The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Ezekiel 34:11-16 | Psalm 22:1-6 | Romans 5:5-11 | Luke 15:3-7
It is not easy to die even for a good man – though of course for someone really worthy, a man might be prepared to die – but what proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:7-8)
We’re all familiar with the Mother’s Day story often titled “Paid in Full”, in which a little boy counts the cost of his obedience to his mother, gets schooled by her 100% discount of her rendered services to him, then cancels her “debt” to him with a titular flourish.
Well, Jesus took that up a notch by paying for everyone’s salvation with an excruciating death. Not just everyone walking the earth during His lifetime, but also everyone through the whole of time right up to the Day of Judgement. Not just those who’ve already come to trust in Him, but also everyone else who has yet to repent.
It takes a lot of love and trust to vouch for every human being past, present and future, but Christ the Son of God has veritable galaxies of that.
And what does He ask in return? Simply that we return to God our Father through Him, by letting our faith flower in righteous deeds, reaching out to others and sharing with them the wondrous love that “caused the Lord of bliss to bear the dreadful curse for all our souls.”
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation, spotless victim for our sins and salvation of all who trust in You, have mercy on us. Amen.