April 6, 2012

Reflection on the Spirit of the Sacred Heart April 6, 2012

You are the heartbreak  of unshatterable springtide, holding promised greening in your Heart,  breaking through our brokenness, pouring out the wine of April newness. You smile at the earth  that humanly you leave. . . soon, so soon and promise once again, "I go to prepare a place for you that where I am you also will be." Your tears have washed you clean and I lift you to my Father, a clean oblation. Excerpt from a poem, Holy Thursday, by Carmen Smith rscj 1981  Province of the United States     (http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/spirituality/creative-space-publicmenu-35/1274-united-states-and-england-wales--various-poems.html)

For Reflection...   Let us reflect on this great mystery so that humility may replace self-love, that it may become our heart's passion. Peace of soul is the lot of a truly humble heart.   The one who possesses this virtue has the greatest happiness, that of being united to God and of receiving an abundance of God's grace. (St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, Conference, 1846)   ( http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/spirituality/pray-with-sophie/celebrate-with-sophie/2802-holy-thursday.html)                    Artwork by  Annett Hanrahan rscj Province of Australia-New Zealand     http://www.rscjinternational.org/general/whoweare/creativespace/resources/0405art/0405_eccehomo.jpg