>Today (Friday after 2nd Sunday after Pentectost) is the feast of the Sacred
>Heart.
>
>This devotion received its theological formulation in the 18th century and
>has been
>popular ever since...
The roots are older than that. For a wider theological & historical
survey, see
Jeanne Weber OSB,
'Devotion to the Sacred Heart: history, theology and liturgical
celebration'
in *Worship* 72:3 (!998) 236-54.
It is good on the earlier sources
a.c
Anselm Cramer OSB
Monastery Librarian
Ampleforth Abbey, York
GB - YO6 4EN
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