On Jun 11, 2026, the U.S. Bishops consecrated the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, entrusting the United States to Christ’s merciful love during a solemn Mass as part of their spring plenary assembly.
“We gather not first to celebrate ourselves, but to consecrate, to entrust… and to place our whole nation into the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ,” Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore said in his homily.
Lori said the act of entrustment is not an assertion of strength but an admission of dependence on mercy. “We cannot come to the heart of Christ while pretending we have no need of his mercy,” he said.
The future, he emphasized, cannot ultimately be secured by human systems or planning. “The future belongs to God, not to political movements, economic forces, or human plans,” he said.
He then described the Sacred Heart as the source of reconciliation itself, not merely a devotional image but a living reality that reshapes those who turn to it.
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