Celebrating the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus occurs on Friday, June 24, 2022. Here is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says about Jesus’ Sacred Heart:
“Jesus knew and loved us each and all during His life, His agony and His Passion, and gave Himself up for each one of us: ‘The Son of God. . . loved me and gave Himself for me.’ He has loved us all with a human heart. For this reason, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pierced by our sins and for our salvation, ‘is quite rightly considered the chief sign and symbol of that. . . love with which the divine Redeemer continually loves the eternal Father and all human beings’ without exception.”
To listen to a podcast interview about the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus with Aaron Zanca, the Basilica’s assistant director of the Youth and Young Adult Apostolates, please click below:
Here is a prayer to the Most Sacred Heart:
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, living and life-giving fountain of eternal life, infinite treasury of the Divinity, and glowing furnace of love, Thou art my refuge and my sanctuary. O adorable and glorious Savior, consume my heart with that burning fire that ever inflames Thy Heart. Pour down on my soul those graces that flow from Thy love. Let my heart be so united with Thine, that our wills may be one, and mine may in all things be conformed to Thine. May Thy will be the rule of both my desires and my actions. Amen.