Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

This feast celebrates God’s love for us, which culminates in the gift of his only begotten Son, who loved the world with a “human heart” which he took unto himself as an instrument of his infinite love. Devotion to the Lord’s Sacred Heart and the custom of receiving Holy Communion on the First Friday of the month was promoted by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, to whom the Lord appeared in the 17th century.