The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Deuteronomy 7:6-11 | Psalm 102(103):1-4,6-8,10 | 1 John 4:7-16 | Matthew 11:25-30
Moses said to the people: ‘You are a people consecrated to the Lord your God; it is you that the Lord our God has chosen to be his very own people out of all the peoples on the earth.’ (Deuteronomy 7:6)
We often forget that we have been chosen by God to be His own.
What we choose is whether to acknowledge His choice, and whether to follow His commands in turn.
We aren’t the “boss” in this relationship, but this relationship isn’t burdensome either…unless we choose to believe it is.
Jesus certainly didn’t think it was a burden. Instead, He willingly opened His Sacred Heart out to all mankind, giving His very life to save what was lost, all for the sake of the love that knows no end.
Let us honour and glorify that decision today, as we venerate the greatest love ever known…
Sweet Heart of Jesus, fount of love and mercy
Today we come, Thy blessing to implore;
O touch our hearts, so cold and so ungrateful.
And make them, Lord, Thine own forevermore.
Sweet Heart of Jesus, we implore
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.
Amen.