Solemnity of Saints Peter & Paul, Apostles

by Fr. Jess Ty  |  06/29/2025  |  Weekly Reflection

Dear Family of God,

On June 27th, or the Friday after the Corpus Christi Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. This year’s Celebration is the 350th Anniversary of the last Apparition of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque at Paray ley Monial, France, on June 16, 1675. Jesus wants us all to know how He immensely loves each one of us and want us to receive Him in the Holy Eucharist with reverence and devotion.

Jesus is alive in the Holy Eucharist, He is truly Present, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. He is not a dead object as others treated him to be, He is alive, His heart is beating for love of us.

According to Fr. John Hardon: “The Sacred Heart is the Holy Eucharist. The Eucharist is the same Infinite Love who is God and who out of love for us became man and is here on earth. When we receive Him, that same God is within us. Love wants us to be intimate. Love wants us to be near. Love wants us to be close to the one whom it loves. The Holy Eucharist is divine genius!”

May we all response will love and reverence as we approach Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar. As Saints Peter and Paul imitated the love of Christ, who “loves us to the end”, may we all imitate our Lord by living our life for Him alone and continue to evangelize our world. May the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Mother of God, intercedes for each one of us.

On this Feast Day of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is also the World Day of Prayer for Sanctification of Priests. So, Please pray for all priests.

Yours in Christ Through Mary Immaculate.