The month of June is traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Devotion to the Sacred Heart leads us to ponder the sacred humanity of Jesus, “God with us.” Using the universally accepted symbol of the heart as the sign of the center of who we are, this devotion focuses on Jesus as the man for others, who showed humans how, in a human way, to love as God loves, and to act as God wants us to act.
Especially in these tempestuous times we have a mission, received in Baptism and Confirmation, to move outward with compassionate love, in the imitation of Christ, to share His healing love. Therefore, we are invited to devote this month to meditating on the Sacred Heart and to deepening our commitment to imitate the compassionate love of Jesus, a love that reaches out to the lonely, to the isolated, to the sick and to all those who are rejected. Along with the Cross, the symbol of the Sacred Heart is the Catholic sign of that love.
“Holy Heart of Jesus, Sweet Sanctuary of rest, bring peace to our souls and settle our spirits, especially in these troubling times. Help us to place all of our worries and fears into the wound of your Sacred Heart, there to be tended to in accordance with your perfect will, which desires only the best and highest good. Your love alone is enough, and we surrender to it, clinging to hope and trusting with confidence in all of your promises. Amen.”
