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That the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; (2) honors the Sacred Heart of Jesus as the sign and symbol of Christ’s infinite love, mercy, humility, and redemptive sacrifice; (3) commends the Bishops of the United States who consecrated our country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; (4) recognizes the historic significance of devotion to the Sacred Heart in the life of the Catholic Church in the United States; (5) affirms the importance of prayer, repentance, reparation, Eucharistic devotion, and the sanctification of priests; (6) rejects the exaltation of pride, self-idolatry, and rebellion against God as contrary to the Gospel and destructive to the human person; (7) encourages families, churches, and communities to renew devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; and (8) calls upon all people of good will to seek the mercy of Christ, to practice humility, and to conform their hearts to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.