February 3, 2012

Reflection on the Spirit of the Sacred Heart February 3, 2012

Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus, give me a heart that is one with your own: a humble heart that knows and loves its nothingness; a gentle heart that holds and calms its own anxieties; a loving heart that has compassion for the suffering of others; a pure heart that recoils even at the appearance of evil; a detached heart that longs for nothing other than the goodness of heaven; a heart detached from self-love and embraced by the love of God, its attention focused on God, its goodness is its only treasure    in time and in eternity. Amen.   Prayer recited daily by St. Madeleine Sophie    (http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/spirituality/seasons-of-prayer-publicmenu-37/119-intros/1932-mayo-mai-may-2008.html?start=2)

For Reflection...   We are dedicated to the Heart of Jesus, to the deepest meaning of him, to the core, the centre that gives his life meaning. That meaning is love, love that drove him to lay down his life for us, not only in his passion and death but all during his life on earth and after his resurrection and now, in his Body, the Church, the People of God. To lay down your life ... means spending your energy day after day caring for those you are with until your life ends. ... We are called to make his love visible to others by our words and deeds, by spending our lives for them. Excerpt from a reflection: A glimpse of the spirituality of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Margie Conroy, rscj, Province of Uganda-Kenya (http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/news-notshown-47/3180-a-glimpse-of-the-spirituality-of-the-religious-of-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus.html)                Sacred Heart of Jesus, Spring by Trini Alvarez, rscj, Spain           http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/spirituality/creative-space-publicmenu-35/2493-japan-spain-usa-photos-by-rscj.html