Devotionals
June 12 — The Sanctity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Sanctity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 1. The sanctity of the Sacred Heart is the sanctity of One who is God as well as man. The Sacred Heart of Jesus hates sin as God hates it, loathes it with inexpressible loathing. How, then, can I, who am so full of sin, venture to…
June 11 — The Dignity of the Sacred Heart.
The Dignity of the Sacred Heart. 1. The Sacred Heart of Jesus, though it is a true human heart, yet it is not the heart of any human person. His human nature subsists in His Divine personality. Hence His Sacred Heart has the dignity which belongs, in virtue of His Divine nature, to the Second…
June 10 — The Sacred Heart of Jesus among His Apostles.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus among His Apostles. 1. If Our Blessed Lord poured forth the treasures of His Sacred Heart upon all among whom He dwelt, His twelve apostles received a share corresponding to the place of privilege that they occupied. In the prayer He offered to His Eternal Father before His Passion they…
June 9 — The Sacred Heart during Our Lord’s Public Life.
The Sacred Heart during Our Lord’s Public Life. 1. In the public ministry of Our Lord the wonderful attractiveness of the Sacred Heart cannot fail to strike even the surface reader of the Gospels. He drew all men to Him and made them forget all else. A crowd of seven thousand followed Him into the…
June 8 — The Sacred Heart at Nazareth.
The Sacred Heart at Nazareth. 1. Look into the little cottage at Nazareth, and behold the fairest of all the children of men nestling on His holy Mother’s breast. How those two hearts beat in perfect unison! Mary’s Immaculate Heart receiving from the Heart of Jesus a stream of grace that flowed on continually without…
June 7 — The Sacred Heart at Bethlehem.
The Sacred Heart at Bethlehem. 1. Mary, when about to bring forth her firstborn Son, could find no shelter at Bethlehem, and had to take refuge in the cave which served as a stable for the oxen. Meanwhile, the Sacred Heart of Jesus was experiencing, even before His birth, the sort of treatment that He…
June 6 — The Earliest Pulsations of the Sacred Heart.
The Earliest Pulsations of the Sacred Heart. 1. What was the first thought that flashed through the Sacred Heart of Jesus? Naught else than an act of complete and absolute submission to the holy will of God: “Lo, I come to do Thy will, O my God,” and a joy in the prospect of living…
June 5 — The First Worshippers.
The First Worshippers. 1. When the Angel’s message came to Mary, and she had accepted the Divine decree, she became conscious of the presence in her womb of the Incarnate God, in whose Sacred Heart was centered His love for fallen man. What was her prevailing sentiment in contemplating this mystery of Divine compassion? We…
June 4 — The Sacred Heart formed in Mary’s Womb.
The Sacred Heart formed in Mary’s Womb. 1. Time was when there was no Heart of Jesus burning with love for men. God loved men, pitied them, perfectly understood human treachery and human misery, but not from personal experience of it. Before Jesus came mankind were hurrying down to hell. Reflect on the hopeless condition…
June 3 — The Characteristics of the Love of the Sacred Heart.
The Characteristics of the Love of the Sacred Heart. How does the love of the Sacred Heart differ from the love God bears us? Does it add anything to the Divine love entertained for us by our Father in heaven? Yes, it has certain characteristics impossible to the uncreated nature of the Infinite God. 1. …
