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the Sacred Heart? Prof:It's the
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Sacred Heart, yes.
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It's the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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In Catholic iconography of a certain kind, the figure of Christ is shown
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usually parting His clothes and His flesh and showing you
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His Sacred Heart, which is usually crowned with flame
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and often encircled with thorns.
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So it's an image of Christ the suffering godhead: the very human,
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fleshly person who will part His own flesh in order to connect with,
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in order to redeem, the believer.
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So right in the packaging of this novel that we have today--
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this cover has changed over time-- nevertheless,