The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Friday, June 12, 2026
Joyful intimacy with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, an abundant communion of love, is available to everyone. Those who love Jesus are happy when He is loved by others, and at the same time they desire their own love to grow.
Christ crucified is the revelation of the Father’s glory. Understanding this splendid revelation fills our hearts with the unique joy of being love and participating in the salvation of the Kingdom. This was the message entrusted by the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in the seventeenth century.
In these revelations, Jesus invited the faithful to contemplate His Heart, wounded by sin yet overflowing with love for all people. He called His followers to respond with trust, repentance, and deeper devotion.
The spirituality of the Sacred Heart centers on encountering the personal love of Christ which encourages prayer, participation in the Eucharist, acts of reparation for sin, and a commitment to imitate Christ’s compassion toward others. The Sacred Heart reminds believers that God’s love is not distant or abstract but is revealed in the person of Jesus, who gave His life for the salvation of the world.
As we celebrate this sacred feast, we are called to open our hearts to the love of Christ and to share that love through mercy, forgiveness, and service. The Feast of the Sacred Heart is ultimately a celebration of the boundless love of God, a love that continues to draw all people into a deeper relationship with Him.
The Cabrinian motto, Ad Majorem Gloriam Sacratissimi Cordi Jesu – For the greater glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is characteristic of the Missionary Sisters. In this phrase, we can understand the passion of Mother Cabrini for the Sacred Heart which pervaded her entire missionary life and which overflowed into everything she did and wrote.
Mother Cabrini fully corresponded with the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus which motivated her to translate into action and reparation the mystical experience of loving communion with Jesus. ~excerpts from Frances Cabrini, Remembering the Journey
On the Feast of the Sacred Heart, the Missionary Sisters renew their vows, and the Cabrini Lay Missionaries renew their commitments. Please remember them in your prayers.
We wish for them all – gratitude, goodness and grace
– on this special and holy day.