The heart of Christ bleeds for us, pierced by our sins.
But that heart, pierced by our sins, burns with an everlasting love that has the power to free us from our sins - if we are willing to accept it.
The heart of Christ burns for us - for all of us - regardless of who we are, or how well we follow him.
Have you ever stopped and really, seriously considered the human heart of our divine God? To me, the fact that Christ chose to reveal to us his Sacred Heart is not only beautiful and wonderful and amazing (and it is all of those things, and more), it is the ultimate reminder of his sharing of our humanity, and also our sharing in the life of God. We all love, and because we love, we also suffer.
Christ loves, and because of his love, he suffered - and not only did he suffer, but he chose suffering - he chose that sacrifice. He's God. He didn't have to choose the cross, but he did - to show us his incredible love - and to leave us an example to follow: to love as he loves.
Would that we might love as Christ loves, to strive to love everyone we meet, no matter how difficult they are, or how different they are from ourselves. Would that we might love as Christ loves, and thus learn to respect and value every human life, to recognize their God-given dignity and treat them justly; to love others, even when we don't particularly like them, and even when they persecute us. In these journeys we call our lives, may we all learn to love with hearts like Christ's.
This blog is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so that makes today its feast day! :-)
Today is also a day when we should make a special effort to pray for our priests, and for vocations. We always need more good and holy men to bring the love of Jesus to us in the sacraments - and also, we should always commend our priests to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, that they may be found safe in the heart of Christ, and on fire with his love.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, ten piedad de nosotros!
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