THE League of the Sacred Heart is the proper name of the Apostleship of Prayer" as an association. Its associates league together in certain easy but strong devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to obtain His Intentions, and their own, thus practising an "Apostleship of Prayer," with mutual share in merits. It numbers 30,000,000 associates in all parts of the world, including nearly all Religious Orders. Its motto is Thy Kingdom Come.
Its devotions are the Three Degrees.
First Degree: Every morning offer your prayers, works, and sufferings to the Sacred Heart. It may be done in your own words. Nothing more is required of the members.
Those whose zeal prompts them to do more may also practise the devotions of the second and third degrees, and gain thereby many indulgences.
Practice of the Second Degree: Members join Rosary Bands, and say daily one decade of the Rosary, viz.: one Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and one Glory be to the Father, etc.
Practice of the Third Degree: Members offer a monthly or weekly Communion of Reparation for sins against Our Lord in the holy Sacrament of the Altar.
