A few days ago, on Friday, June 11th, we celebrated the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. Devotion to the Sacred Heart is almost as popular and universal as the Rosary. In our parish, the two statues located in the sanctuary are the Sacred Heart and Blessed Virgin Mary. In the narthex, we have a statue of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (d. 1690), whose visions popularized the devotion. Around our diocese, many towns have a church dedicated to the Sacred Heart: Corpus Christi, Sinton, Odem, Mathis, Falfurrias, Alice, Three Rivers, Rockport.