The Sacred Heart of Jesus said to St Margaret Mary: “Make reparation for the ingratitude of men. Spend an hour in prayer to appease divine justice, to implore mercy for sinners, to honour Me, to console Me for my bitter suffering when abandoned by My Apostles when they did not watch one hour with me.”

We need to revive the Holy Hour Crusade. We need perpetual adoration in the home in our country. It is only by the Sacred Heart being a living King in all our families that the Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign again in the world!

The family is the temple of temples, the source of life. If the source of national life is poisoned, the nation will perish. But the remedy against all that destruction is still very much available to all who want it.

Many people are well acquainted with the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in the home, but what happened to those families after that? Many Catholics, because of family obligations, distance or sickness, were not able to go to church, especially at night, to participate in the perpetual adoration of the most Blessed Sacrament. With that in mind, Father Mateo Crawley founded the Holy Hour in the home as a means of offering reparation to the Sacred Heart in families for sins committed in and against the home.

An encyclical by Pope Pius XI greatly approved and encouraged both the Enthronement and the Holy Hour in the home.

Bishop Fulton Sheen said: “The Holy Hour is not a devotion, but a work of redemption.” It just needs one willing soul in each family to start with — by giving up just ONE hour a month, in between the hours of 21h00 and 06h00. Over time, the good example of one will encourage others to follow. Will you be that soul?

This booklet is based on the works of Fr Mateo Crawley whose mission it was to spread this devotion around the world.

Use this booklet for your Holy Hour devotion. Enthronement and prayers are included.