Devotion to the sacred heart.....

Today is the Catholic feast of the Sacred heart of Jesus. It was revealed to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, a french nun in the 1600's. Our lord himself called us to practice this devotion to the sacred heart which has loved men so much and yet has received so much scorn from mankind in return!




It is a sad world we live in today indeed! Jesus became man and accepted all the humiliations that come with being human. He shed his blood till the very last drop, all so that we could have salvation. His heart was and is on fire for us, consumed by love! He could not bare to be away from us and even made himself a prisoner for love in the blessed sacrament! Oh What love! I cannot even begin to comprehend when i think of his sacrifice. And for what? We are nothing without him and yet he who is everything love us? Who am i indeed? (i love this song by casting crowns)



Lord Jesus, i can never be worthy of that love that you have shown me and still continue to show me! I pray that i will live each day doing my best to give you my all, my poor heart! Lord please take it and fill it with the fire of divine love, a love that will consume me and set the whole world ablaze! Amen.



The love of God is the flower.....mercy the fruit.(The sacred heart and Divine mercy devotions and intertwined)


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