On Friday, June 3rd, we will celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is our parish feast day, and it always falls on the Friday after the Feast of Corpus Christi. We will have a Corpus Christi procession on that feast day, May 29th . The Feast of the Sacred Heart began with Jesus’ revealed instructions in a vision to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in the 1670’s, in her Convent of the Visitation in Paray-le-Monial, France. She recorded this request in her autobiography, when Jesus asked her,
Devotion to the Sacred Heart is an act of reparation for our sins of neglect and indifference toward Jesus, particularly with regard to the Blessed Sacrament. Jesus is calling all of us to receive Holy Communion often. He desires that his followers take Holy Communion. And Jesus continued, saying to St. Margaret Mary,“I ask of you that the Friday after the Octave of Corpus Christi be set apart for a special Feast to honor My Heart by communicating (Taking Holy Communion) on that day and making reparation to It by a solemn act, in order to make amends for the indignities which It has received during the time it has been exposed on the altars.”
“I promise you that My Heart shall expand Itself to shed in abundance the influence of Its divine love upon those who shall thus honor It, and cause It to be honored.”
“Te pido que el Viernes despues de la Octava de Corpus Cristi sea reservado para una celebracion especial en Honor a Mi Corazon comunicando (tomar la Sagrada Comunion) en ese dia y hacer una reparacion por esto en un acto solemne, en reparacion de los pecados que he recibido cuando he estado expuesto sobre los altares.”
"Te prometo que Mi Corazón se expandira para derramar abundantemente la influencia de su amor divino sobre aquellos que lo honren, y haga que se le honre”