Panama - Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Don Bosco Basilica
Panama City, Panama - June 2024 – On 7 June, the Church celebrated the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and, in the Basilica of Don Bosco, these were days of fervour and devotion. The activities were carried out with a preparation triduum that began on 4 June during the evening masses, animated by the Sacred Heart of Jesus group. During the Eucharist of the feast, Fr Carlos Vilanova, SDB, stressed in his homily the immense love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a love that requires compassion, mercy and total abandonment. He urged those present to open their hearts and let themselves be transformed by that unconditional love, recalling that the Sacred Heart of Jesus is an inexhaustible source of grace and strength for all believers. At the end of the Eucharist, the members of the group made their consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and received a special medal, in addition to the blessing, asking Jesus that their hearts be moulded in the image of his, full of love and service and to bring the word of Christ everywhere.