Do Pets Go to Heaven When They Die?

Do Pets Go to Heaven When They Die? Fr. Mike Schmitz Answers

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Sacred Heart Devotion

Devotion to the Sacred Heart (also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus) is one of the most widely practiced and well-known devotions, taking Jesus Christ's physical heart as the representation of his divine love for humanity.

This devotion is predominantly used in the Catholic Church and among some high-church Anglicans and Lutherans. The devotion especially emphasizes the unmitigated love, compassion, and long-suffering of the heart of Christ towards humanity. The origin of this devotion in its modern form is derived from a Roman Catholic nun in France, Marguerite Marie Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion from Jesus during someapparitions occurred between 1673 and 1675,^[1] and later, in the 19th century, from the mystical revelations of another Roman Catholic nun, inPortugal, Mary of the Divine Heart, countess Droste zu Vischering, who requested that Pope Leo XIII consecrate the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Predecessors to the modern devotion arose unmistakably in the Middle Ages in various facets of Catholic mysticism.^[2]

In the Roman Catholic tradition, the Sacred Heart has been closely associated with Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ. In his encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor, Pope Pius XI stated: "the spirit of expiation or reparation has always had the first and foremost place in the worship given to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus".^[3] The Golden Arrow Prayer directly refers to the Sacred Heart.

Devotion to the Sacred Heart is sometimes seen in the Eastern Catholic Churches, where it remains a point of controversy and is seen as an example of Liturgical Latinisation.

The Sacred Heart is often depicted in Christian art as a flaming heart shining with divine light, pierced by the lance-wound, encircled by the crown of thorns, surmounted by a cross and bleeding. Sometimes the image is shown shining within the bosom of Christ with his wounded hands pointing at the heart. The wounds and crown of thorns allude to the manner of Jesus' death, while the fire represents the transformative power of divine love.

The Feast of the Sacred Heart has been in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar since 1856, and is celebrated 19 days after Pentecost. As Pentecost is always celebrated on Sunday, the Feast of the Sacred Heart always falls on a Friday.

Do you know anyone named "Kevin"?

Happy St. Kevin’s Day 

ST. KEVIN OF GLENDALOUGH

St. Kevin of Glendalough (498-618) lived in Ireland during the age of the great early Irish saints, many of whom were his contemporaries.

He was baptized by St. Cronan, and from age 7 was taught by St. Petroc. From age 12 he studied under the Irish monks as a student of St. Eonagh, and he eventually became a monk himself. Among his friends were St. Comgall, St. Columba, St. Cannich, and St. Kieran.

After his ordination he lived a penitential life as a cave-dwelling hermit for seven years. Word of his holiness spread, and he attracted a group of followers which led him to found the famous monastery at Glendalough. Because of his fame this remote spot soon became a town and then a city, with offshoots of several other monastic foundations rising up around it. He served as abbot at Glendalough, and once the monastery was well-established he withdrew to live as a hermit again for four years.

He was then called back to Glendalough, and continued to serve as abbot there until his death at age 120.

St. Kevin has many legends surrounding him involving wild animals obeying his commands, seeking him for refuge, and helping him feed others. St. Kevin is the patron of blackbirds, Glendalough, the Archdiocese of Dublin, and he is one of the patron saints of Ireland. His feast day is June 3rd.

St. Elmo, Colorado - A Ghost Town

Does St. Elmo’s Ghost haunt the ghost town of St. Elmo?

St. Elmo is a ghost town in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1880, St. Elmo lies in the heart of the Sawatch Range, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Buena Vista and sits at an elevation of 9,961 feet (3,036 m). Nearly 2,000 people settled in this town when mining for gold and silver started. The mining industry started to decline in the early 1920s, and in 1922 the railroad discontinued service.

The community is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the St. Elmo Historic District. It is one of Colorado's best preserved ghost towns.

What is St. Elmo's Fire?

Saint Elmo (Erasmus of Illyricum) may have become the patron of sailors because he is said to have continued preaching even after a thunderbolt struck the ground beside him.

This prompted sailors, who were in danger from sudden storms and lightning, to claim his prayers.

The electrical discharges at the mastheads of ships were read as a sign of his protection and came to be called "Saint Elmo's Fire".

Why is St. Elmo the patron of stomach problems?

St. Elmo was tortured and killed in the Roman province of Illyricum, after boldly preaching and converting numerous pagans to Christianity. Legend says that his stomach was slit open and his intestines wound around a windlass. This version may have developed from interpreting an icon that showed him with a windlass, signifying his patronage of sailors.

Besides his patronage of mariners, Erasmus is invoked against colic in children, abdominal pain, intestinal ailments and diseases, cramps and the pain of women in labor, as well as cattle pests.

Got Stomach Pain? Call Elmo!

St. Elmo (Erasmus)

St. Erasmus of Formia (d. 303 AD), also known as St. Elmo, was an Italian bishop during the reign of Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian Hercules. During their persecution against Christians, St. Elmo left his diocese and fled to Mount Lebanon where he lived for seven years. An angel advised him to return to his diocese in order to vanquish his enemies. As he traveled he was questioned by soldiers and declared himself a Christian. He was brought to trial before Diocletian himself, and Elmo confessed his faith in Christ and denounced the emperor for his impiety. He was tortured and thrown into prison, but an angel freed him so that he would continue on his way to Italy and save many souls.

Two more times he would endure the cycle of performing miracles, baptizing thousands of people, getting arrested and mercilessly tortured, and being miraculously freed before arriving back in his own diocese.

During his travels he suffered a myriad of horrible tortures, but according to the oldest tradition he died at peace in Formia, though later accounts have him being martyred there by disembowelment.

St. Elmo is the patron of mariners and sailors, abdominal pain, intestinal cramps, and women in labor.

His feast day is June 2nd.