Category: Sacred Heart of Jesus

A Fruitful Love

Saint Daniel Comboni Today is the liturgical memorial of Saint Daniel Comboni, founder of two missionary institutes, tireless worker for the abolition of slavery, and...

Remembering Montmartre

Twenty-nine years ago today, a few young men prayed this Act of Consecration together in the crypt of the Basilica of Montmartre in Paris. I...

Pro Affligentibus Nos

Commanded from the Heart “I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you” (Mt 5:44). “Bless those who curse you,...

One-Hundred-Nine Years Ago Today

On June 9, 1899, Pope Leo XIII consecrated the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The eighty-nine year old Pontiff was prompted to...

Contra spem in spem credidit

Many years ago, as I was standing in the rain in front of the grotto at Lourdes on a cold February morning, a saintly old...