1. Couples, Awaken Your Love book, $14: Full disclosure, I haven't read this book yet, but I've loved everything else from the bold, sensitive, luminous Cardinal Robert Sarah. This work is the portable version of a retreat Cardinal Sarah preached to married couples, and invites couples of all backgrounds and places in life to "find again the preciousness of the love that binds them, no matter how hidden it may be."

2. Iron-on Sacred Heart patch set (4), $10: Add patches to jeans, jackets, totes, pouches, backpacks, ball caps... the options could make these a fun family craft.

3. Initial dish, $15: A sweet, pretty dish to hold rings, jewelry, hair ties, rosary, or other bits on the nightstand. 

4. Corda's "Sweeter than Wine" candle, $24.50: I cannot rave enough about my beloved Corda candles. This edition's notes of cedar, pomegranate, and apple are inspired by romantic poetry of the Song of Songs.

5. Married Saints and Blesseds Through the Centuries book, $18: This book features brief, encyclopedia-style biographies of about 200 canonized and beatified married couples—there's so many more than you think, right? A great reference book/introduction to meet some new friends and springboard to further reading.

6. Catholic valentine cards set (24 cards plus 24 envelopes and 24 sticker seals), $8: These sweet valentines feature simple illustrations and beautiful quotes about love from Carlo Acutis, Padre Pio, Augustine, Faustina, Thérèse, Scripture, and more, complete with matching envelopes and seals.

7. Sacred Heart rubber teether toy, $12: Adorable, functional, sacramental.

8. Trappist dark and milk chocolate hearts, $16 (12 oz gift box): A valentine classic, these heart-shaped chocolates are made by and support a community of 50 Trappistine Cistercian sisters.

9. Beaded clutch, $85: This intricately-beaded work of art makes a splurgy gift with a gentle reference to the Sacred Heart. This brand offers more stunning, wildly creative beaded pieces here.

10. Immaculate Heart 3D interlocking model set, $20: How can you resist these Lego-style blocks that make the coolest 3D Sacred Heart? A fun gift for many ages.

11. Sacred Heart sticker, $3.50: You'd be shocked how desirable high-quality, die-cut stickers are these days. This one features a watercolor image (painted by my friend Lisa!) and St. Thérèse of Lisieux's words, “It is foolish to pass one’s time fretting, instead of resting quietly on the heart of Jesus.”

12. Sacred Heart earrings, $10: Statement sacramentals? Is that a thing?

13. Sacred Heart socks, $14: Nobody knows why, but there's no such thing as too many pairs of fun socks.

14. A Call to Deeper Love: The Correspondence of the Parents of St Therese book, $27: The collected letters of St Louis and St Zélie Martin offer an intimate peek into a real marriage and family—a vocation that can render high sanctity from the ordinary.

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