Down through the centuries, each day of the week and each of the 12 months of the year have a devotional theme. June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  The feast day this year will be June 19 ^th.
 
In the second grade, I learned a prayer that I have said just about every morning since.  Those who went to Catholic school will remember there were certain prayers that were said throughout the day.  The morning prayers consisted of the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the Morning Offering.  Lunchtime was of course Grace before Meals and the Angelus.  After lunch was Grace after meals, the Acts of Faith, Hope and Love.  At the end of the day, was the Act of Contrition, which on certain days, Sister would make us say it a second time, with greater emphasis and much slower.  We must have been bad that day!  And, of course, whenever we heard a siren, we stopped and prayed a Hail Mary, “for those in trouble,” another custom I keep.
 
The Morning Offering is a beautiful prayer Fr.  Francois Xavier Gaulrelet composed     in 1844 for his Apostleship of Prayer, which he founded that year:  O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, the reparation for sin, and the reunion of all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our bishops and of all Apostles of Prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father for this month.
 
Our Lord not only loves us humanly, but divinely as well. As a true man, Our Lord loved in a most intensely human way.  His love was never tainted, weakened or lacking by original sin. He loved in a perfectly human way, and loves us infinitely as God.  His heart is on fire with love for us, yet it is still surrounded by the crown of thorns, and the cross:  the instruments of His passion and death, the proof of God’s love.
 
Every home should have a picture of the Sacred Heart, and everyone should pray the Morning Offering to dedicate the day and everything during the day to the Lord.
 
The next two Sundays, we will celebrate the great mysteries of our faith: The Holy Trinity and the Holy Eucharist. 
 
Today’s feast of the Most Holy Trinity is very ancient. This feast goes back to the seventh century. And for nearly 700 years, this feast has been on the Church’s calendar.  It is indeed the central mystery of our faith and life.   Everything that we do that is holy begins with the prayer:  In the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  The Mass begins and ends with the invocation of the Holy Trinity.
 
This feast is like a finale to all the preceding feasts. All three Persons contributed to and shared in the work of redemption. The Father sent His Son to earth to call us to the faith. The Son, Jesus who is our Savior, became man and suffered, died and rose for us. After Christ's ascension the Holy Spirit came to become our Consoler, our Guide, our Advocate.  He teaches us the truth, for Jesus is the Way Truth and Life.
 
The feast of the Most Holy Trinity is our gratitude for all the blessings of the Christmas and Easter Seasons; for this feast of the Holy Trinity is a combination of Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost. This feast should make us mindful that every Sunday is devoted to the Holy Trinity. The Father began the work of creation on Sunday, for the Son, Sunday is the "Day of the Lord," the day of His resurrection. The Holy Spirit sanctified us, made us His temple on Pentecost.  Sunday is the day of the Most Holy Trinity.
 
Try your best to keep Sunday holy and special; make it unlike the other 6 days of the week.  And during this time of lock-down let that be the challenge!