In reading Annum Sacrum, I learned where the devotion to the Sacred Heart came from. I know that St. Margaret Mary Alocoque had visions and promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart. But many people have visions and Catholics are not required to believe them.In the encyclical, Annum Sacrum, however, Pope Leo XIII, in paragraph 14 states:
...We ordain that on the ninth, tenth, and eleventh of the coming month of June, in the principal church of every town and village, certain prayers be said, and on each of these days, there be added to the other prayers the Litany of the Sacred Heart approved by Our authority. On the last day, the form of consecration shall be recited which, Venerable Brethren, We sent to you with these letters.
I posted about the Litany a few days ago.
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