Part 8: In this eighth entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole shows how explicit devotion to the Sacred Heart spread throughout the cloisters, monasteries, and friaries of the Catholic world.
Part 7: In this seventh entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole shows that the sorrows of the Heart of Jesus are only half the story. The other half is something we all too often overlook: the joys of the Sacred Heart.
Part 5: In this fifth entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole shows that the entire Gospel story of the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus, from beginning to end, manifests the love of His Heart for His Heavenly Father, and for all of humanity. This is not by accident.
Part 4: In this fourth entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole shows that the entire Gospel story of the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus, from beginning to end, manifests the love of His Heart for His Heavenly Father, and for all of humanity. This is not by accident.
Part 3: In this third entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole explains that Jesus, the Word made Flesh, is on every page of Sacred Scripture. So it's only logical to look to the Bible to understand devotion to His Sacred Heart.
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.
What is the devotion to the Sacred Heart? When did it begin and why? What does the devotion to The Sacred Heart have to do with the devotion to The Divine Mercy? Join Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, to find the answers to these questions and more, about one of the most powerful devotions we have in the Church.
"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.
With the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus upon us, Dr. Robert Stackpole addresses a matter dear to his own heart.
