The month of June is the month we dedicate to Honour the Sacred Heart of Jesus from which we draw our Spirituality. He is the chief sign and symbol of love which we received from God and which we are called to transmit in our daily work and humble service. To celebrate this day, all our centres united in prayer and dedication. We celebrated solemn masses on this occasion in which our residents, sisters and staff participated.
"The Heart of Christ is so great it wants to welcome us all into the revolution of tenderness."
Pope Francis
Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is always celebrated during the octave of Corpus Christi or 19 days after Pentecost Sunday. The Sacred Heart of Jesus represents his divine love for humanity, demonstrated most tangibly by the sacrifice of his life for our sins.
Although devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus goes back many centuries, it was not celebrated universally in the Church until 1856 when Pope Pius IX made it a solemnity. “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.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 478).
