Sacred Heart of Jesus - Elsberry, MO
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N 39° 10.344 W 090° 47.003
15S E 691484 N 4338248
Life size statue standing on a street corner.
Waymark Code: WMYVPF
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2018
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County of statue: Lincoln Count
Location of statue: N. Main St. (US-79) & Brownsmill Rd., Elsberry
"The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has its roots all the way back to the time of the Apostles, and arguably even before this in the Song of Songs penned by Solomon. St. John the Evangelist is the Apostle associated with the Sacred Heart devotion because, one, he was known as the disciple whom Jesus loved; two, he was called the “Apostle of Love” due to the theme of love repeated in his Gospel and epistles; and three, because he had the special privilege of reclining on the chest of Jesus at the Last Supper (the significance of which will be discussed below).
"In the Middle Ages the heart of Jesus became a specific object of adoration as the center and wellspring of Jesus’ passionate and infinite love for us. The Sacred Heart also represented Jesus’ woundedness, both the physical wound incurred to his physical heart on the cross (by the centurion’s spear), and the spiritual wound of a love so great that he gave up his life, even while this love is scorned by those for whom it was so generously given." ~ GETFED, June 2, 2017 By Gretchen Filz