Sacred Heart
Christ's wounded heart
Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic devotion centered on the physical heart of Jesus Christ as a symbol of divine love for humanity.
The heart is typically depicted surrounded by flames, pierced, crowned with thorns, and emitting light.
The church was dedicated to the Sacred Heart.
Many Catholic institutions bear the name: Sacred Heart schools, hospitals, and parishes are found worldwide.
Lines from a source
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- thornsSharp plant projections
- crossPass from side to side
- woundCoiled, or an injury
halo · red · gold · bleeding · pierced · radiant · pointing · Jesus
Nine-day prayer practice
- litanyProlonged repetitive account
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- First FridayMonthly gallery open house
- adorationProfound loving regard
chaplet · prayer · meditation · retreat · feast · procession · scapular · badge
Intense fond attachment
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
sacrifice · atonement · charity · refuge · consolation · humanity · divinity · wounded
Place of instruction
- universityHigher education institution
- parishLocal church community
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- cathedralBishop's principal church
basilica · Sacré-Cœur · Montmartre · convent · order · sisters · academy · church
rays
Lines from a source
wound · halo · red · gold · bleeding · pierced · radiant · pointing · Jesus · image
novena
Nine-day prayer practice
- litanyProlonged repetitive account
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- First FridayMonthly gallery open house
adoration · chaplet · prayer · meditation · retreat · feast · procession · scapular · badge · image
love
Intense fond attachment
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
redemption · sacrifice · atonement · charity · refuge · consolation · humanity · divinity · wounded · burning
school
Place of instruction
- universityHigher education institution
- parishLocal church community
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
cathedral · basilica · Sacré-Cœur · Montmartre · convent · order · sisters · academy · church · shrine
- Parish NamesSt. Joseph, St. Mary, St. Patrick, St. John, St. Peter
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- Baroque sacred artaltarpiece, altarpieces, Catholic art, Catholic imagery, baroque art
- Catholic devotionsnovena, Stations of the Cross, litany, Divine Office, adoration
- Catholic Itemsrosary beads, crucifix, rosary, holy water font, holy card
- church calendarAdvent, Easter Sunday, Lent, Christmas, Pentecost
Sacred Hearthardened heart
Emotional numbness by choice
heart of stone · cold heart · evil eye · inverted cross · pentagram
Sacred Heartsecular humanism
Nonreligious ethical philosophy
anti-clericalism · Church of Satan · blasphemy · apostasy · godlessness
Sacred Heartcold heart
Lack of compassion
heart of stone · heartlessness · mercilessness · pitilessness · hard-heartedness
heart, sacred, sacrament, consecrate, desecrate, sacredness, consecration, consecrated, desecration