“We should learn the proper manner of spending the consoling Feast of the SACRED HEART: Unlimited gratitude for the Divine Eucharist, profound recollection, intimate union with the Heart of Jesus, are the sentiments which should animate us during this days of favors, and blessings, consecrated by the church to celebrate the Adorable Mysteries. “Members of the Franciscan Family, should consider the feast of the Sacred Heart of JESUS, as one of the principal feasts of the Seraphic Order; children of St. Francis, wounded with love, and so dear to the Heart of JESUS, after his example, we should be penetrated with deep sentiments of humility, gratitude, and love for the Adorable Heart of Jesus. In a particular manner we should on this day make reparation for so many outrages committed against this loving Heart, by his ungrateful children, and by our ingratitude also; and pray that no one of the Children of the Seraphic Father should ever be separated from this Divine Heart for all eternity.” - Mother Mary Maddalena Bentivoglio, 1892 Custom Book