Solemnity Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus

Hosea 11:1.3-4.8c-9:
Ps (Isa) 12;
Eph 3:8-12.14-19;
Gospel: Jn 19:31-37:

THE LOVE FOR THE HEART OF JESUS IS BEYOND ALL KNOWLEDGE

Today we are all invited to turn our minds and hearts to the Heart that loves us and thinks of us more than any other the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We are invited to love, care, and forgive like did on the cross.

To see him more clearly, love him more dearly, and follow him more nearly day by day should be our utmost desire. Through, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we experience the mercy and forgiveness of God-Divine Mercy., the inexhaustible source of graces and favors.

In today’s scripture selection from the prophet Hosea, we hear once again of God’s undying love for us, Israel, and all of creation, despite our often ignoring Him. I believe God, wants our attention: our eye contact; our smell of the flowers; our acknowledgment of the beautiful people around us.

When Christ was pieced with a lance, there came out blood and water from his side. Our sins pierced through his loving heart yet he remains sinless. He carried our sufferings and yet we pierced him in the side, He created us to have a heart of love but we in turn pierced his heart with our wickedness.

We all have fallen short of God’s glory. We are sinners in need of God’s mercy. Jesus is concerned about your situation because there is no friend like Him, No one like him.

Therefore, our actions and reactions towards others must be rooted in the perfect understanding of Christ’s love and living it up throughout our lives. May God grant us his peace and the grace to live a life of love and service to the greater glory of his name. Amen.

PRAYER

God, thank you for Your creation. Help me today, to acknowledge Your love in my life and to share that with every person. May the Lord Jesus live in your heart and make it like his in every way.

May our hearts be pure, healthy and constantly be burning for love of God and our neighbours. May Mary who ‘kept all these in her heart’ pray for you.
God bless and sanctify you the more.

Fr Joseph Osho