Excerpts From the Manual of the
Eucharistic Crusade of the Apostleship of Prayer

Educating the Youth to Live the Mass

(slightly edited by Fr. Boulet)

B. DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART

2'. DEVELOPING DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART.

When children are instructed in this way about the love of Christ, there is little difficulty in their understanding devotion to the Heart of Our Lord. All that remains to, be explained is the symbolism of the Heart of Jesus. This is easily understood as a symbol of Christ's love. Children should be taught that, on seeing a picture of the Sacred Heart or on hearing the name ”Heart of Jesus^” they should think always of the love of Christ and consider this symbol as an invitation of Our Lord to give over their whole heart to Him. If we add Io this Christ's desire to give special graves to us if we love Him and seek refuge in His Heart with great confidence, thon we have completed the foundations of devotion to the Sacred Heart. All that remains is that the two chief exorcises of the devotion (i. e. consecration and reparation) be fully explained, and that the children be introduced to their practice.

(To be continued)