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1. The most significant source for the devotion to the Sacred Heart in the form which is widely known today was from Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647–1690), who claimed to have received visions of Jesus Christ. She devoted herself to Jesus’ Sacred Heart especially, and was enthusiastically supported by the Blessed Claude de la Colombiere, sj. The Feast of the Sacred Heart began as a feast in the Church in 1765, and is celebrated 19 days after Pentecost.
2. Jesus’ Heart of love and compassion is most clearly revealed in the way he sought out sinners and outcasts of society. We can see this way in the parable of the Gospel today. The Shepherd, on looking over his little flock of one hundred, can only count 99. This one idea possesses him that “one sheep is lost!” Immediately, he goes to look for it. He cannot eat, he cannot return home, he cannot rest until he finds the lost sheep. 1 and 99. According to our logic, we might choose the majority, thinking it would be impossible and unjust because of a sinful, weak one to leave 99 others sinless, healthy. A sheep is of all creatures the most senseless and the most shiftless. But, what is it that agitates Jesus when he realizes one is lost? I think he has a heart full of love and compassion. The sheep are his, because he chose them. “You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you.” In his great prayer in John 17: “While I was with them whom you gave me, I protected them and kept them safe. None has been lost.” In fact, he is ready to lay down his life for the sheep. Such is the love and tenderness of his heart that he cannot bear that one of his own should be in jeopardy.
3. Jesus finds the lost, lays it on his shoulders, and brings it back home. The hard labor in restless search does not make him angry. Instead, he feels happy and takes the lost sheep home with joy. Last Sunday, we celebrated the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. We experienced Jesus’ generous love. Well, in this Mass, we are about to eat the body and drink the blood of Christ. This is the food which nourishes us on our journey home. Moreover, on the cross, Jesus let his heart be pierced in order that all of the blood and water in his heart could be poured out to save us. Therefore, the Sacred Heart is not beautiful but ugly, I think, because of our sins, our betrayal and our selfish.
4. In summary, when I contemplate the Sacred Heart, I realize that I have wandered in sins so many times. Sometimes I lost happiness and holiness. I was lost. Then I was sought and found by Jesus. Now, maybe we are on his shoulders. With deep gratitude, what should we do in order to keep his heart from suffering more and make the burden on his shoulders less heavy? Looking up to the Sacred Heart, we pray that our heart may be reformed and become more and more be similar to Jesus’ Heart.
2. Jesus’ Heart of love and compassion is most clearly revealed in the way he sought out sinners and outcasts of society. We can see this way in the parable of the Gospel today. The Shepherd, on looking over his little flock of one hundred, can only count 99. This one idea possesses him that “one sheep is lost!” Immediately, he goes to look for it. He cannot eat, he cannot return home, he cannot rest until he finds the lost sheep. 1 and 99. According to our logic, we might choose the majority, thinking it would be impossible and unjust because of a sinful, weak one to leave 99 others sinless, healthy. A sheep is of all creatures the most senseless and the most shiftless. But, what is it that agitates Jesus when he realizes one is lost? I think he has a heart full of love and compassion. The sheep are his, because he chose them. “You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you.” In his great prayer in John 17: “While I was with them whom you gave me, I protected them and kept them safe. None has been lost.” In fact, he is ready to lay down his life for the sheep. Such is the love and tenderness of his heart that he cannot bear that one of his own should be in jeopardy.
3. Jesus finds the lost, lays it on his shoulders, and brings it back home. The hard labor in restless search does not make him angry. Instead, he feels happy and takes the lost sheep home with joy. Last Sunday, we celebrated the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. We experienced Jesus’ generous love. Well, in this Mass, we are about to eat the body and drink the blood of Christ. This is the food which nourishes us on our journey home. Moreover, on the cross, Jesus let his heart be pierced in order that all of the blood and water in his heart could be poured out to save us. Therefore, the Sacred Heart is not beautiful but ugly, I think, because of our sins, our betrayal and our selfish.
4. In summary, when I contemplate the Sacred Heart, I realize that I have wandered in sins so many times. Sometimes I lost happiness and holiness. I was lost. Then I was sought and found by Jesus. Now, maybe we are on his shoulders. With deep gratitude, what should we do in order to keep his heart from suffering more and make the burden on his shoulders less heavy? Looking up to the Sacred Heart, we pray that our heart may be reformed and become more and more be similar to Jesus’ Heart.
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