian people through many saints’ intercession, the reach to now a days, and its official approval by the Church, which took the form of The Heart of the Lord true cult. This exploration considers the pontifical magisterium documents that endorsed this cult and promulgated the liturgical celebration throughout the Church. So, through an eucological analysis, the official prayers of this solemnity will be verified and guide us to contemplate the Paschal Mystery