June 7th is the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.\\u00a0 Now I have heard of the devotion to the Sacred Heart and I have seen images.\\u00a0 \\u00a0However, I\\u2019ve never practiced this devotion.\\u00a0 In truth, I struggle with devotions, not because I doubt their efficaciousness, but because I lack the discipline My novenas tend to be septenas or dovenas or trevenas \\u2013but not all in sequence.\\u00a0 Devotions which require exactitude are not my specialty.\\u00a0 The spirit is willing but the flesh is decidedly weak, weak, weak, weak, especially when prayer regimens require certain days of the week.<\\/h4>\\n <\\/p>\\n So I looked up the image to put one here, and discovered Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) is the painter who depicted the most famous image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.\\u00a0 Here is his work.\\u00a0 \\u00a0Missions of Divine Revelation gave me a lot of information about his history as an artist and the prayer for June,<\\/a>\\u00a0 \\u201cJesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like yours.\\u201d<\\/p>\\n Yesterday was the feast of Corpus Christi, and this week, the feast of the Sacred heart.\\u00a0 \\u00a0I\\u2019d been asking God to reinvigorate my soul -which has felt tired and frustrated and like all the words, all the work is just going nowhere \\u2013but that is demanding that I know where the work goes, and I define if the work is successful or not. My brother read to me a prayer over the phone, chiding me for my need to have\\u00a0 a visible success.<\\/p>\\n As if to underscore the point, \\u201cBishop Ken Untener<\\/strong> of Saginaw, drafted for a homily by Cardinal John Dearden in November 1979 for a celebration of departed priests. As a reflection on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Bishop Romero, Bishop Untener included in a reflection book a passage titled \\u201cThe mystery of the Romero Prayer.\\u201d The mystery is that the words of the prayer are commonly attributed to Oscar Romero, but they were never spoken by him.\\u201d<\\/em><\\/a><\\/p>\\n It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view.<\\/p>\\n The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts; it is even beyond our vision.<\\/p>\\n We accomplish in our lifetime only a fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God\\u2019s work.<\\/p>\\n Nothing we do is complete, which is another way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us.<\\/p>\\n No statement says all that could be said.\\u00a0 No prayer fully expresses our faith.\\u00a0 No confession brings perfection.\\u00a0 No pastoral visit brings wholeness.\\u00a0 No program accomplishes the church\\u2019s mission.\\u00a0 No set of goals and objectives includes everything.<\\/p>\\n This is what we are about.<\\/p>\\n We plant the seeds that one day will grow.\\u00a0 We water the seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise.\\u00a0 We lay foundations that will need further development.\\u00a0 We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities.<\\/p>\\n We cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.\\u00a0 This enables us to do something and to do it well.\\u00a0 It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord\\u2019s grace to enter and do the rest.\\u00a0 We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.<\\/p>\\n We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs.<\\/p>\\n We are prophets of a future not our own.<\\/p>\\n

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June 7th is the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.\u00a0 Now I have heard of the devotion to the Sacred Heart and I have seen images.\u00a0 \u00a0However, I\u2019ve never practiced this devotion.\u00a0 In truth, I struggle with devotions, not because I doubt their efficaciousness, but because I lack the discipline My novenas tend to be septenas or dovenas or trevenas \u2013but not all in sequence.\u00a0 Devotions which require exactitude are not my specialty.\u00a0 The spirit is willing but the flesh is decidedly weak, weak, weak, weak, especially when prayer regimens require certain days of the week.<\/h4>\n <\/p>\n So I looked up the image to put one here, and discovered Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) is the painter who depicted the most famous image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.\u00a0 Here is his work.\u00a0 \u00a0Missions of Divine Revelation gave me a lot of information about his history as an artist and the prayer for June,<\/a>\u00a0 \u201cJesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like yours.\u201d<\/p>\n Yesterday was the feast of Corpus Christi, and this week, the feast of the Sacred heart.\u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019d been asking God to reinvigorate my soul -which has felt tired and frustrated and like all the words, all the work is just going nowhere \u2013but that is demanding that I know where the work goes, and I define if the work is successful or not. My brother read to me a prayer over the phone, chiding me for my need to have\u00a0 a visible success.<\/p>\n As if to underscore the point, \u201cBishop Ken Untener<\/strong> of Saginaw, drafted for a homily by Cardinal John Dearden in November 1979 for a celebration of departed priests. As a reflection on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Bishop Romero, Bishop Untener included in a reflection book a passage titled \u201cThe mystery of the Romero Prayer.\u201d The mystery is that the words of the prayer are commonly attributed to Oscar Romero, but they were never spoken by him.\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view.<\/p>\n The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts; it is even beyond our vision.<\/p>\n We accomplish in our lifetime only a fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God\u2019s work.<\/p>\n Nothing we do is complete, which is another way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us.<\/p>\n No statement says all that could be said.\u00a0 No prayer fully expresses our faith.\u00a0 No confession brings perfection.\u00a0 No pastoral visit brings wholeness.\u00a0 No program accomplishes the church\u2019s mission.\u00a0 No set of goals and objectives includes everything.<\/p>\n This is what we are about.<\/p>\n We plant the seeds that one day will grow.\u00a0 We water the seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise.\u00a0 We lay foundations that will need further development.\u00a0 We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capabilities.<\/p>\n We cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.\u00a0 This enables us to do something and to do it well.\u00a0 It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord\u2019s grace to enter and do the rest.\u00a0 We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.<\/p>\n We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs.<\/p>\n We are prophets of a future not our own.<\/p>\n

Teaching is like that too, we plant seeds. This weekend, I got to meet some of the grown up students of the school where I teach, who I never taught, but who clearly thrived in part because of what someone somewhere at this school did to help them get to the next step.\u00a0 The railing does not care who it helps, it is merely there for whosoever grasps it to steady or advance or catch themselves.\n<\/h4> \ Back to researching the Sacred Heart, because my heart needed to be more about the sacred, and less distracted or overwhelmed by everything.\u00a0 \u00a0I didn\u2019t know Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, but heard about her mystic experience encountering Jesus on the radio as I drove to pick up my daughter from school.\u00a0 \u00a0One thing I love about mystic experiences, is how inviting and offputting Jesus is in many of them.\n<\/p> \ Jesus said to her,\u00a0\u201cMy Divine Heart is so inflamed with love for men, and for thee in particular that, being unable any longer to contain within Itself the flames of Its burning charity, It needs to spread them abroad by thy means, and manifest itself to them (mankind) in order to enrich them with the precious treasures which I discover to thee, and with contain graces of sanctification and salvation necessary to withdraw them from the abyss of perdition. I have chosen thee as an abyss of unworthiness and ignorance for the accomplishment of this great design, in order that everything may be done by Me.\u201d \n<\/em><\/p>\n \ <\/em><\/p>\n \ Saying \u201cI\u2019ve chosen you because you are an abyss of unworthiness and ignorance\u2026\u201d doesn\u2019t exactly sound nice.\u00a0 Jesus isn\u2019t nice.\u00a0 However few of us would recognize that we are not even worthy to be called an \u201cabyss of unworthiness and ignorance.\u201d We would chaffe at such a name, and think somehow, we were better \u2013or that shouldn\u2019t God not start off a relationship with us with insults?<\/p>\n \ <\/p>\n \ Answer, it\u2019s part of that, \u201cHe\u2019s not a tame lion.\u201d\u00a0 God invites us, but it is going to be mysterious. Relating to God is tremendous, but it is difficult, it brings challenges.\u00a0 God will sandpaper or blast away all that is not Him, all that is sin, all that keeps us from Him.\u00a0 Truth consumes that which is not truth, and reduces it to nothing.\u00a0 However, God begins with something much more important than our egos.\u00a0 There is no truth telling friend better than Jesus, but you will only get truth, and you will only get love.\u00a0 It\u2019s up to you to recognize the reality of what is being offered.<\/p>\n \ God is offering us His heart.<\/p>\n So I looked up more about the devotion, given my own admitted ignorance.\u00a0 \u00a0I began with this video which I found at the website, the Carmelite Sisters.\u00a0 The video has privacy settings so I\u2019m including the link to the page here.<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s just a minute and fourty-five seconds so go watch and come back.\u00a0 \u00a0The video revealed to me, even in that brief snippet, how restless my own spirit was.<\/p>\n I\u2019d heard there were twelve promises offered to those who seek Christ\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n \n*** * \n * \n * *\nFirst Promise<\/h3>\n** * \n * I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life. \nAll I could think was, \u201cI need that. \u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * \nSecond Promise<\/h3>\n * \n * I will establish peace in their families. \nAgain, I thought, \u201cI need that too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * <\/div>\n * *****\nThird Promise<\/h3>\n * \n * I will comfort them in their trials. \nJesus, I would like that.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * <\/div>\n * \nFourth Promise<\/h3>\n * \n * I will be their secure refuge during life and, above all, in death. \nYes, please. \n<\/em><\/p>\n * \n * \n * \n * <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * \n * \n * \n * \n * \n * \nFifth Promise<\/h3>\n * \n * I will shed abundant blessingso n all their undertakings. \nMy heart said, \u201cI know I need this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * *************\nSixth Promise<\/h3>\n * \n * Sinners will find in My Heart an infinite ocean of mercy. \nMaybe we\u2019d all learn that we are abyssmal and ignorant and in desperate need, and be willing to plunge into his heart.\u00a0 Maybe I\u2019d learn.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * \nSeventh Promise<\/h3>\n * \n * Lukewarm souls will become fervent. \nNow we\u2019re talking.\u00a0 Please please please.\u00a0 Bring it Lord!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * <\/div>\n * \nEighth Promise<\/h3>\n * \n * Fervent souls will rapidly grow in holiness and perfection. \nEven better!\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * \n * ***********\nNinth Promise<\/h3>\n * \n * I will bless every place where an image of My Heart shall be exposed and honored. \nIt\u2019s funny, I\u2019ve been carrying around a picture give to me by my sister, I\u2019m going to put it out on my dresser.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * \nTenth Promise<\/h3>\n * \n * I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts. \nThat\u2019s wonderful, and please Lord, give us many, many good priests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * <\/div>\n * \nEleventh Promise<\/h3>\n * \n * The names of those who promote this devotion will be written in My Heart, never to be blotted out. \nDo I want to be remembered in Jesus\u2019 heart? Yes!\u00a0 Do I think I could be forgotten, or any of us? No.\u00a0 Do I want it even more than that? Do I want Jesus to call me by name, to call me to something, and do I want to respond?\u00a0 Will I respond, \u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0 God I hope so.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * ***********\nTwelth Promise<\/h3>\n \n I promise thee to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Friday of nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence\u2026 \nI admit, it\u2019s going to take me a while to make this one work.\u00a0 My schedule is not always forgiving.\u00a0 However, I\u2019m off to a good start, because I\u2019ll get to go to communion this Friday (First Friday) because it is my daughter\u2019s last day of school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n * \n * \n * \n * \nThose all sound great.\u00a0 What do I do? \n \nTune in tomorrow when I delve into this again, and find out more \u2013like what this devotion 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