The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus Christ is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love fo
Sacred Heart of Jesus by the Italian artist Pompeo Batoni in the Church of the Gesù, Rome
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Church of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais, Paris, France
Holy card depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus, c. 1880. Auguste Martin collection, University of Dayton Libraries
Mystic Ecstasy of St. Gertrude the Great – worshipper of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ (picture by Pietro Liberi, at the Abbey of Santa Giustina, Padua, Italy)
The Immaculate Heart of Mary is a Catholic devotion which refers to the view of the interior life of Mary, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love f
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…coined by Pope John Paul II during his Angelus Address of September 15, 1985 when he mentioned that devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, "...though distinct, they are interrelated...." symposia were held on the concept during the 1980s and 1990s. It was not until the seventeenth century…
Statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary as revealed on the Marian apparitions of Fátima
The Immaculate Heart pierced by a sword, appearing on the Miraculous Medal
Fatima statue of Pope Pius XII
Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar was the great messenger of Jesus to the request of the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary made by Pope Pius XII