Solemnity of the Sacred Heart
"Come, let us worship Jesus, whose heart was wounded for love of us".
This is the phrase repeated in the morning prayer of the church on this solemn occasion as we fix our gaze on the sacred heart of Christ.
On this solemn occasion we hear the words of St. Paul as we peer into the side of Christ and glimpse the heart given for us:
"Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Trial, or distress, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword? ... Yet in all this we are more than conquerors because of him who loved us." Romans chapter 8
None of these things above will separate us from Christ because all of this as been experienced by the heart of Christ. It is His sacred heart that fills all the above with sacredness.
Where ever there is heart ache, there is the experience of the sacred heart of Christ. Where ever there is pain, there is the experience of the sacred heart of Christ. Where ever there is despair and desolation, there is the experience of the sacred heart. Where ever there is love and closeness, there is the experience of the sacred heart.
All of reality has been made sacred because the sacred heart of Christ has assumed it all and filled it with His sacred presence.
In His heart there is room for all.
"Come, let us worship Jesus, whose heart was wounded for love of us."
Come, let us worship, for his wounded heart fills all our wounds with His presence.
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