I've had the great blessing to go to a school for the past three years on the campus of Sacred Heart of Jesus parish. The parish there focuses a lot on devotion to the Sacred Heart (for obvious reasons.) Being able to participate in this has really boosted my spiritual life because it's changed the way I think about Jesus and about God's love and made me love the practice of devotion to the Sacred Heart.
First off, because the Sacred Heart is constant. Constancy is a big thing for me right now, because my life seems so chaotic and I long so much for something that stays the same. Jesus' Sacred Heart has a steady heartbeat that pours out more love on us with every beat. In his heart we find steadiness and peace. It's kind of a paradox that we can kind find such peace and stillness in something that's always moving and pouring out more grace upon us.
Something else that struck me is that Jesus always suffers with us when we suffer, and that his Sacred Heart feels the same pain that ours does. (John 19:34) "But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out." It was when the soldier pierced his heart that Christ's passion was completed and His love for us fulfilled. He allowed his heart to be opened so that we could enter into it and participate in the life of God.
Jesus gave his life for us and he continues to give his heart to us every day in the Holy Eucharist. We're so blessed to have a God who truly gives everything for us and became the poorest of the poor out of love for us. "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you might become rich."
Something else that struck me is that Jesus always suffers with us when we suffer, and that his Sacred Heart feels the same pain that ours does. (John 19:34) "But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out." It was when the soldier pierced his heart that Christ's passion was completed and His love for us fulfilled. He allowed his heart to be opened so that we could enter into it and participate in the life of God.
Jesus gave his life for us and he continues to give his heart to us every day in the Holy Eucharist. We're so blessed to have a God who truly gives everything for us and became the poorest of the poor out of love for us. "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you might become rich."
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aw thanks liz :) i was worried it sounded really corny, but i'm glad you like it.
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