November 11, 2011

Weekly Reflection on the Spirit of the Sacred Heart November 11, 2011

In all the circumstances of our life, wherever our mission leads us, our sole purpose in living is to glorify the Heart of Jesus, to discover and make known His Love. Constitutions of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 1982   (Full text of How Do We Define Our Spirituality by Rosa Carbonell, rscj, Spain, 2010 can be found here:  http://www.rscjinternational.org/resources/bibliography.html#charism)

For Reflection...    How do I make the love of Christ known - to myself and to others? Can I transform my thoughts, words and actions into prayer through connection to the divine? Will I be a light of God's love for others? Only when life is placid can one be indifferent to conflict. And whoever truly follows Jesus cannot lead a placid life. ...the charism, as a gift of the Spirit, is calling for different ways of living and being present, a shift in emphasis, and so on, precisely so that the following of Christ may be a reality in the midst of human limitations:    Text from: How Do We Define Our Spirituality by Rosa Carbonell, rscj, Spain, 2010  (Full text of may be  found here: http://www.rscjinternational.org/resources/bibliography.html#charism      Photograph from:        http://www.questionanswers.info/2009/07