{"id":199214,"date":"2026-05-21T20:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/199214\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T20:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:35:09","slug":"cathedral-to-host-novena-ahead-of-national-consecration-to-sacred-heart-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/199214\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral to Host Novena Ahead of National Consecration to Sacred Heart of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By CatholicPhilly Staff \u2022 Posted May 21, 2026 <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-226572 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779377641985-6e5fc56b-9ee7-4027-96b9-4cd77ede46e9_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"512\"  \/>The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul will host a Novena to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus from June 3-11 in preparation for the national consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus during the 250th anniversary year of the nation\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-day novena will draw from daily devotions in the Litany of the Sacred Heart and feature reflections from saints and pontiffs on the Sacred Heart, along with opportunities for prayer and action. The devotional materials are framed by Pope Francis\u2019 encyclical\u00a0Dilexit Nos\u00a0(\u201cHe Loved Us\u201d) and Pope Leo XIV\u2019s apostolic exhortation\u00a0Dilexit Te\u00a0(\u201cI Have Loved You\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>The novena will conclude with the consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Promotional materials for the event describe the observance as \u201c250 years of love and mercy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Resources and additional information are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/archphila.org\/undergod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/archphila.org\/undergod&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1779463961924000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2q2vfyaYYCNCblTdFXOaVY\">archphila.org\/undergod<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By CatholicPhilly Staff \u2022 Posted May 21, 2026 The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul will host&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[88275,55481,88276,88277,88278,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-199214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-250th-anniversary-year","tag-cathedral-basilica-of-ss-peter-and-paul","tag-dilexit-nos","tag-dilexit-te","tag-novena-to-the-most-sacred-heart-of-jesus","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}