Diocese of Peoria

06/11/2026

Today the U.S. consecrates herself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. We are rededicating ourselves to the King of the Universe, Jesus Christ, and infusing the love of his Sacred Heart into every aspect of our lives and communities.
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Join the livestream this afternoon, Thursday, June 11, at 4pm ET / 3pm CT / 2pm MT / 1pm PT. Watch along, pray with us, and entrust our nation to the love of Christ's Sacred Heart
https://www.youtube.com/live/j1WyC4TSeoo?si=bbm-wdD8-Z01-w-T

06/11/2026

Join the U.S. Catholic bishops in this historic occasion, beginning with this Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, written for the consecration.

Today, the Bishops of the United States will consecrate the United States of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Parishes and individuals around the country are encouraged to join the U.S. Catholic bishops in this historic occasion, beginning with this Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus written for the consecration.

06/11/2026

Sacred Heart Novena | Day 9
Today, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops consecrates the United States of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Parishes and individuals around the country are encouraged to join the U.S. Catholic bishops in this historic occasion, beginning with this Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus written for the consecration.

Pray: https://www.usccb.org/novena-sacred-heart-jesus --day-9-%E2%80%93-consecration-of-the-united-states-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus

06/10/2026

Sacred Heart Novena | Day 8 🙏

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, “the Little Flower,” profoundly understood the gentle and humble heart of Jesus. In contemplating how to be transformed by Christ's love, she reflected that “What pleases [Jesus] is that he sees me loving my littleness and my poverty, the blind hope that I have in his mercy… the weaker one is, without desires or virtues, the more suited one is for the workings of this consuming and transforming Love” (Letter 197 to Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart, September 17, 1896). Let us join with Saint Thérèse in praying for our hearts to be humble like Jesus.

Pray: https://www.usccb.org/novena-sacred-heart-jesus --day-8-%E2%80%93-jesus-gentle-and-humble-of-heart-

06/10/2026

Sacred Heart Novena | Day 7 🙏

In Dilexit Nos, Pope Francis describes the consoling nature of devotion to the Sacred Heart as “flesh and blood in the Church’s pilgrimage through history;” a mutual sharing of suffering between Christ and us (no. 157). Because Christ bore our sin in the wounds of his passion and death on the cross, we console him for our affronts. Because we also raise up our suffering to Christ, we ask him to console us.

Pray: https://www.usccb.org/novena-sacred-heart-jesus --day-7-%E2%80%93-heart-of-jesus-source-of-all-consolation-

06/08/2026

Sacred Heart Novena | Day 6 🙏

As we consider the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Christ’s great love for humanity, we reflect on how we have fallen short of his love and the need to atone for our sins. We also take this moment to repent as a nation for the sins of our country’s past. Let us pray for forgiveness and healing from the harms caused by our nation’s original sins of slavery and racism. A central element of devotion to the Sacred Heart is reparation – the practice of making amends for the wrongs we have done, asking Christ to forgive our sins and convert our hearts to love as he loves.

Let us pray with St. Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorists, as we atone for our sins and consecrate ourselves to the heart of Jesus: https://www.usccb.org/novena-sacred-heart-jesus --day-6-%E2%80%93-heart-of-jesus-atonement-for-our-sins-

06/07/2026

Sacred Heart Novena | Day 5 🙏

The love poured out from the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a constant source of renewal for the missionary spirit of the Church and our call to universal holiness. Servant of God Fr. Jules Chevalier, who founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1854, recited this daily prayer to remain close to the Sacred Heart.

Please join us in prayer: https://www.usccb.org/novena-sacred-heart-jesus --day-5-%E2%80%93-heart-of-jesus-fountain-of-life-and-holiness-

06/06/2026

Sacred Heart Novena | Day 4🙏

Perhaps the most well-known reflection on the merciful heart of Jesus can be found in the Divine Mercy devotion. Saint Faustina Kowalska, a 20th century Polish sister, revealed that Jesus appeared to her with rays emanating from his heart and instructed her to paint his image with the signature “Jesus, I trust in you,” and that all who venerate the image of Divine Mercy will not perish. Trusting in the endless mercy of Jesus, let us pray with Saint Faustina from the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

Join us in prayer: https://www.usccb.org/novena-sacred-heart-jesus --day-4-heart-of-jesus-patient-and-full-of-mercy

06/05/2026

Sacred Heart Novena | Day 3 🙏

Saint John Henry Newman took the episcopal motto Cor ad cor loquitur (“Heart speaks unto heart”), understanding that the Lord saves us by speaking to our hearts from his Sacred Heart. It was in the Holy Eucharist, the greatest form of praise to God, that Saint John Henry Newman cultivated his deepest encounter with the living heart of Jesus. Let us pray with Saint John Henry Newman so that we might hear the Sacred Heart speak to us when we praise and adore Jesus in the Eucharist.

Join us in prayer: https://www.usccb.org/novena-sacred-heart-jesus --day-3-heart-of-jesus-worthy-of-all-praise

06/04/2026

Fr. Mitch welcomes Bishop Louis Tylka of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois to reflect on the life, legacy, and upcoming Beatification of the Peoria native Venerable Fulton Sheen.