Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

June is traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart. The Sacred Heart symbolizes Jesus’ divine and human love for humanity. The prayer’s central message is simple: Jesus’ heart is a sign of God’s unfailing love, and June is a special time to contemplate and respond to that love.'Like the Rosary, the litany is a repetitive prayer, and the repetition of “Havemercy on us” after each line is, in fact, like our regularly repeating heartbeat, verycalming: once we meditate on the references, it gives us insight into the love ofGod for us in Jesus, and it gives us serenity through the heartbeat of its repetitivepattern. In our frazzled world these days, we especially need both that insight andthat serenity.' Cardinal Thomas Collins