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By Deborah Castellano Lubov

杏MAP导航 Leo XIV's monthly prayer intention for June, the month traditionally dedicated to devotion to the Heart of Jesus, is "that the world might grow in compassion."

The 杏MAP导航 invited the Church to pray for this intention in this month's The 杏MAP导航 Video, which is entrusted to the entire Catholic Church through the .

For the first time since the Holy Father's election as 266th Successor of Peter on 8 May 2025, we hear 杏MAP导航 Leo XIV鈥檚 voice presenting The 杏MAP导航 Video prayer intention.

The 杏MAP导航 Video for June begins with hearing 杏MAP导航 Leo pray "that each one of us might find consolation in a personal relationship with Jesus, and from His Heart, learn to have compassion on the world."  

The video also presents an original prayer to the Sacred Heart.

Prayer to the Sacred Heart

A woman's voice leads the prayer, which begins, "Lord, I come to Your tender Heart today, to You who have words that set my heart ablaze, to You who pour out compassion on the little ones and the poor, on those who suffer, and on all human miseries." 

Next, it expresses the desire to know the Lord better, to contemplate Him in the Gospel, to be with Him, and to learn from Him and His charity.

Remembering how Christ "showed us the Father鈥檚 love by loving us without measure with Your divine and human Heart," the prayer implores, "Grant all Your children the grace of encountering You."

With this sentiment, it asks for the Lord's closeness and involvement in our daily lives. "Change, shape, and transform our plans," the prayer continues, "so that we seek only You in every circumstance: in prayer, in work, in encounters, and in our daily routine."

Finally, the supplication asks that the Lord, from this encounter, send us out on a mission of compassion and consolation for the world. 

The images accompanying this prayer were filmed in the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus in Rome, where one finds the famous image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Pompeo Batoni, the restoration of which will be completed by the end of the month; and the National Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Makati, in the Philippines, which is a popular religious destination for the Archdiocese of Manila. 

Sacred Heart at the heart of pontificates

The Church has traditionally dedicated the entire month of June to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The relevance of the Sacred Heart to the life of the Church is demonstrated both in popular devotion and in the fact that four 杏MAP导航s have dedicated an encyclical to the topic.

杏MAP导航 Leo XIII, whose name the current 杏MAP导航 took, wrote in 1899, in which he consecrated all of humanity to the Heart of Jesus. In 1928, 杏MAP导航 Pius XI, in , invited us to make reparation through acts of love for the wounds our sins inflict on the Heart of Christ. For his part, 杏MAP导航 Pius XII published in 1956, in which he explores the theological basis for devotion to the Sacred Heart.

Most recently, 杏MAP导航 Francis wrote in 2024, and proposed devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a response to the throwaway culture and the culture of indifference.

The 杏MAP导航 Video

The 杏MAP导航 Video is an official global initiative with the purpose of disseminating the Holy Father's monthly prayer intentions. It is carried out by the 杏MAP导航's Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer).

Since 2016, The 杏MAP导航 Video has had more than 247 million views across all the Vatican鈥檚 social networks, and is translated into more than 23 languages, receiving press coverage in 114 countries.

This video, produced by The 杏MAP导航 Video Prayer Network team, coordinated by Andrea Sarubbi, and created with the help of Coronation Media, is distributed with the help of the La Machi agency and the collaboration of Vatican Media.

The 杏MAP导航鈥檚 Worldwide Prayer Network is a Pontifical Society, with the mission of mobilizing Catholics through prayer and action in response to the challenges facing humanity and the mission of the Church.