The Oldest Devotion

One of the first devotions practiced by early Christians was a devotion to Christ as the Divine Physician, the Divine Healer. St. Augustine taught that our worst spiritual illness is our pride. He believed that it is pride that causes all other “diseases” of the soul. We are healed spiritually through the passion, death and resurrection of the Lord. Fr. Groeschel discusses various devotions such as Devotion to the Sacred Heart revealed to St. Margaret Mary, where the wounded sacred heart of Jesus is crowned with thorns, bringing salvation to us as well as Protestant prays to the broken heart of Jesus. Jesus, as sacred physician - through his passion and cross, heals our souls.