Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pope Francis wrote in his encyclical He Loved Us, naturally prompts us to ask what we can do for our Lord: “Saint Ignatius brings his contemplations to a crescendo at the foot of the cross and invites the retreatant to ask the crucified Lord
In his final encyclical He Loved Us, Pope Francis devoted particular attention to the reflections of Saint Therese of Lisieux on the sacred heart of Jesus. In her inimitable, childlike love of Christ, Saint Therese embodied the sanctity of this devotion in a special way. Pope Francis wrote: “As we contemplate