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"O most holy heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore you, I love you, and with lively sorrow for my sins I offer you this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to your will. Grant, Good Jesus, that I may live in you and for you. Protect me in the midst of danger. Comfort me in my afflictions. Give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, your blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Amen."
Painting from the basilica of San Crisogono in Trastevere, Rome.
I was again excited to lay my eyes upon the Sacred Heart Cultural Center, famously known as the Sacred Heart Catholic Church! This remarkable establishment, nestled in the very heart of Augusta, Georgia, serves as a dual-purpose marvel, functioning as both an exquisite events center and a former Roman Catholic Church.
"The Lord has lifted us up and drawn us to his heart, for he has remembered his promise of mercy, alleluia."
– Magnificat antiphon for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart.
Painting from the Lateran Basilica.
“Behold the Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to testify Its love; and in return, I receive from the greater part only ingratitude, by their irreverence and sacrilege, and by the coldness and contempt they have for Me in the Eucharist. But what I feel most keenly is that it is hearts which are consecrated to Me that treat Me thus. Therefore, I ask of you that the Friday after the Octave of Corpus Christi be set apart for a special Feast to honour My Heart, by communicating on that day, and making to It a solemn act in order to make amends for the indignities which It has endured during the time It has been exposed on the altars. I promise you that My Heart will expand Itself to shed in abundance the influence of Its Divine Love upon those who shall thus honour It, and cause It to be honoured.”
– Fourth Revelation of Jesus to St Margaret Mary Alacoque in 1675.
My homily for today's Solemnity of the Sacred Heart can be read here.
This mosaic of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is in the apse of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Paris.
Probably the most famous imagen of the Sagrado Corazón during the twilight of the Spanish era in the Philippines. It was originally venerated on the side altar of the Iglesia de San Ignacio of the Society of Jesus [Jesuits] in Intramuros. For its annual feast in June, the image used to be transferred to the altar mayor.
An obra of the famous Filipino sculptor Manuel Flores, it was unfortunately destroyed with the bombing of the equally beautiful church of the Jesuitas in the Old City.
"I want you to make use of two spiritual wings – devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and devotion to the Blessed Virgin. These two wings, these two devotions, you may be sure, will soon help you raise yourselves toward heaven. When birds take off, they go upward, not downward. Do the same. Beware of flying downward – that is, don’t practice these two devotions with worldly aims, such as to win your superiors’ esteem or fool your companions. How happy I would be if I could kindle in you a spark of this great love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament."
– St John Bosco.
This relic of the saint is in the church of the Sacred Heart in Rome which he built.
Revisiting this one because I'm thinking of submitting it for
an art show in North Carolina in a couple of months.
"O most holy heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore you, I love you, and with lively sorrow for my sins I offer you this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to your will. Grant, Good Jesus, that I may live in you and for you. Protect me in the midst of danger. Comfort me in my afflictions. Give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, your blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Amen."
June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Detail from a cope from the sacristy of Westminster Cathedral.
February 24, 2022 will be remembered in History as the sad and shameful day on which dictator Putin launched his attack on free and democratic Ukraine. To see something like this happening at the gates of Europe in the 21st century is almost unbelievable and shows us that barbaric times and practices will decidedly go on for as long as the human species exists, in spite of our all Olympic Games and United Nations and modern means of communication between world leaders...
This is also the day on which we finish our visit of the Romanesque basilica of the Sacred Heart in the small town of Paray-le-Monial in southern Burgundy, is a Mediæval masterpiece known throughout the world.
Paray was a priory of the abbey of Cluny, and after a first church was built here and consecrated in 977, the one we see today was erected around 1050 and designed probably by Saint Hugo himself, abbot of Cluny.
It looks like a reduced, simplified copy of the gigantic church of Cluny, the largest church in Christendom ever until Saint Peter of Rome was rebuilt in the 16th century. That church, dubbed “Cluny III”, was mostly destroyed at the beginning of the 19th century, which is also why Paray is a very interesting testimony, architecturally speaking.
The choir and transept seen from the southern aisle of the nave.
[Sorry for the interruption in uploads yesterday, we were at Courchevel for two days as we needed to do some work in the apartment. Lots of snow at the resort, at last I got to put my 4WD and Nokian winter tires to good use!]
The Romanesque basilica of the Sacred Heart in the small town of Paray-le-Monial in southern Burgundy, is a Mediæval masterpiece known throughout the world.
Paray was a priory of the abbey of Cluny, and after a first church was built here and consecrated in 977, the one we see today was erected around 1050 and designed probably by Saint Hugo himself, abbot of Cluny.
It looks like a reduced, simplified copy of the gigantic church of Cluny, the largest church in Christendom ever until Saint Peter of Rome was rebuilt in the 16th century. That church, dubbed “Cluny III”, was mostly destroyed at the beginning of the 19th century, which is also why Paray is a very interesting testimony, architecturally speaking.
Just like the humble priory of Perrecy-les-Forges, which we visited before, Paray features a narthex, only on an obviously grander scale. These two photographs illustrate some of the columns and historied capitals
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Sacred Heart
Date of completion: 1964
Present state/use: Exterior plastered over and painted. Interior largely unaltered, and still in use as a parish church in 2007.
Address: Kyle Road, Kildrum, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire - Google Map
Access: External viewing or for internal viewing contact: 01236 721387
Listed Category ‘A’ 1994
"Let the Holy Spirit, we beseech thee O Lord, inflame us with that fire which our Lord Jesus Christ, from the depths of his heart, cast upon this earth and earnestly desired to see kindled."
– Dominican rite Secreta for the feast of the Sacred Heart.
Embroidered detail from a cope hood in Westminster Cathedral, London.
[Sorry for the interruption in uploads yesterday, we were at Courchevel for two days as we needed to do some work in the apartment. Lots of snow at the resort, at last I got to put my 4WD and Nokian winter tires to good use!]
The Romanesque basilica of the Sacred Heart in the small town of Paray-le-Monial in southern Burgundy, is a Mediæval masterpiece known throughout the world.
Paray was a priory of the abbey of Cluny, and after a first church was built here and consecrated in 977, the one we see today was erected around 1050 and designed probably by Saint Hugo himself, abbot of Cluny.
It looks like a reduced, simplified copy of the gigantic church of Cluny, the largest church in Christendom ever until Saint Peter of Rome was rebuilt in the 16th century. That church, dubbed “Cluny III”, was mostly destroyed at the beginning of the 19th century, which is also why Paray is a very interesting testimony, architecturally speaking.
Just like the humble priory of Perrecy-les-Forges, which we visited before, Paray features a narthex, only on an obviously grander scale. These two photographs illustrate some of the columns and historied capitals
"It was Preparation Day, and to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath – since that sabbath was a day of special solemnity – the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with him and then of the other. When they came to Jesus, they found he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water. This is the evidence of one who saw it – trustworthy evidence, and he knows he speaks the truth – and he gives it so that you may believe as well. Because all this happened to fulfil the words of scripture:
Not one bone of his will be broken;
and again, in another place scripture says:
They will look on the one whom they have pierced."
– Jn 19:31-27, the Gospel for today's Solemnity of the Sacred Heart.
Detail from the apse mosaic in the chapel of the Mercy Convent in Albany, NY.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley featured on the cover of Heart magazine. Published twice a year to highlight the mission and ministries of The Society of The Sacred Heart in the USA and Canada, the magazine is beautifully edited by Erin Everson.
The original oil painting hangs in the library of the Carrollton School of The Sacred Heart in Miami, Fl; for which it was acquired by the then Principal, Sister Suzanne Cooke RSCJ - and it was Sister Cooke who emailed the artist asking to permission to reproduce the painting on this magazine cover published earlier this year.
Response to Whatley's Catholic tribute paintings has been so overwhelming that Heart magazine plans to publish another of his works on the Christmas cover....coming soon.
To see more of the Catholic tributes and other paintings of Stephen B. Whatley , visit his website, where original works and signed prints are available :
"Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.’"
– Matthew 11:28-30, which is today's Gospel at Mass.
This opus sectile image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is in the convent at Tyburn in London, above the tomb of their Foundress, the Servant of God, Mother Marie Adele Garnier.
February 24, 2022 will be remembered in History as the sad and shameful day on which dictator Putin launched his attack on free and democratic Ukraine. To see something like this happening at the gates of Europe in the 21st century is almost unbelievable and shows us that barbaric times and practices will decidedly go on for as long as the human species exists, in spite of our all Olympic Games and United Nations and modern means of communication between world leaders...
This is also the day on which we finish our visit of the Romanesque basilica of the Sacred Heart in the small town of Paray-le-Monial in southern Burgundy, is a Mediæval masterpiece known throughout the world.
Paray was a priory of the abbey of Cluny, and after a first church was built here and consecrated in 977, the one we see today was erected around 1050 and designed probably by Saint Hugo himself, abbot of Cluny.
It looks like a reduced, simplified copy of the gigantic church of Cluny, the largest church in Christendom ever until Saint Peter of Rome was rebuilt in the 16th century. That church, dubbed “Cluny III”, was mostly destroyed at the beginning of the 19th century, which is also why Paray is a very interesting testimony, architecturally speaking.
Another example of the beautifully sculpted columns of the narthex. Maybe just a bit too refined, and bordering on the baroque...
"But to all these duties, more especially to that fruitful Consecration which was in a manner confirmed by the sacred solemnity of Christ the King, something else must needs be added, and it is concerning this that it is our pleasure to speak with you more at length, Venerable Brethren, on the present occasion: we mean that duty of honorable satisfaction or reparation which must be rendered to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. For if the first and foremost thing in Consecration is this, that the creature's love should be given in return for the love of the Creator, another thing follows from this at once, namely that to the same uncreated Love, if so be it has been neglected by forgetfulness or violated by offense, some sort of compensation must be rendered for the injury, and this debt is commonly called by the name of reparation...
Wherefore, even as consecration proclaims and confirms this union with Christ, so does expiation begin that same union by washing away faults, and perfect it by participating in the sufferings of Christ, and consummate it by offering victims for the brethren. And this indeed was the purpose of the merciful Jesus, when He showed His Heart to us bearing about it the symbols of the passion and displaying the flames of love, that from the one we might know the infinite malice of sin, and in the other we might admire the infinite charity of Our Redeemer, and so might have a more vehement hatred of sin, and make a more ardent return of love for His love.
And truly the spirit of expiation or reparation has always had the first and foremost place in the worship given to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus... In order that these faults might be washed away, He then recommended several things to be done, and in particular the following as most pleasing to Himself, namely that men should approach the Altar with this purpose of expiating sin, making what is called a Communion of Reparation,--and that they should likewise make expiatory supplications and prayers, prolonged for a whole hour,--which is rightly called the "Holy Hour." These pious exercises have been approved by the Church and have also been enriched with copious indulgences."
– from Pope Pius XI, 'Miserentissimus Redemptor' (On Reparation to the Sacred Heart).
This statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in the esplanade in front of the Basilica of the Holy Rosary in Fatima. The monument was installed during the pontificate of Pope Pius XI whose heraldic arms are just beneath the statue.
June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
"My Heart is so full of love for men that It can no longer contain the flames of Its burning love. I must discover to men the treasures of My Heart and save them from perdition."
Stained glass window from St Casimir's church in Baltimore, MD.
J. R. R. Tolkein wrote: "Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death. By the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all, and yet by the taste—or foretaste—of which alone can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal endurance, which every man’s heart desires."
Today, the first Friday of the month, is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and we go to Confession, and receive Holy Communion for Christ, in giving us his Heart in the Eucharist, wills to give us his forgiveness and a participation in his divine life, "which every man's heart desires."
Statue from St Francis Xavier church in New York City.
"O Lord God, in the simplicity of my heart I have joyfully offered thee all things: and I have seen with great joy thy people offer thee their gifts. God of Israel, keep this will of their heart, alleluia."
– cf 1 Chronicles 29:17.
This is the Offertory verse in the Dominican rite for the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
This statue is in Westminster Cathedral, London.
This Chicago west side hospital closed due to taking kickbacks for referring medicare and medicaid patients to Sacred Heart Hospital. They were also making up fake and ghost patients that received care but did not. The FBI and Chicago police raided the hospital records and sadly it was shut down. The hospital has been abandoned since 2013.
"Remember how generous the Lord Jesus was: he was rich, but he became poor for your sake, to make you rich out of his poverty."
– 2 Cor 8:9.
Painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from the church of the Holy Family in Mexico City. June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart.
June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The inscription around this unusual statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is from John 15:13: "There is no greater love than to give oneself for one's friend".
This statue is in the Dominican church of L'Annonciation in Paris.
"Go forth ye daughters of Sion, and see king Solomon in the diadem wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the joy of his heart. My heart has uttered a good word: I speak my works to the king."
– Dominican rite Introit for the feast of the Sacred Heart.
This mosaic of Christ revealing his Sacred Heart to St Margaret Mary Alacoque is in the Basilica of Sacre Coeur in Paris, which is depicted in this mosaic.
This Chicago west side hospital closed due to taking kickbacks for referring medicare and medicaid patients to Sacred Heart Hospital. They were also making up fake and ghost patients that received care but did not. The FBI and Chicago police raided the hospital records and sadly it was shut down. The hospital has been abandoned since 2013.
"Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a more warm-hearted and ardent devotion towards Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, its principal motive being the extreme love which He shows us in this Sacrament, and the principal object, to make reparation for the contempt and outrages which He suffers in this same Sacrament."
– Jean Croiset SJ, 17th-century promoter of the Sacred Heart devotion chosen by Christ himself.
This painting is in the Sacred Heart church in Lille, France.
February 24, 2022 will be remembered in History as the sad and shameful day on which dictator Putin launched his attack on free and democratic Ukraine. To see something like this happening at the gates of Europe in the 21st century is almost unbelievable and shows us that barbaric times and practices will decidedly go on for as long as the human species exists, in spite of our all Olympic Games and United Nations and modern means of communication between world leaders...
This is also the day on which we finish our visit of the Romanesque basilica of the Sacred Heart in the small town of Paray-le-Monial in southern Burgundy, is a Mediæval masterpiece known throughout the world.
Paray was a priory of the abbey of Cluny, and after a first church was built here and consecrated in 977, the one we see today was erected around 1050 and designed probably by Saint Hugo himself, abbot of Cluny.
It looks like a reduced, simplified copy of the gigantic church of Cluny, the largest church in Christendom ever until Saint Peter of Rome was rebuilt in the 16th century. That church, dubbed “Cluny III”, was mostly destroyed at the beginning of the 19th century, which is also why Paray is a very interesting testimony, architecturally speaking.
The western massif with the two towers over the narthex. Here you canc clearly see that it was built after completion of the nave.