Sacred Heart

thumb|right|Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Church of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais, Paris, France The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (in Latin: Cor Jesu Sacratissimum) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus Christ is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". Quotes I will bless the homes where an image of My Heart shall be exposed and honored. The twelve promises of Jesus to saint Margaret Mary Alacoque ‘'I embrace the cross, I want to die with you. It is in the wound of your Sacred Heart that I wish to breathe my last breath.’' Margherita Bays, quoted in Antonio Borrelli and Emilia Flochini, Santa Margherita Bays, santiebeati.it, 12 October 2019. E' piei conficti ti sonno scalone acciò che tu possa giognere al costato, il quale ti manifesta el segreto del cuore. Però che salito in su' piei de l'affecto, l'anima comincia a gustare l'affecto del cuore, ponendo l'occhio de l'intellecto nel cuore aperto del mio Figliuolo, dove truova consumato e ineffabile amore. They are stuck feet, I am asleep on the staircase so that you may reach the side, which reveals to you the secret of the heart. For when the soul ascends the steps of affection, it begins to taste the affection of the heart, placing the eye of the intellect in the open heart of my Son, where it finds consummate and ineffable love. Catherine of Siena, s:it:Libro della divina dottrina (Caterina da Siena - Fiorilli)/Tractato de la discrezione/Capitolo XXVI May the adorable Heart of our beloved Jesus unite our hearts with His and with that of our heavenly Mother. Fr. q:it:Daniele Natale, Frasi e Pensieri di fra Daniele, amicidifradaniele.it. (About saint Paola Frassinetti) The inner strength that led to live so fully the “folly” of the cross is to be found in her tender devotion to the Heart of Jesus Christ. With her authentically apostolic sensitivity, the saint perceived that no one can carry out a true apostolate unless they have the stigmata of Christ imprinted on their heart, unless that ineffable intertwining of love and pain that is summarized in the most sacred heart of Jesus is at work in them. Pope John Paul II, Homily for the Canonization of the Blessed Paola Fraassinetti, Rome, 11 March 1984. I cannot express what I felt then when I thought of the immense love of the Heart of Jesus, there all alone, forgotten, cold, indifferent to souls, unhappy because of our insensitive nature regarding the abandonment of the Lord. And the gentle Master made me understand that this happened everywhere. It is precisely the insults, the ingratitude, the forgetfulness, and above all the lukewarmness of the consecrated, intimate friends, that wound Jesus in His Heart. Mary of Jesus Deluil-Martiny, La beata Maria di Gesù, una vita per il Sacro Cuore, lanuovabq.it, 27 February 2024. Bring everyone a ray of the tenderness of the Heart of Jesus. Clelia Merloni, Clelia Merloni, causesanti.va, 3 November 2018. Such devotion is the very essence of Salesianism, for it is from the Sacred Heart of our Master that we, as educators, will draw the purest love for youth, the gentleness and indulgence that must accompany our words and actions, patience in the adversities and tribulations connected with our task, the spirit of sacrifice and zeal for souls. Michele Rua, quoted in Dom Antoine Marie osb, Carissimo Amico dell’Abbazia di San Giuseppe..., clairval.com, 7 dicembre 2005. Uniting ourselves with the pierced Heart of Jesus and wanting to live the passion of Christ involves the awareness that embracing the Cross is an essential condition for bringing forth life around us and not allowing death to prevail over it, hatred over love, division over communion. Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Omelia del Prefetto della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi nel corso della Messa di Beatificazione di Clelia Merloni, press.vatican.va, 3 November 2018. Pope Francis Let us turn, then, to the heart of Christ, that core of his being, which is a blazing furnace of divine and human love and the most sublime fulfilment to which humanity can aspire. There, in that heart, we truly come at last to know ourselves and we learn how to love. Dilexit nos, n°. 30. The heart of Christ, as the symbol of the deepest and most personal source of his love for us, is the very core of the initial preaching of the Gospel. It stands at the origin of our faith, as the wellspring that refreshes and enlivens our Christian beliefs. Dilexit nos, n°. 32. The pierced heart of Christ embodies all God’s declarations of love present in the Scriptures. That love is no mere matter of words; rather, the open side of his Son is a source of life for those whom he loves, the fount that quenches the thirst of his people. As Saint John Paul II pointed out, “the essential elements of devotion [to the Sacred Heart] belong in a permanent fashion to the spirituality of the Church throughout her history; for since the beginning, the Church has looked to the heart of Christ pierced on the Cross”. Dilexit nos, n°. 101. See also Immaculate Heart of Mary Saint Joseph Rosary External links Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ Category:Jesus