Consecration to the Sacred Middle of Jesus Solemnity of the Well-nigh Sacred Heart of Jesus In 1899, Pope Leo Xiii's Encyclical Letter Annum sacrum directed that the whole earth be consecrated to the Divine Heart of Jesus. This was done on the 11th of June that year. As St. John Paul 2 indicated on the 100th ceremony of this consecration, Pope Leo wished to "obtain 'extraordinary benefits beginning for Christianity, but likewise for the whole human race' ( Annum sacrum ). Request that … all people should be consecrated, he gave a new direction and sense to the consecration which had already been practised for ii centuries by individuals, groups, Dioceses and nations." The Sacr