Enthronement

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Enthronement of the Sacred Heart

Preparation: It is good if all can attend Mass that day and receive the Eucharist. If a priest won't be present for the Enthronement Ceremony, an image of the Sacred Heart will have already been blessed. The wall will have already been prepared for hanging the image (if it's to be hung on the wall), flowers and such should adorn the table or mantle underwhere the picture will be placed/hung, the frame for the Certificate and the Certificate itself should be ready, refreshements will already have been prepared, Sacred Scripture will be handy, any candles used should be lit, etc. If a priest will be attending the ceremony, it is good to have him bless your home.

All are seated while the father explains what is about to happen. The priest ornatural father may begin with a short talk on the meaning and importance of the Enthronement, and comment on various steps of the ritual.


|V. Our help is in the Name of the Lord. |V. Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini. |
|R. Who made Heaven and earth. |R. Qui fecit coelum et terram. |
|V. TheLord be with you. |V. Dominus vobiscum. |
|R. And with your spirit. |R. Et cum spiritu tuo. |
|Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, who dost approve |Oremus. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui sanctorum tuorum |
|the painting andsculpturing of the images of Thy Saints, so |imagines pingi non reprobas, ut quoties illas oculis corporia|
|that as often as we gaze upon them we are reminded to imitate|intuemur, toties eorum actus et sanctitatern ad imitandum |
|their deeds and sanctity; vouchsafe, we implore Thee, to |memoriae oculis meditemur, hanc quaesumus, imaginem in |
|bless and sanctify this image made in honorand in memory of |honorem et memoriam Sacratissimi Cordis Unigeniti Filii tui |
|the Most Sacred Heart of Thy only begotten Son, our Lord |Domini Nostri J esu Christi adaptatam bene + dicere et sancti|
|Jesus Christ; and grant, that whosoever in its presence, will|+ ficare digneris; et praesta ut quicumque coram ilIa, Cor |
|suppliantly worrship and honor the Most Sacred Heart of Thy|Sacratissimum Unigeniti FilIi tui suppliciter colere et |
|only begotten Son, may obtain through His merits and |honorare studuerit, illius meritis et obtentu a te gratiam in|
|intercession grace in this life and everlasting glory in the |praesenti, et aeternam gloriam obtineat in futurum. Per |
|world to come. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. |Christum Dominumnostrum. Amen. |

The priest or natural father now sprinkles the image with holy water. Then the father, or in his absence, the mother or some other member of the family, enthrones the image in the place of honor prepared for it. This is the symbolic act of Enthronement. All stand.

|I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of Heaven and |Credo in Deum Patremomnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae.|
|earth, and in in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was|Et in Iesum Christum, Filium eius unicum, Dominum nostrum, |
|conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. He |qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, |
|suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was |passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus,mortuus, et sepultus, |
|buried. He descended into Hell. On the third day He rose |descendit ad inferos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis, |
|again. He ascended into Heaven, and is seated at the right |ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris |
|hand of God the Father Almighty. He will come again to judge |omnipotentis, inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos....