The Sacred Heart of Jesus

"No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends."
(John 15:13).

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Jesus has a heart full of perfect love for us.  He reveals this to us in the Sacred Heart image.  The following is an excerpt from Pope Francis' 2024 encyclical, Dilexit Nos, on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

It is understandable, then, that the Church has chosen the image of the heart to represent the human and divine love of Jesus Christ and the inmost core of his Person. Yet, while the depiction of a heart afire may be an eloquent symbol of the burning love of Jesus Christ, it is important that this heart not be represented apart from him. In this way, his summons to a personal relationship of encounter and dialogue will become all the more meaningful.  The venerable image portraying Christ holding out his loving heart also shows him looking directly at us, inviting us to encounter, dialogue and trust; it shows his strong hands capable of supporting us and his lips that speak personally to each of us (Dilexit Nos, 54, emphasis added).

Here are three articles Fr. Jeff wrote three blog articles on the Sacred Heart of Jesus following his reading of Dilexit Nos.

Other forms of liturgy, devotion, and prayer include:

Here are some video presentations by Fr. Jeff on prayer: