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St. John Eudes composed this prayer to promote devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Reflection Date: August 19, 2023 You can leave yesterday behind and start new again. Today.

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Guest post by my friend Rosemarie Scott: wife, mother of three and homemaker, living in New York.  She is the author of Clean of Heart (2-15) and the The notion of Our Mother Mary & “Mother Earth” has a rich Catholic pedigree. Rosemarie Scott offers a fascinating survey of this Marian devotion in its many forms.

Pope Francis reads the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in St. Peters Basilica, March 25, 2022. / Vatican Media.St. Louis, Mo., Mar 24, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).March 25 marks one year since Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.Earlier this week, the pope encouraged "each believer and community, especially prayer groups," to renew the consecration of the whole world every March 25 on the solemnity of the Annunciation. But what does...

St. John Paul II — who consecrated the entire Church and world to Mary three times during his pontificate — taught that by consecrating oneself to Mary, we ac...

Monsignor Michael Joseph Slattery, 84, of Santa Clarita, CA peacefully passed away in his sleep on Feb. 15, 2023, at Mary Crest Manor in Culver City. 

Roman Catholics observe Friday, Aug. 19, the memory of Saint John Eudes, the initiator of the important feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Several religious congregations, which he founded and have since spread in many parts of the world including the Philippines

John Eudes was born at Ri, Normandy, France, on November 14, 1601, the son of a farmer. He went to the Jesuit college at Caen when he was 14, and despite his parents' wish that he marry, joined the Congregation of the Oratory of France in 1623. He studied at Paris and at Aubervilliers, was ...

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