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[Pray The Rosary @PrayTheRosary]

June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us

[U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops @USCCB]

Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church, pray for us!

[Father V @father_rmv]

The Crown of Thorns Which Surrounds the Sacred Heart

1. When Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary, He showed her His Heart encircled by a crown of sharp thorns. What was the significance of this? In Heaven Jesus is happy and cannot suffer any more. The Angels, Saints and the whole of creation sing a hymn of unceasing praise in His honour. Nevertheless, He sees the immense tide of sin which surges forth from the human race which He redeemed by His Precious Blood, a redemption now made futile by many. He is aware of the insane blasphemies hurled by so many against His lofty throne. He sees how His gifts, His sacraments and His graces are abused by many. He sees, finally, the number of privileged souls, often consecrated to His service, who are indifferent and ungrateful while they should be trying to make reparation for the evils of mankind by their love, prayers and penances. The explanation for this mystical crown of thorns lies in His infinite love. He does not suffer any more, because He cannot suffer, but He still has an immense love for all men, even for sinners and for those who are lukewarm and ungrateful. He loves and wishes to save all men. In spite of their sinfulness and ingratitude, He still calls them appealingly to His Heart, which they by their sins have crowned with thorns and pierced with a lance.

This is a mystery of love which we cannot properly understand. Only a man who loves Jesus fervently can even have the slightest understanding of it. If we sincerely love the divine Heart of Jesus, we shall realise that these sharp thorns which once pierced His Heart in Gethsemane and on Calvary were caused by our sins. Then we shall do our best to make a generous return for such love and to make reparation, even with grave sacrifice, for the offences which are still being committed by men against the loving Heart of the Redeemer.

2. There are many ways of showing our love for the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of making reparation for our sins and for the sins of mankind. We can console ourselves with the reflection that by these acts of love and reparation we are removing the thorns which encircle the Heart of Jesus. The simplest ways of doing this are by prayers, ejaculations, and expressions of love directed towards the adorable Heart of our Redeemer; and by visits to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. In silence and recollection before the Tabernacle we shall feel the Heart of Jesus beating with love and shall offer in return for His infinite love the affection of our poor hearts.

We can also receive Holy Communion in reparation. When Jesus is in us and we are in Jesus, it will be easier and more pleasant to offer Him our love and expiation. We can make reparation also by practicing the devotion of the First Fridays of the month. This pious practice, so pleasing to the Heart of Jesus, aims at being a mass offering of love and reparation for the sins of the entire human race.

3. We can also make reparation by voluntary penances or at least by offering up our daily sufferings in a spirit of loving generosity. But the course most pleasing of all to the Sacred Heart is the continual imitation of His outstanding virtues in such a way as to become living reproductions of our adorable Redeemer.

"Sacred Heart of Jesus, convert poor sinners." (Antonio Cardinal Bacci)

[Fr. Jeff Fasching @JefferyFasching]

The Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love. It signifies love, it produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life…St. Thomas Aquinas.

[Catholic Life @prayandfast2]

Every time we make the Sign of the Cross, we profess our belief in the Trinity.

[EWTN Vatican @EWTNVatican]

Madrid witnessed something extraordinary today: Pope Leo XIV carrying our Eucharistic Lord through its streets on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. As thousands followed in prayer and adoration, the scene reflected the beauty of this ancient feast.

But Madrid was not alone. Across the world, Catholics gathered to carry Jesus in the Eucharist through their streets, publicly proclaiming their faith in His Real Presence.

Corpus Christi is more than a tradition—it is living faith made visible. Wherever the Eucharistic Lord was carried in procession today, in Madrid, throughout Spain, throughout the world, there beat the heart of the Church.

[Ascension @AscensionPress]

Happy Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ!

[St. Padre Pio Quotes @PadrepioSaint]

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I love You, Lord Jesus,
my love above all things.
I repent with my whole heart♡
for having offended You.
Never permit me to separate myself
from You again,
grant that I may love You always
and then do with me what You will!

[Pray The Rosary @PrayTheRosary]

My Lord and my God

[Catholic Manhood ❤️‍🔥 @bethecreed]

“Speak little of yourself, nothing of others, and much of God."

Saint John Bosco

[Pray The Rosary @PrayTheRosary]

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

The 7 last words

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

Think of Him. Then live accordingly

[Peter's Barque @petersbarque]

🕯️⚖️☀️ "I WANT TO WANT" — When Your Heart Chooses the Lesser Light

Saint Augustine didn’t deny the good.

He knew it.
He respected it.

He just prayed:
“Give me chastity… but not yet.”

That’s not ancient history.
That’s Tuesday.

We don’t usually choose evil because it’s evil.
We choose real goods—comfort, pleasure, distraction—
just not in their proper place.

The smaller light.
The nearer thing.
The easier yes.

And over time,
we stop noticing what we’re missing.

The deeper problem?
Sometimes we don’t even want the greater good.

So the most honest prayer isn’t:
“Lord, I’ve got this.”

It’s:
“Lord… I want to want what You want.”

That’s not weakness.
That’s the beginning of conversion.

Even Saint Andrew Wouters—
a man who knew his own failures—
stood firm when it mattered most:

“A fornicator I always was…
a heretic I will never be.”

Not perfect.
But faithful.

🎶 "I WANT TO WANT" — a track for anyone who knows the good… but keeps reaching for something less.

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Peter’s Barque is a catechetical music project by Justin West. The music is created using digital tools, and the art is AI-assisted—but the message, theology, and intent are entirely human.

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[Father V @father_rmv]

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.”

Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of…

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Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of…

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Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away.” Encouraged by Your infallible words I now ask for the grace of…

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Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of You, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your tender Mother and ours. Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

[Alexis Walkenstein @walkenstein]

Jesus, I trust in you ❤️

[Bishop Joseph Strickland @ Pillars of Faith @BishStrick]

Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us…

[Sr. Mary Joseph Calore, SSCJ @sscjusa]

The greatest diabolical lie of our times is that we are alone, abandoned, and unloved. Nothing could be further from the truth. God loves us ardently, devotedly, mercifully and constantly. And we are never alone.