THE SACRED HEART NOVENA
Is held for the nine days leading up to the Feast of the Sacred Heart, which is always celebrated nineteen days after Pentecost. This year the Novena runs from Thursday 11th – Friday 19th June and was written by David Stewart SJ.
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is considered a symbol of “God’s boundless and passionate love for humanity”. Many have found comfort and solace praying the Novena, and this year we have particular reason as a community, a nation and a global people to find strength, patience and reassurance in God’s love for us.
PRAYING WITH THE POPE IN JUNE 2020
This month, Pope Francis takes us to a fundamental aspect of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, since its earliest days as the Apostleship of Prayer. At its beginning, over 175 years ago, and ever since, this ministry has been rooted in devotion to the Heart of Christ, the Sacred Heart. This month, during which the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart occurs, the Pope asks that “We pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus”.
https://www.pathwaystogod.org/resources/centre-news-ignatian-insight/praying-pope-june-2020
