"Catholic T-Shirt Club Unboxing: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus"
'Tis the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus: Sacred Heart-link, Wikipedia-link Sacred Heart, & Wikipedia-link Feast.
Mass Readings—Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Book of Hosea, chapter eleven, verses one, three, four, eight(c), & nine;
The Book of Isaiah (R/. chapter twelve, verse three), chapter twelve, verses two & three, four, & five & six;
The Letter to the Ephesians, chapter three, verses eight thru twelve & fourteen thru nineteen;
The Gospel according to John, chapter nineteen, verses thirty-one thru thirty-seven.
Commentary: Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, in today’s Gospel, John tells us that a Roman soldier, in order to verify that Jesus was dead, thrust a lance into the side of the crucified Christ, "and immediately blood and water flowed out." Physicians tell us that this is a credible account, given that the lance would have pierced the pericardium, the sac around the heart, which contains a watery substance.Video reflection by Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops): Daily Reflection.
What does this event mean? Theologians have speculated that the blood and water have a symbolic valence, evoking the sacraments of Eucharist and Baptism.
But which first-century Jew would have missed the most obvious interpretation? This was the fulfillment of Ezekiel’s prophecy that when Yahweh cleansed his temple, water would flow forth for the renewal of the world.
Video reflection by Doctor John Bergsma (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Daily Reflection.
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Daily Reflection.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol & express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return."
—Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903, r. 1878-1903)
"Do not let the past disturb you—just leave everything in the Sacred Heart & begin again with joy."Bonus! Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"People often ask me, 'You work to bring about peace, who don't you work to lessen war?' If we work for peace there will be fewer wars. But I won't mix our work with politics. War is the fruit of politics, & so I don't involve myself, that's all. If I get stuck in politics, I will stop loving, because I will have to stand by one, & not by all."Saint Quote o' the Day
—St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"The demands Jesus makes upon His followers are not empty rhetoric, & they do not change with the passing of time. He calls us to conversion, to reconciliation with God & one another. Jesus wishes us to hear the 'hard sayings' as well as the words of confidence & encouragement."
—Pope St. John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
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