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The origin of the Holy Hour
Hello everyone,

I am making this topic in order to present facts about the historic origin of the Holy Hour tradition so that any future edits providing this information won't be reverted again. This follows my edits from June 2024 that were reverted by @Medusahead and having tried to discuss it on user's talk page, but did not get answers.

Summary of my message : Concerning the revert "the Holy Hour goes back to a tradition based on the biblical event; it is not referring to MM Alacoque". While I understand the "inspiration" is the particular biblical event, there is no evidence of an actual tradition of an Holy Hour in the Catholic Church prior to the revelations of Margaret Mary Alacoque. The tradition being based on that biblical event is in itself coming from Alacoque's revelations, when Jesus refers to that particular moment of his life while instructing Margaret Mary on the meaning of this practice. So an emphasis on Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Sacred Heart of Jesus devotion is justified as this whole practice is coming from her revelations. Surely, maybe in some region of the world the link between Alacoque and the Holy Hour could have been lost, and is now only known as a tradition of an hour of Eucharistic Adoration, but for example, in France (where it is coming from), that connection is still very present.

Evidence that the Holy Hour has it origins in Alacoque revelations from her writings :"'You will also receive communion on the first Friday of every month; and every night from Thursday to Friday, I'll make you partake of that mortal sadness I so wished to feel in the Garden of Olives; which sadness will reduce you, without your being able to understand it, to a kind of agony harder to bear than death. And to accompany me in this humble prayer which I then presented to my Father amidst all my anguish, you will rise between eleven and midnight, to prostrate yourself for an hour with me, face down, so as to appease the divine wrath, by asking for mercy for sinners, as well as to soften in some way the bitterness I felt at the abandonment of my apostles, which forced me to reproach them for not having been able to watch with me for an hour, and during this hour you will do what I will teach you.' Vie et Œuvres de Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, T.II, p.72"

"'Once, this Sovereign of my soul commanded me to keep vigil every night from Thursday to Friday, for one hour, prostrated against the ground with him, and that he would teach me what he desired of me, and that it was also to make amends for that hour of which he complained, in the Garden of Olives, that his Apostles had not kept vigil for one hour with him.' Letter 133, Vie et Œuvres de Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, T.II, p.573-574" When Pope Pius XI talked about the Holy Hour practice in his encyclical, he also mentioned Margaret Mary Alacoque revelations :

"For when Christ manifested Himself to Margaret Mary , and declared to her the infinitude of His love, at the same time, in the manner of a mourner, He complained that so many and such great injuries were done to Him by ungrateful men - and we would that these words in which He made this complaint were fixed in the minds of the faithful, and were never blotted out by oblivion: "Behold this Heart" - He said - "which has loved men so much and has loaded them with all benefits, and for this boundless love has had no return but neglect, and contumely, and this often from those who were bound by a debt and duty of a more special love." In order that these faults might be washed away, He then recommended several things to be done, and in particular the following as most pleasing to Himself, namely that men should approach the Altar with this purpose of expiating sin, making what is called a Communion of Reparation, - and that they should likewise make expiatory supplications and prayers, prolonged for a whole hour, - which is rightly called the "Holy Hour. " These pious exercises have been approved by the Church and have also been enriched with copious indulgences." Encyclical letter Miserentissimus Redemptor, May 8 1928 - Pope Pius XI

Other sources

Newadvent.org : https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09653a.htm

EWTN https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/the-revelation-of-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-paral-le-monial-france-13719 From a quick search on Google, I find at least 4 websites on the first page results that mention Alacoque and the origin of the Holy Hour.

Paray-le-Monial sanctuary website in french explaining the origin of the Holy Hour : https://sacrecoeur-paray.org/prier/heure-sainte/

Best regards. Pisteau (talk) 19:00, 14 July 2024 (UTC)