April 06, 2018 First Friday in April in the Octave of Easter.
The 12 Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Jesus promised 12 special favors to all those who will honor His Sacred Heart especially on the First Friday of every month. In the 4th month of the year 2018, we look at Promise #4.
#4. "They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and especially at the hour of death."
The key word in this promise to me is DEATH. Do you find the subject of death scary?
I consider Promise #4 a great Promise. St Augustine says: "If you pray well, you live well. If you live well, you die well. If you die well, all is well." To die well therefore is what every human being must pray for. Most of the post Ascension apparitions of Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary to mystics promises succor at the time of the last struggle of death to those who honor them in the manner they specified. The Church declared St Joseph patron saint of Happy Death. I said to myself: "I must think of my death and my dying more than I did in the past." The thought of dying no longer scares me.
Honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus this Friday by attending Holy Mass.
For the 12 Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, click the link below:
http://sfjweb.com/?q=content/sacred-heart-12-promises
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