The Priest of Hearts

Love was very important to John: not just any love, but the love of God – the love that flows from the heart of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and fills the hearts of the saints, most especially our Lord’s mother.

Intent on focusing on that love, when he was 14, John took a vow of chastity and several years later was ordained a priest.

He would be instrumental in promoting public devotion to the love of God through the Sacred Heart of Jesus (and manifested in the Holy Heart of Mary). He wrote many prayers still used today.

St. John Eudes died on this very day in 1680 and was canonized in 1925.