The Catholic Church dedicates the month of June to the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is a beautify devotion to Jesus which has it origins in scripture where the Apostle John reclines his head towards’ Jesus during the last supper.
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Devotion to the Sacred heart of Jesus evolved over the years within the Church. In the 1600’s St Margaret Mary Alacoque was born. She was a French Roman Catholic Visitation nun and mystic, is greatly recognized for her devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She experienced apparitions from Christ who revealed his most Sacred Heart to her and his deep love for mankind. All the apparitions took place while St. Margaret Mary was praying before the Blessed Sacrament or after receiving Holy Communion. Sometimes Jesus’ Sacred Heart was a blazing furnace, while at other times it was torn and bleeding on the account of the coldness and sin of mankind. She saw Christ’s heart engulfed in flames and surrounded by thorns and heard his loving voice share these words:
"Behold this Heart, which has loved so much but has received nothing but coldness, indifference, and ingratitude in return."
St Margaret Mary Alacoque revealed to us not only a devotion that the world desperately needs but a road map to holiness through loving the Heart of Christ.
The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is a celebration that falls 19 days after Pentecost, on a Friday.
The devotion to the Sacred Heart is one of the most widely practiced and well known Catholic devotions, taking Jesus Christ's physical heart as the representation of his divine love for humanity.