Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB

Sacred Music for the Liturgy

by Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB. Copyright 2018-2026 Saint Meinrad Archabbey. All rights reserved.

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Solemnity · White

In Ordinary Time

About this day

This solemnity honors the Heart of Jesus, pierced on the Cross, as the sign of his love for all people. Christ asked for the feast in 1675 through Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, and Pope Pius IX extended it to the whole Church in 1856.

Coming up in the next year

Next: Fri 4 Jun 2027 — Year B · I

  • Fri 4 Jun 2027

Music

Mass

Divine Office: Vespers I

Divine Office: Vespers II

Votive Mass of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — same antiphons: Entrance, Communion

From the Missal

  • Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “The designs of his Heart are…” Ps 32: 11, 19
  • Communion — Roman Missal “Thus says the Lord: Let whoever…” Cf. Jn 7: 37-38
  • Communion — Roman Missal “One of the soldiers opened his…” Jn 19: 34