Pope's Intentions
Universal: That the unemployed may receive support and find the work they need to live in dignity.
For Evangelization: That Europe may rediscover its Christian roots through the witness of believers.
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus - Solemnity - Year A
Commentary of the day
Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), Religious Sister
Diary, § 1321 (©Congregation of Marians, 1987)
"I am meek and humble of heart"
Hail, most merciful Heart of Jesus,
Living fountain of all graces,
Our sole shelter, our only refuge;
In you I have the light of hope.
Hail, most compassionate Heart of my God,
Unfathomable living fount of love
From which gushes life for sinful man
And the spring of all sweetness.
Hail, open wound of the most Sacred Heart,
From which the rays of mercy issued forth
And from which it was given us to draw life
With the vessel of trust alone.
Hail, God's goodness, incomprehensible,
Never to be measured or fathomed,
Full of love and mercy, though always holy,
Yet, like a good mother, ever bent o'er us.
Hail throne of mercy, Lamb of God,
Who gave your life in sacrifice for me,
Before whom my soul humbles itself daily,
Living in faith profound.