The texts in the Roman Catholic Lectionary today celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This commemoration completes the octave of the Feast of Corpus Christi. The action that we can perform within the Body of Christ is to be nourishment for others. There are many motivations for wanting to “give back”. The Book of Deuteronomy reminds the Israelites that the heart of God has chosen them to be in covenant with the Divine and invites them to choose to live according to the commandments for God’s people. In thanksgiving for this intimacy, we may be moved to be signs of the steadfast love we experience. The psalmist names many of the reasons for thanksgiving. The gifts from the heart of the Divine include forgiveness healing, steadfast love and mercy. John presents a deep understanding Gos as love and the experience of that love through the intimate resonance of the indwelling Spirit of the Lover with the Divine Spirit. The Gospel of Matthew reveals the nature of Jesus heart and affiliation with the searching, humble and lost. The example of Jesus is the guide to be the nourishment so needed in a world starved for love.
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