The Month of June is Sacred Heart Awareness Month, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to promote His love for mankind. During the month of June, the Church focuses on the loving reverence of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
According to a release from the the National Sacred Heart Enthronement Centre made available to Newswatchgh.com, the Sacred Heart Awareness Month begins with nine days Novena to the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Wednesday, June 2 to Thursday, June 10, 2021.
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be marked on Friday, June 11, 2021 and The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Saturday, June 12, 2021.
The Focus for this Year’s Sacred Heart Awareness Month is: The Sacred Heart Devotee, the Word of God, Family Home Prayer/Devotion, Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Membership Growth/Drive, the release issued by Rev. Fr. Bernard Obeng-Gyamfi
National Spiritual Director NSHJEC, Accra-Ghana stated.
The circular maintained that “May we have a spirit-filled Sacred Heart Awareness Month!
REFLECTION ON THE THEME FOR THE YEAR: “THE SACRED HEART DEVOTEE AND THE WORD OF GOD, FOR CHRISTIAN FORMATION AND TRANSFORMATION.”
It added that “Sacred Scripture is foundational to the life of the Christian. It has been and always will be formational and transformational for the Church. God gave it to us that we might orient our lives, identities and practices around the God who has spoken. God’s authoritative Word forms and transform our lives, our families, societies, communities.”
“In our contemporary culture of endless voices ready to shape us in their images, we are encouraged to recover Biblical Formation to enrich our transformation as people of God -Devotees and Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,” Fr. Obeng-Gyamfi noted in the news release.
He said “We want to celebrate, share and live out our faith through deeper Scriptural engagement,” adding “We want to create new and renewed encounter with Christ through the Sacred Scriptures.”
“We want to help achieve transformation in the faith and life of the Church and in our social lives through deeper evangelization, education, worship, devotion and social action,” the release said.
“Let us bear in mind that God speaks with purpose and His Word is effective and transformational. He speaks daily and the power of His Word is unchanging. It has the power to transform all created realities but remains unchanging (Is 55:10-11; 2 Tim 3:14-17),” the release stated.
