The
visual image we have of today’s Solemnity is the Sacred Heart of Jesus the
Christ. The caption of the photo placed on the altar today reads:
“As God Becomes the Flesh, So too the Flesh shall become God.” This says it
all: Jesus, the reality of God who took on human flesh is everything there
is to know about God the Father: for he is the exact re-presentation of the Father; the purpose of his coming to earth
was to ensure that we, as fallen human beings, could once again become God – which was in the plan all
along, from the time of Adam – though this time from God’s gift, rather than from man’s
grasping at becoming God.
GOD
IS LOVE; therefore, God is nothing but a giant Heart, full of love,
full of gentleness, patience, kindness, compassion, mercy and truth; Jesus
re-presents that Heart: and above that, His own human heart exists entirely for
us. The Word of God did not need a body, he did not need a human heart; but
He chose to take them on so that we could be forgiven of sin, so we could be
healed of our defections. This is the totally selfless meek Heart we honor,
adore and worship today in this feast.
This is the Heart that
lived a solitary life for 30 years; this
is the Heart that was excited about proclaiming a Kingdom of justice, love
and peace for all humanity; this was a
Heart that was moved to pity for so many, and who performed miracle after
miracle to show His own personal care for people; this was the Heart that resolutely made its way to Calvary; this is the Heart that
transsubstantiated bread and wine into his very self (including his heart) as a
memorial of his Passion that would soon follow; this was the Heart that was pierced with a lance, at the site of
crucifixion, allowing the last vestiges of blood and then water to flow from His
Divine Heart; this is the Heart that
was glorified and became the glowing image of peace and forgiveness for
everyone, everywhere from that moment on; this
is the Heart we celebrate today; this
is the Heart that we love today; this
is the Heart extraordinaire that we are called upon to go to, to hide in,
be refreshed by and then moved by to reenter our lives calmed, joyful and eager
to spread such a marvelous and wonderful love to all we meet, after having
experienced it first ourselves!
O
Sacred Heart of Jesus, “burning furnace of charity” – fire us up
to imitate your self-sacrificial loving nature, this day and every day – and have mercy on us always!
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