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THIS IS HISTORIC, BEAUTIFUL,  UPLIFTING,  AND IT WILL STIR OUR IRISH HEARTS.  JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.  I THINK YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME. 

JUNE, MONTH OF THE SACRED HEART

The month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  The Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost.  The Feast will be observed this year on Friday, 19th June.

Sacred Heart Statue, 

St Patrick's Church

The Feast of the Sacred Heart was approved for specified dioceses by Pope Clement XIII in 1765, and extended to the whole Church by Pius IX in 1856.  In 1889 Pope Leo XIII elevated it to the rank of first class and, through an encyclical in 1899, dedicated the whole Catholic world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

In addition to this liturgical celebration, many devotional exercises are connected with the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  Of all devotions, devotion to the Sacred Heart remains one of the most widespread and popular in the Church.

In the 1670s, in a series of revelations to a French Nun, St Margaret Mary Alacoque, Our Lord made twelve promises to those who honour His Sacred Heart.  Jesus promised St Margaret Mary that those who propagate devotion to His Sacred Heart shall have their names written in His Heart, never to be effaced.

The 12 Promises

Sacred Heart of Jesus, 

we place our trust in Thee.