{"id":138854,"date":"2013-06-02T22:44:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T02:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/fire-and-thorns-a-retreat-guide-on-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T21:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T01:37:59","slug":"fire-and-thorns-a-retreat-guide-on-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/fire-and-thorns-a-retreat-guide-on-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire and Thorns: A Retreat Guide on the Sacred Heart of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"138854\" class=\"elementor elementor-138854\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fa30a7e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6fa30a7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52a961d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52a961d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pope Benedict XVI called devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus &#8220;irreplaceably important.&#8221; Pope Pius XI called it &#8220;the very epitome of our religion.&#8221; Why is this devotion so central? 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