Today we celebrate the External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Through devotion to the Sacred Heart we see the great font of love which pours out upon us and upon the whole world. We most perfectly see the depths of the Lord’s love as He lays down His life for us upon the cross. Through this sacrificial offering we have been redeemed from the sins that we as well as the world commits. It is through His pierced heart that we are able see a visible sign of this love.
Despite such love our gratitude is often found to be short. We so easily commit sin and forget about the depths of the Lord’s love. Our culture is one which so easily turns its sight away from God and is found willing to enter into blasphemy. It was for this reason that the USCCB asked that Catholics pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart on this feast day made in reparation for the blasphemies against our Lord which we see in our culture today.
As the Book of Psalms states, “let my heart rejoice in your saving help.” This is preciously what takes place when we turn our sight towards the Lord. It is He alone who saves us and despite our sinfulness brings about our redemption. Our heart is given every reason to rejoice whenever it looks upon the cross and see what took place. From the sight of the cross we must heed the words of the Gospel of Saint John, “let not your hearts be troubled, believe in me.”
Faith is something which the Lord constantly called His apostles to have. If we have faith and thus believe in Him our hearts will never grow troubled. The heart is not something which is found to be fleeting, but is the way in which we direct our whole being, body, and soul to that which we consider to be good. That ultimate good to which we are to obtain is Christ and through His Sacred Heart we see the true unchanging nature of His love.
We are given the choice to move away from Him or towards Him. As we are told in the Gospel of Saint Matthew, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be.” Some have allowed their heart to move away from God to pursue worldly things. These individuals will always be left empty. Our ultimate treasure ought to be the Kingdom of Heaven thus let our heart dwell with Him at all times.
On this External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus may we allow our heart to be transformed to be like His. We must desire to love God with all of our heart, not just for a fleeting moment, but by our whole being, body, and soul. May we thus be restored to our original humanity that Christ points us towards by keeping our sight upon Him and His heart which pours out upon us out of love.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
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