The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a reminder of all that we owe to the love of our Divine Redeemer. It is an appeal to our gratitude and it should prompt us to offer to the Divine Heart satisfaction and reparation for the numerous offenses of which we and others have been guilty. Appearing to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque during the Octave of Corpus Christi in the year 1675, Jesus said to her: "This is the heart which has loved men so much and in return is so little loved by them." Let us consecrate our good will, and works to the Sacred Heart, and offer to Him the sacrifice of a Holy life. 🙏️
Today the Traditional Catholic Church celebrates the Holy Mass of, Feast Of The Sacred Heart of Jesus. Today's Mass lesson for traditional Catholics; Lesson from Holy Gospel: John 19, 31-37. At that time the Jews (because it was the Parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day (for that which was a great Sabbath day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The soldiers, therefore, came: and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him. But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. But one of the soldiers, with a spear, opened His side, and immediately there came out blood and water. And he that saw it hath given testimony: and his testimony is true.
Explanation: According to the Jewish law, a criminal could not be put to death, nor could the body of one who had been executed remain on the place of execution, on the Sabbath day. The Jews, therefore, asked Pilate that the bodies of Jesus and the two thieves should be buried; but before this could be done, according to the Roman law, the legs of the crucified had to be broken with an iron mace: this the soldiers did to the two thieves, who were still alive; but when they found that Jesus was dead, one of the soldiers, whose name was Longinus, opened His side with a spear as had been predicted by the prophets. Jesus permitted his most sacred Heart to be opened. 1. To atone for those sins which come forth from the hearts of men, as Christ Himself says, "For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies” (Matt. xv. 19). 2. To show the infinite love with which He first loved us, and to which the spear should point us. 3. To show that there was nothing so dear to Him that He would not give it to us, since, for our salvation, He shed the last drop of His heart's blood. 4. To provide, as it were, an abode in His opened side, according to the words of St. Augustine: “The Evangelist is very cautious in his language; for he said, not the soldier pierced or wounded His side, but he opened it, that thereby there might be opened to us the door from which flow into the Church those holy sacraments without which we cannot enter into true life.”
A Thought: When temptation assails us, or sorrow depresses us, let us flee to this abode, and dwell therein until the storm has passed away; according to the words of the Prophet, “Enter thou into the rock, and hide thee in the pit” (Isaias ii. 10 ). For what is the rock but Christ, and the pit, but His Holy wounds? 🤔️
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