Part 2: In this second entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole explains that the spiritual Heart of Jesus, on full display in the Gospels and symbolized by His physical Heart in His revelations to St. Margaret Mary, is a Heart aflame with the fire of the Holy Spirit: the Spirit of Truth and Love (see Jn 16:13; Rom 5:5).
There’s a deep connection between the Sacred Heart devotions and the Divine Mercy message and devotion. It’s clear if you look at the Divine Mercy Image and see the red and pale rays radiating from underneath Christ’s garment, drawn aside to show the wound in His side where the lance pierced the Sacred Heart.
"More Brilliant than the Sun," Part 1: In this first entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole explains the extraordinary plan of Heaven for our times, how the Sacred Heart is at the center of that plan, and the extraordinary grace available to combat the extraordinary evils of our times.
After St. Joseph (and perhaps St. Jude), could there be a more beloved and invoked saint than St. Anthony of Padua, whose feast we celebrate on June 13? Called upon as the reliable founder of lost articles, St. Anthony’s life and legacy are far greater than this role for which he is well known and revered.