Tomorrow and Saturday we celebrate the feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and
the Immaculate Heart of His Mother Mary (Saturday).
Pope
Francis announced yesterday that he is preparing a reflection, which will be published
in September, on the Sacred Heart of Jesus for a world “that seems to have lost
its heart”.
“I
am happy to prepare a document that brings together the valuable reflections of
previous magisterial texts and a long history going back to the sacred
Scriptures to re-propose today to the whole Church this devotion, full of
spiritual beauty.
The
feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, , reminds us of the need to respond to the redemptive love of Christ and
invites us to entrust ourselves with confidence to the intercession of the Mother
of the Lord.
I
believe it will do us much good to meditate on various aspects of the Lord’s
love, which can illuminate the path of ecclesial renewal, which says something
meaningful to a world that seems to have lost its heart.
We
ask the Lord, through the intercession of his mother, for peace: peace in the
tormented Ukraine, peace in Palestine, Israel, peace in Myanmar.
We
pray that the Lord will give us peace and that the world will not suffer so
much from war.”
Heart
of Jesus, our life and resurrection, have mercy on us!
Immaculate Heart of Mary, intercede for us!
Paintings by Josef Mehoffer - Polish (1911 & 1926)
