A powerful image of the Sacred Heart from the late 1700s.
The original european painting was hanging in an very old church slated for demolition when an American priest saved it and brought it to the United States.
The Latin text reads, "Sic Deus Dilexit Mundum," "For God So Loved the World"
(John 3:16).
The author of this painting is unknown but his piety shines forth till this day in his magnificent work.