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Dilexit Nos in a Year session 25 - Chapter 4 paragraphs 109-113

Pope Francis outlines major medieval saints who prefigure the modern devotion to the Sacred Heart, through mystical and prayer experiences that helped to inform and inspire deeper understanding of the love of Christ. There is something important in this notion that the Holy Spirit reveals truths over time, and that we are all inheritors of grace through the traditions of the Church as well as through our sacramental bonds.

Session 25 - published August 1, 2025

Dilexit Nos in a Year session 26 - Chapter 4 paragraphs 114-118

St. Frances De Sales

Pope Francis dives into the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jean Francis de Chantal, who together established the Order of the Visitation. St. Francis de Sales profound imagery of the Sacred Heart engraved with the names of each of us to love individually and profoundly is a powerful one, which certainly laid the ground for St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, who was a professed Visitation nun.

Session 26 - published August 8, 2025