Today is the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. When Christ appeared to a nun, many years ago, His message was one of need - a plea from God to us to open our hearts to LOVE.
For those who have faith, even a little, it becomes apparent that God is Love. While our image of God is abstract, we can believe and have so many proofs of the Energy and Majesty of God.
And, yet we are given an image of Christ with His heart wounded by His need for our love. To understand this is almost beyond faith.
That we need God is self-evident. Our very frailty and flawed nature makes even the dullest faith aware of man's need for God.
Yet, to believe that God has a need for our love, faulty as it is, is hard to grasp. However, God has made it easy for us through His image of a Father looking after His child.
A child is helpless and unable to do so much, yet the Parent has a need to love the child, and for the child to return that love.
This is how it is with us, and God's created need for our love.
This is the message of the Sacred Heart, to respond with love, to LOVE!
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