Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo urged the Toronto faithful to honour the Sacred Heart of Jesus by practising humility, being pure of heart and leaning on God when broken-hearted in a letter published ...

The devotion continued to grow during the Middles Ages and in 1353 Pope Innocent VI instituted a Mass honoring the mystery of the Sacred Heart. During the age of the Protestant movement, devotion to ...

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is of great antiquity in the Church. It was St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, however, who made this devotion widespread. In 1675, ...

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque — whose feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on Oct. 16 — was a French nun responsible for spreading the devotion of the Sacred Heart throughout the ...

The bishop’s pastoral letter begins by examining the foundations for the centuries-long devotion to the Sacred Heart, including biblical texts, papal reflections, the work of St. Augustine and the ...

Santoor stepped into this sacred tradition not just as a sponsor but as a contributor to devotion, becoming the Title Sponsor ...

Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, also known as 'June Devotions’, build on the 'May Devotions’ dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The latter emphasises the natural bond between mothers and ...

Longing, when directed toward the Divine, becomes a powerful force that energizes and uplifts the heart. It transforms into ...

That is what devotion to the Sacred Heart is all about. It is the practice of selfless love toward selfish people. It is giving ourselves to persons that do not give themselves to us. In all of our ...