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''The Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary'' is a book based on the private revelations reported by the Roman Catholic mystic Berthe Petit (1870-1943), and of the object of a particular kind of devotion described therein. Berthe Petit was a gifted child who reported conversations with Jesus Christ from an early age. She suffered health problems most of her life and reported that Jesus and the Virgin Mary spoke to her.〔Rev I. Duffer, ''The Art of Divine Love Or Berthe Petit'' Published by Lulu.com ISBN 1-4116-0321-4 page 4〕 The title of the book is based on the fact that Petit stated that Jesus told her: "''Teach souls to love the Heart of My Mother pierced by the very arrows which pierced mine.''" Most of the messages deal with the sorrows of the Virgin Mary, warn of Divine judgment and relate to the tears of the Virgin Mary shed over a world in need of prayer and repentance.〔Michael Freze, 1993, ''They bore the wounds of Christ'', OSV Publishing ISBN 0-87973-422-1 page 277〕 The heart of the Virgin Mary has been referred to in different ways as the Christian tradition has developed. The 1910 Catholic Encyclopaedia article generally refers to the (unqualified) "Heart of Mary", with a note that a Mass in honour of the "Most Pure Heart of Mary" was permitted in Palermo in 1799 and throughout the Catholic Church from 1855. In the same period, France saw the founding of an Archconfraternity of the "Immaculate Heart of Mary".〔Bainvel, Jean. "Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 2 Jan. 2012 ()〕 In 1840, a French religious sister, Justine Bisqueyburu, claimed to have experienced a vision from the Virgin Mary requesting the promotion of a green scapular with an image of the heart of Mary and the inscription "Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death."〔Gifts of Graces: Webpage of the Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg Province (a branch of the same religious order Sr Justine belonged to). () accessed 2 January 2012.〕 There is no apparent precedent for the title "Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart" which was specifically promoted by Petit, in response to the revelations she believed she had received. On 13 March 1911, Cardinal Mercier of Belgium granted an indulgence of 100 days to any Catholic in Belgium who prayed the formula: "Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us who have recourse to thee.".〔Duffner, 'ibid.', page 25〕 On 28 September 1915, in the midst of the First World War, Pope Benedict XV extended the same indulgence throughout the world, a year later enriching the indulgence by 300 days. (The source does not clarify whether 'enriching' constituted replacing 100 by 300, or adding the two to constitute a 400 days' indulgence).〔Duffner, 'ibid.', page 30〕 On Good Friday 1916, Cardinal Mercier made a private prayer in which he consecrated his diocese, and "within the limits of his power", the whole of Belgium, to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary; in a letter issued 7 March that year he had urged his priests to do likewise on the same day. On 1 May 1916, Cardinal Bourne of Westminster learned of Berthe Petit's efforts to foster a conscration of the whole world to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary; he received it favourably and promoted the devotion through pastoral letters dated 18 June 1916 and 3 September 1916. Early in 1917 he wrote a pastoral letter requesting all his clergy to make the cosecration on the first Sunday in Lent; on 30 March, the Friday before Palm Sunday, "all the churches in Britain" held a solemn act of consecration. Cardinal Bourne responded to a specific request from Berthe that he should repeat the act of consecration on Christmas Day 1917, and in the light of British losses in the battle (following unexpected gains in late 1917), he made a third such act on Good Friday 1918. A fourth act, in thanksgiving for the conclusion of the conflict, was made by the Cardinal, at Bethe's behest, on 24 May 1919. ==See also== * Immaculate Heart of Mary * Our Lady of Sorrows 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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