THE WORLD is at the centre of the Heart, enclosed in it,
embraced by it. THE HEART is open at the top, allowing THE
WORLD TO ENTER. Rising from the Heart is THE CROSS. GOD SO
LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, SO THAT
ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM MAY NOT BE LOST BUT MAY HAVE
ETERNAL LIFE. The foot of the Cross is in the heart of the
world, saving it.“It is up to us to adore profoundly the
mystery of the Cross for the devotion to the Sacred Heart was
revealed when the soldier opened the side of Christ with a
lance and there flowed, drop by drop, the blood that he had
left… In this last act of cruelty inflicted on Our Lord, our
Society was born.”
(Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat,27th March 1852) |
