The union of Jesus’ Sacred Heart and Mary’s Immaculate Heart is more than poetic — it’s a spiritual key to understanding God’s love and our response to it.

On the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we celebrate what Pope Benedict in 2008 called the “center of the faith.” That might seem a little overstated, if we erroneously understand ...

The first feast of the Sacred Heart was celebrated privately at the monastery in 1686. Sister Margaret Mary died in 1690 and was canonized by Pope Benedict XV on May 13, 1920.

On June 16, 1675, Jesus told Sister Margaret Mary to promote a feast that honored his Sacred Heart. He also gave her 12 promises made to all who venerate and promote the devotion of the Sacred Heart.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church in the Forest Hills section of the Queens borough of New York. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) ...

Summary Standing figure of Christ, dressed in robes. His proper left hand is raised to chest level, touching the image of the Sacred Heart that is emblazoned on his chest. His proper right hand is ...

The Sacred Heart is a living icon of Christ’s friendship: his love for us and an invitation to love him in return. Later, Jesuits would promote a “ daily offering ” to Jesus.

Pope Francis' new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is being hailed as "a simple and powerful cure" for a fractured world, said the president of the U.S. Catholic bishops' conference -- and that ...