2 Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is of great antiquity in the Church ... But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.

O sacred heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to you for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me. When, therefore, O kind and ...

The Spear of Longinus holds a special place in Christian lore. Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with ... kept in the sacred treasury of Constantinople ...