The Sacred Heart

“Everything that God wanted to tell us about himself and about his love,
he placed in the Heart of Jesus.” -Pope St. John Paul II (June 6, 1999)

The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) has a long tradition of devotion to the Heart of Jesus. It is a devotion that is intimately linked to our mission and symbolizes the love Jesus has for the world.

The Depth Of God’s Love

Jesus gave us the image of his Sacred Heart as a dramatic reminder of his love. The image helps us pray. The Heart of God took on flesh in the human Heart of Jesus. Images often depict his Heart, symbol of the most intimate center of who he is, outside of his body, vulnerable and offered to us in love. We consider the wound, where a soldier’s spear pierced Jesus, and we marvel at the depth of suffering Jesus accepted on our behalf. We see the thorns and cross, and we feel close to our God who knows what it is like to be ridiculed and abused. We see the flames, and we rejoice that God’s passionate love can never be extinguished. We trust in the sure hope of his Resurrection. Even death cannot separate us from the love of God.

Draw close to the Heart of Jesus. Like the Beloved Disciple did at the Last Supper, rest your head against the Lord’s chest and let him love you.

The Way of the Heart

As devoted friends of Jesus, we are encouraged to forge a deep, unbreakable bond with Him, allowing us to intimately share in His joys and sorrows for our world. “The Way of the Heart” empowers us to stand with Him and face the challenges that confront humanity and the mission of the Church.

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The Sacred Heart in Art

One concrete way we are reminded of this love is through beautiful images of the Heart of Jesus, as the Directives guiding our re-creation mention.

The classical images of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus represent the Risen Lord in its pictures or statues. It is He who comes to his apostles, showing his wounds and sending them on mission…[these images can help us] connect [our] lives with the Risen Lord and to walk with him.