Sacred Heart of Jesus - Winter Haven, FL
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Outspoken1
N 27° 59.670 W 081° 41.632
17R E 431772 N 3096787
This Sacred Heart of Jesus sculpture is found in Cypress Gardens in the LEGOLAND theme park.
Waymark Code: WMF40H
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2012
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"The Sacred Heart (also known as Sacred Heart of Jesus) is one of the most famous religious devotions to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of His divine love for Humanity.
This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic, Anglo Catholic, and Lutheran Churches. It stresses the central Christian concept of loving and adoring Jesus. The origin of this devotion in its modern form is derived from a French Roman Catholic nun, Marguerite Marie Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion from Jesus in visions. Predecessors to the modern devotion arose unmistakably in the Middle Ages in various facets of Christian mysticism.
In the Roman Catholic tradition, the Sacred Heart has been closely associated with Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ. In his encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor, Pope Pius XI stated: "the spirit of expiation or reparation has always had the first and foremost place in the worship given to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus". The Golden Arrow Prayer directly refers to the Sacred Heart.
Devotion to the Sacred Heart is sometimes seen in the Eastern Catholic Churches, where it remains a point of controversy and is seen as an example of Liturgical Latinisation." (from (
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Florida LEGOLAND has preserved a portion of Cypress Gardens where is statue is found. There is a significant admission fee to enter the park (
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