Honor the Sacred Heart with Your Family

We looked around in the Catholic Mom archives for ways your family can honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus, from treats to crafts to prayers and more.

How will your family honor the Sacred Heart today?  

Today is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. That means that if you go to Mass today, you’ll recite the Gloria and hear readings from both the Old and New Testaments, along with a responsorial psalm, before the Gospel reading. 

It also means that today is not a meatless Friday. (See Canon 1251 of the Code of Canon Law) 

We looked around in the Catholic Mom archives to find some treats and crafts you can enjoy with your family today! 

Sweet Sacred Heart Treats

Celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart with a simple but special dessert. Our friend Barbara Stein shares her easy recipe.

Cookie-Cutter Feast Day Fun

Make some treats for the feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary: no special ingredients required!

If you have cookie cutters in the house, you probably have at least one in the shape of a heart. That's all you need to get started on some simple heart-shaped treats to celebrate the feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Cookie cutters can be used to shape much more than cookies, and even toddlers can help use a cookie cutter on slices of bread, fruit, or cheese.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Painting Craft

Alicia Hart and her kids decorated a tote bag with this fun painting activity; you could also make t-shirts or paint on paper or canvas. 

Cake Decorating: Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary 

An early Catholic Mom reader shared how she decorated heart-shaped cakes for the feast days. 

Learn more about devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sarah Damm shares 5 ways to grow in devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 

Rosemary Bogdan explains the meaning behind the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 

Emily Jaminet tells you how to give the Sacred Heart of Jesus a special place of honor in your home.

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