National Catholic Register portal promotes classic books on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, highlighting the lives of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and Father John Croiset. While the article superficially encourages devotion to the Sacred Heart, it operates entirely within the framework of the post-conciliar “Church,” failing to recognize that the current “U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops” is a modernist structure incapable of validly consecrating nations to Christ the King. The promotion of these devotions without a simultaneous condemnation of the apostate “clergy” who occupy the Vatican renders the article a tool of spiritual diversion, offering pious reading while ignoring the abomination of desolation reigning in the visible Church.
The Illusion of Consecration in the Midst of Apostasy
The cited article opens by noting that the “U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops” consecrated the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This act, performed by a body of “bishops” who have systematically dismantled the Faith through the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, is not a blessing but a sacrilege. As the unchanging Catholic Faith teaches, Christ the King must reign over all nations, and the Church must be independent from secular authority to lead souls to eternal happiness (Pius XI, Quas Primas). The current occupants of the episcopal offices are manifest heretics and apostates who have defected from the Catholic faith. According to Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law, every office becomes vacant by the mere fact of public defection from the Catholic faith. Therefore, these “bishops” possess no jurisdiction, and their “consecrations” are null and void, serving only to advance the ecumenical and modernist agenda of the conciliar sect.
The Danger of Pious Reading Without Doctrinal Clarity
The article recommends two books: The Life of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque by Bishop Émile Bougaud and The Devotion To The Sacred Heart by Father John Croiset. While these works contain genuine theological treasures from before the modernist crisis, the article’s presentation of them is dangerously detached from the current ecclesiastical reality. It speaks of the “tepidity of Catholics” and the “revival of Eucharistic adoration” without identifying the root cause of the current desolation: the modernist apostasy that has infected the visible Church hierarchy.
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was told by Our Lord that His Heart must be enriched with honors and devotion to atone for the ingratitude of men. Yet, the article remains silent about the greatest ingratitude of all: the replacement of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with the Protestant and Jewish-influenced “Novus Ordo” table of assembly. As the file on False Fatima Apparitions notes, the efficacy of the Holy Mass is often diminished in favor of spectacular acts in the modernist mindset. Promoting the Sacred Heart devotion while ignoring the sacrilege committed daily in “Catholic” churches is like offering a bandage to a man dying of poison.
The Message of Paray-le-Monial vs. The Spirit of Vatican II
The revelations to St. Margaret Mary emphasize the necessity of reparation and the propagation of the devotion to the Sacred Heart as a remedy for the world’s sins. Our Lord asked for a feast of reparation and the Communion of Reparation on the First Friday of the month. This message is one of supernatural faith, reparation, and the Kingship of Christ.
In stark contrast, the conciliar sect promotes a “gospel” of human dignity, dialogue, and religious liberty—errors condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors (propositions 15, 18, 77, 78). The article’s author, writing for a portal aligned with the conciliar establishment, cannot help but frame the devotion in a way that is palatable to modernist sensibilities. There is no mention of the fact that the current “pope” and “bishops” have effectively rejected the Social Kingship of Christ by engaging in interfaith worship and refusing to condemn error.
The “Nine First Fridays” and the Illusion of Salvation Without Conversion
The article mentions the “Twelve Promises of the Sacred Heart,” including the promise of final perseverance for those who receive Communion on nine consecutive First Fridays. While this devotion is praiseworthy, it must be understood within the context of true Catholic theology. The modernist “Church” has reduced the Sacraments to mere symbols, stripping them of their sacramental efficacy. Receiving “Communion” in the conciliar sect—where the valid matter and form are often doubtful, and the intention is modernist—is not the reception of the Eucharistic Christ.
Furthermore, the promises of the Sacred Heart are not magical incantations. They require a life of grace, faith, and adherence to the Commandments. The article’s silence on the necessity of rejecting the modernist “Church” to save one’s soul is a grave omission. As St. Pius X warned in Lamentabili, the modernists seek to corrupt the foundations of the faith under the guise of “scientific criticism” and “development.” Promoting a devotion while ignoring the destruction of the Faith by those occupying the Vatican is a tactic of the enemy to keep souls in a false sense of security.
The True Remedy: Reparation and Resistance
The true spirit of the Sacred Heart devotion, as lived by St. Margaret Mary and St. Claude de la Colombiere, was one of heroic reparation in times of apostasy. St. Claude was imprisoned for his fidelity to the true Faith. St. Margaret Mary was ridiculed and misunderstood. They did not seek to “dialogue” with the spirit of the world; they fought it.
Today, the “clergy” of the conciliar sect are the enemies within, exactly as St. Pius X warned. They have removed Christ from the laws and states, and they have removed the true Mass from the altars. The article’s call to “console the Heart of Jesus” through pious reading is insufficient. True consolation requires a public and uncompromising rejection of modernism and the structures that promote it.
Non serviam (I will not serve) is the spirit of the modernist “Church.” The spirit of the Sacred Heart is one of total submission to the Divine Will. As the encyclical Quas Primas declares, there is no power in us that is exempt from the reign of Christ. The current “bishops” and “pope” have exempted themselves from this reign, establishing a naturalistic, humanistic religion in its place.
Conclusion: The Abomination of Desolation in the Holy Place
The promotion of books on the Sacred Heart by the National Catholic Register is a classic example of the modernist strategy: maintain the appearance of piety while gutting the supernatural content. The article encourages devotion to the Sacred Heart but fails to mention that the “Church” promoting it is the same “Church” that has abandoned the doctrine of the Redemption in favor of universal salvation and religious relativism.
The faithful must read these classic works, but they must read them with the eyes of Faith, recognizing that the current hierarchy is not Catholic. The consecration of the United States by the “USCCB” is a farce. The true consecration will only occur when the true Church, freed from the modernist yoke, restores the Social Kingship of Christ. Until then, every act of devotion must be accompanied by a cry of reparation and a firm purpose of amendment, rejecting the lies of the conciliar antipopes and their accomplices. Adveniat Regnum Tuum (Thy Kingdom come)—but not through the modernist abomination.
Source:
These Classic Reads Will Foster Greater Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (ncregister.com)
Date: 30.06.2026