''Miserentissimus Redemptor'' is the title of an

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Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City f ...

, issued on May 8, 1928 on reparation to the Sacred Heart. This encyclical deals with the concepts of Acts of Reparation and

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Annum sacrum ''Annum sacrum'' (meaning Holy Year) is an encyclical by Pope Leo XIII on the consecration of the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was delivered in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome on the 25th day of May, 1899, the twenty-second year o ...

'', Pius stated, "For as in olden time when mankind came forth from Noe's ark, God set His "bow in the clouds" (Genesis ix, 13), shining as the sign of a friendly covenant; so in the most turbulent times of a more recent age, ... then the most benign Jesus showed his own most Sacred Heart to the nations lifted up as a standard of peace and charity portending no doubtful victory in the combat."Pope Pius XI, ''Miserentissimus Redemptor'', Libreria Editrice Vaticana
/ref> In this encyclical Pope Pius XI discussed reparation as follows: :"The creature's love should be given in return for the love of the Creator, another thing follows from this at once, namely that to the same uncreated Love, if so be it has been neglected by forgetfulness or violated by offense, some sort of compensation must be rendered for the injury, and this debt is commonly called by the name of reparation." Having discussed the need for reparation, Pius raised the

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of the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a day of reparation.Moell, Carl J., "'America' and the Sacred Heart", ''America'' magazine, May 26, 1956
In the opening section of the encyclical, the Pope stated that Jesus Christ had "manifested Himself" to Margaret Mary Alacoque and had "promised her that all those who rendered this honor to His Heart would be endowed with an abundance of heavenly graces". At the end the encyclical it is supplemented by a "Prayer of Reparation".

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