On April 28, 2021, Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop-Emeritus of Toronto, released a pastoral letter on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "Heart Speaks to Heart."

This is a significant reflection on one of the most sacred symbols in the Catholic faith and what it can teach us in these difficult times.

We pray that this letter will be a helpful tool both personally and in your own ministry.

"And so I am inviting all Catholics in this archdiocese, in all our families, religious communities, parishes, hospitals, schools, and institutions, to focus on the significance of this sign of the sacrificial and compassionate love of Christ, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and to make devotion to the Sacred Heart a vital part of our life of faith." - Cardinal Thomas Collins

Download the full text of "Heart Speaks to Heart" - A Pastoral Letter on the Sacred Heart of Jesus:

• English
• French

Read by section:

1. The Need for Devotion to the Sacred Heart
2. The Symbol of the Sacred Heart
3. The Meaning of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
4. Head, Heart, and Hands: To Know, to Love, and to Serve
5. “Create in me a clean heart, O God.” (Psalm 51:10)
6. Living Water in the Desert of Isolation and Ego
7. Compassion, and its Deadly Imitation: Sentimentality
8. The Sacred Heart and Social Justice
9. The Day and the Month of the Sacred Heart: Friday and June
10. Some Practical Suggestions for Devotion to the Sacred Heart
11. Prayer of the Heart
12. The Litany of the Sacred Heart