Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — Year A
Deuteronomy 7:6–11; 1 John 4:7–16; Matthew 11:25–30
At the center of our faith there is . . . a Heart.
A Heart that loved first. A Heart that gave everything. A Heart that was pierced, and still remained open.
Saint John tells us the secret:
God is love, and He has loved us.
Before we searched for Him, He was searching for us.
Before we spoke His name, He had already called us by ours.
Before we gave Him our hearts, He had already given us His Son.
This is the mystery we celebrate today:
the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, burning with love, wounded by ingratitude, still pouring out mercy.
And yet this love has often met with coldness from those who should know all this:
Christians.
That may be the deepest sorrow of love:
not to be refused loudly, but to be ignored quietly.
Isaiah once said: “With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation” (Is 12:3).
Pope Pius XII rendered these words as:
“You shall draw waters with joy out of the Saviour’s fountain.”
What is this fountain?
It is the pierced Heart of Christ.
On the Cross, when the soldier opened His side, blood and water flowed out.
Water for Baptism. Blood for the Eucharist.
Mercy for sinners. Life for the weary. A new beginning for the world.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Come, when you are tired.
Come, when your heart is wounded.
Come, to realize that you are loved more than you know.
This is the love that changed Saul into Paul.
This is the love that made saints out of sinners.
This is the love that sent missionaries across seas, mothers into hidden sacrifices, martyrs into fire, and ordinary believers into small daily acts of mercy.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta understood it:
when we know how much God is in love with us, we can only live by radiating that love.
The world has enough hard hearts.
Enough indifference. Enough cynicism. Enough contempt. Enough people passing by without seeing.
What the world needs are hearts touched by the Heart of Christ.
Hearts that forgive. Hearts that notice. Hearts that serve. Hearts that stay. Hearts that burn quietly with mercy.
Today we come to the fountain.
Poor, tired, thirsty, and loved.
And from the pierced Heart of Jesus, the waters still flow.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, have mercy on us.
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