In May 2024, I attended a Colloquium in Rome marking the 350th Jubilee of the Apparitions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. What could a centuries-old devotion, born from the words “Behold this Heart which has so loved and only received ingratitude,” have to say to us today?

This week, the Church celebrated the feast day of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, popularized devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. How can we learn from Margaret Mary to embrace our own hearts, that may be filled with limitations and fears and find peace in the Heart of Jesus?…