Take heart! God loves you so much his heart burns with love; Jesus cares so deeply he gave his life for each of us.
On this Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, learn from the wisdom of the holy women and men who knew that beautiful heart most intimately. Draw near to that heart, pierced for love of you!
“This feast [of the Sacred Heart] is a day of salvation and of eternal blessing for all who honor It with a humble and sincere heart. Let us, then, love this divine Heart and in all things try to conform ourselves to It.” St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
“O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary.” St. Gertrude the Great
“The door of Heaven is the Heart of Jesus. The key to this door is prayer and love.” St. André Bessette
“The Divine Heart is an ocean full of all good things, wherein poor souls can cast all their needs; it is an ocean full of joy to drown all our sadness, an ocean of humility to drown our folly, an ocean of mercy to those in distress, an ocean of love in which to submerge our poverty.” St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
“In difficult moments I will fix my gaze upon the silent heart of Jesus, stretched upon the cross, and from the exploding flames of His merciful Heart, will flow down upon me power and strength to keep fighting.” St. Faustina
“Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy.” St. Teresa of Calcutta
“Consider often that it is only the humble of heart that can enter into the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, converse with Him, love Him and be loved by Him.” St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
“The priesthood is the love of the Heart of Jesus.” St. John Vianney
“In the heart of Jesus, which was pierced, the kingdom of heaven and the land of earth are bound together. Here is for us the source of life. This heart is the heart of the Triune Divinity, and the center of all human hearts… It draws us to itself with secret power, it conceals us in itself in the Father’s bosom and floods us with the Holy Spirit. This heart, it beats for us in a small tabernacle where it remains mysteriously hidden in that still, white host.” St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross
“Our Lord Jesus Christ desires that we should, for sanctifying ourselves, glorify His all-loving Heart; for it was His Heart that suffered the most in His Sacred Humanity.” St. Margaret Mary Alacoque