Sacred Heart Of Jesus: Homily By St. Josemaria

[Fidei Defensor]

It's long but well worth the read!
 
http://www.josemariaescriva.info/article/sacred-heart-of-jesus
 

"On today's feast we should ask our Lord to give us a good heart, capable of having compassion for other people's pain. Only with such a heart can we realize that the true balm for the suffering and anguish in this world is love, charity. All other consolations hardly even have a temporary effect and leave behind them bitterness and despair.

If we want to help others, we must love them — I insist — with a love clothed in understanding, dedication, affection and voluntary humility. Then we will understand why our Lord summed up the whole law in that double commandment, which is really just one: love of God, and love of one's neighbour, with all our heart."

 

 

[Fidei Defensor]

Here's the last bit for you tl:dr people
 

9. Living in Christ's heart, being closely united to him means, therefore, that we become a dwelling place of God. "He who loves me, my Father will also love," (Cf John 14:21) our Lord told us. And Christ and the Father in the Holy Spirit come to the soul and make their home there (Cf John 14:23).

Even if we only give a little thought to these basic ideas, our whole attitude changes. We become hungry for God, and we make our own the words of the psalm: "My God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where no water is." (Cf Ps 62:2) And Jesus, who has encouraged this feeling of emptiness in us, comes out to meet us and says: "If anyone thirst, let him come to me and drink." (John 7:37) He offers us his heart, so that we can find there both rest and strength. If we accept his invitation, we will see that his words are true. And our hunger and thirst will increase to the point that we desire God really to inhabit our soul and never to take his light and warmth away from us.

"I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled." (Luke 12:29) We have approached the fire of the love of God. Let us allow that fire to burn our lives. Let us feed the desire to spread that divine fire throughout the world, making t known to all the people around us. They too can experience the peace of Christ and find happiness there. A Christian who lives united to Christ's heart can have no goals but these: peace in society, peace in the Church, peace in his soul, the peace of God which will reach its climax when his kingdom comes.

Mary, you are Queen of Peace, because you had faith and believed that what the angel announced would in fact happen. Help us to grow in the faith, to have a firm hope and a deeper love. For that is what your Son wants of us this day, that is why he shows us his Sacred Heart.

 

 

[Perigrina]

I was able to attend Mass today in a church dedicated to the Sacred Heart and we did a litany to the Sacred Heart after Mass.  I am very happy.  This is one of my favourite devotions.

 

"Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like yours." 

[Fidei Defensor]

I was able to attend Mass today in a church dedicated to the Sacred Heart and we did a litany to the Sacred Heart after Mass.  I am very happy.  This is one of my favourite devotions.

 

"Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like yours." 

Jealous!  :pray:

[Ash Wednesday]

Happy feast day! I had my noon mass today, it was lovely. The priest talked about how the Sacred Heart came about during a time when Calvinism and Jansenism were running rampant -- whereas the Sacred Heart told of his humanity and love.

 

Husband and I are going to eat red meat tonight!  :burger: