The Immaculate Heart of Mary (Latin: Cor Immaculatum Mariae) is a Catholic devotion which refers to the view of the interior life of Mary, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love for God the Father, her maternal love for her son Jesus Christ, and her motherly and compassionate love for all mankind. Traditionally, the Immaculate Heart is depicted pierced with seven swords or wounds, in homage to the seven dolours of Mary and roses, usually red or white, wrapped around the heart.

The veneration of the Heart of Mary, on June 13, 2026, is analogous to the veneration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on June 12, 2026. There are, however, differences in this analogy, as devotion to the heart of Jesus is especially directed to the “divine heart,” which is overflowing with love for humanity. In the devotion to Mary, however, the attraction is the love of her heart for Jesus and for God. Catholic church teaching states that Mary’s role as mother of humanity and veneration paid to her in this capacity “in no way obscures or diminishes the unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows its power”.

The second difference is the nature of the devotion itself: in the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic venerates in a sense of love responding to love; in the devotion to the Heart of Mary, study and imitation hold as important a place as love. The aim of the devotion is to unite humankind to God through Mary’s heart, and this process involves the ideas of consecration and reparation.

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