We ask you, urgently: don't scroll past this
Dear readers, Catholic Online was de-platformed by Shopify for our pro-life beliefs. They shut down our Catholic Online, Catholic Online School, Prayer Candles, and Catholic Online Learning Resources essential faith tools serving over 1.4 million students and millions of families worldwide. Our founders, now in their 70's, just gave their entire life savings to protect this mission. But fewer than 2% of readers donate. If everyone gave just $5, the cost of a coffee, we could rebuild stronger and keep Catholic education free for all. Stand with us in faith. Thank you.Help Now >
Look to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
FREE Catholic Classes
On the first day of June, Pope Francis urged Catholics to look to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a source of love and to bring Christ's love "to the ends of the earth."

Highlights
6/1/2022 (3 years ago)
Published in Living Faith
Keywords: Pope Francis, Sacred Heart of Jesus
"Open yourselves to this love and take it â₏~to the ends of the earth,' witnessing to the goodness and mercy that flow from the Heart of Jesus."
Speaking in St. Peter's Square at the end of his Wednesday general audience, the pope said that this message was especially aimed at young people, particularly those who will meet next weekend in Lednica, west-central Poland.
Tens of thousands of Catholic young people gather near Lake Lednica each year in June to pray and worship God together. The youth festival dates back to 1997 and has drawn up to 180,000 participants in past years.
The entire month of June in the Catholic Church is traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus falls on the Friday after the second Sunday after Pentecost in the Church's calendar.
Many Catholics prepare for this feast by beginning a novena to the Sacred Heart on the feast of Corpus Christi, the week prior.
Devotion to Christ's Sacred Heart became popularized when St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), a Visitation nun, had a personal revelation involving a series of visions of Christ as she prayed before the Blessed Sacrament.
During her visions, St. Margaret Mary learned ways to venerate the Sacred Heart of Christ.
These devotions include the concept of a holy hour on Thursdays, the creation of the feast of the Sacred Heart after Corpus Christi, and the reception of the Eucharist on the first Friday of every month.
Alacoque wrote: "He disclosed to me the marvels of his Love and the inexplicable secrets of his Sacred Heart."
Pope Leo XIII promulgated the encyclical Annum sacrum, which consecrated the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in 1899. He called the encyclical and the subsequent consecration the "great act" of his papacy.
Join the Movement
When you sign up below, you don't just join an email list - you're joining an entire movement for Free world class Catholic education.
-
- Easter / Lent
- Ascension Day
- 7 Morning Prayers
- Mysteries of the Rosary
- Litany of the Bl. Virgin Mary
- Popular Saints
- Popular Prayers
- Female Saints
- Saint Feast Days by Month
- Stations of the Cross
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. Michael the Archangel
- The Apostles' Creed
- Unfailing Prayer to St. Anthony
- Pray the Rosary

Why Carlo Acutis Is Called the ‘Patron Saint of the Internet’

‘I Thirst’: Pope Leo XIV on How Christ’s Weakness Becomes Our Salvation

When 278 Million Children Lose School, Catholics Must Act
Daily Catholic
Daily Readings for Thursday, September 04, 2025
St. Rosalia: Saint of the Day for Thursday, September 04, 2025
Selflessness: Prayer of the Day for Thursday, September 04, 2025
Daily Readings for Wednesday, September 03, 2025
Pope Saint Gregory the Great: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, September 03, 2025
- A Prayer to Rebuke Satan: Prayer of the Day for Wednesday, September 03, 2025
Copyright 2025 Catholic Online. All materials contained on this site, whether written, audible or visual are the exclusive property of Catholic Online and are protected under U.S. and International copyright laws, © Copyright 2025 Catholic Online. Any unauthorized use, without prior written consent of Catholic Online is strictly forbidden and prohibited.
Catholic Online is a Project of Your Catholic Voice Foundation, a Not-for-Profit Corporation. Your Catholic Voice Foundation has been granted a recognition of tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Federal Tax Identification Number: 81-0596847. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law.