Feast of Most Holy Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

Sacred Heart, 30th June 2025 

When we appeal to the throne of grace we do so through Mary, honoring God by honoring His Mother, imitating Him by exalting her, touching the most responsive chord in the sacred heart of Christ with the sweet name of Mary.”

Saint Robert Bellarmine S.J. Doctor of the Church

Lord, teach us how to love you, keep us close to your Sacred Heart.

Pr 4: 4-6 This was what he used to teach me, ‘Let your heart treasure what I have to say, keep my principles and you will live; 5 acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, never forget her, never deviate from my words. 6 Do not desert her, she will keep you safe; love her, she will watch over you. The Lord is communicating to us in these verses; if we value God's Word in our hearts and live by it, we will live. Our Lord will live in our hearts, and he will govern our thoughts and actions. Never ignore God's counsel or veer from the Holy Spirit's teachings. There is one thing, and it is a mystery: if we work hard for wisdom with Mother Mary, she will assist us in our petitions. We should not abandon her; we should cherish her because she will keep us safe and watch over us day and night. This is what Jesus asks us to accomplish.

 

  Ps 42: 1-2As a deer yearns for running streams, so I yearn for you, my God. 2 I thirst for God, the living God; when shall I go to see the face of God? Our hearts should seek Jesus our Lord; his heart is eager to embrace us. We should have zeal for our Lord. The Psalmist is wailing and pleading with his shattered heart, asking the Lord when he would be able to see the face of God.

Lord, teach us how to love you, keep us close to your Sacred Heart. Lord, let your Mother help us in our prayers and petitions and guard our souls from all kinds of evil intentions.

 

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

Sacred Heart, on 29th June 2025

“Most Scared Heart of Jesus, teach me an entire forgetfulness of myself, since that the only way one can find entrance into You!” St Claude La Colombreie

Lord, let our hearts’ only aim is to fear you, and love You

Ps 86: 11-12 Teach me, Yahweh, your ways, that I may not stray from your loyalty; let my heart’s one aim be to fear your name. 12 I thank you with all my heart, Lord my God, I will glorify your name for ever. Lord, let me not stray from Your loyalty. I keep will my life always loyal to You. My only ambition is listen Your gracious Words Day and night. I will never forget to praise You, glorify You among all the people on earth. If we listen his voice His Word, He will never forsake us. He always looks into our heart whether we are close to Him.

Ps 45: 1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme, I address my poem to the king, my tongue the pen of an expert scribe. When we begin to love God and reflect on His loving and merciful heart, our hearts will flow with many topics for praising Him, and we will praise Him with beautiful hymns, and lifting our hearts and souls to Him.

The Solemnity of Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

 Solemnity of Sacred Heart of Jesus

Feast Sacred Heart of Jesus On 27th June 2025 

Jesus, meek and humble of Heart, make my heart like Yours 

Jesus promise us, if we love him wholeheartedly, The Holy Trinity will come to us and make a home in us

Today is the 350th year of the apparition of Jesus to St Margarett Mary Alacoque revealing the the devotion to Sacred Heart which is ending today on 27th June 2025. Pope Pius IX declared the Feast the Sacred Heart of Jesus as an obligatory feast for the universal church in 1856, to be celebrated on the Friday after the Feast of Corpus Christi.

   John 14:23 (NJB): Jesus replied:  Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make a home in him. Jesus makes a promise to all of us: a Trinitarian blessing from above. He adds that if we love him, we will keep his Word, and that when we keep God's Word in our hearts, the Holy Spirit, Jesus, and the Heavenly Father will come and stay in us. How we must preserve God's Word in our hearts, with humility and contrition. How can we invite Jesus into our hearts? By loving him and meditating on his Word day and night. Psalm 119:148 (NJB): My eyes are awake before each watch of the night, to ponder your promise. Psalmist here says, he even awake in the watches of the night to ponder God’s Words and His promises. His promise is that he will love us, and when he loves us the Heavenly Father also will love us, and the Holy Trinity will come and abide in our heart. John 19:34 (NJB): one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water. The Eucharist is really the Heart of Jesus broken for us. 

   Let us adore and worship Jesus in the Eucharist. In 2008 in Sokolka, Poland, a consecrated host the priest dropped during Communion was placed in water to dissolve, according to standard practice, and it was locked in a safe in the sacristy. A week later, the sacristan, a religious sister, checked on the host, which she discovered to have a red stain on it. The host was removed from the water and as it dried, the stain ultimately appeared to look more like a wound. It was studied and found to include myocardial, or heart, tissue that was inexplicably interwoven with the bread fibers. 

  ‘O indescribable beauty of God most high! O pure radiance of everlasting light! O life that gives life to all life! O light that illuminates every light, and preserves in its undying splendor the myriad flames that have shone before the throne of your godhead from the dawn of time!’ St Bonaventure(Second Reading of Office Reading for today on the Feast of Solemnity of Sacred Heart of Jesus)

 

Sacred Heart of Jesus

  

Sacred Heart Of Jesus Cathedral Aka Polish Church, Tashkent

The Church is commonly known as the ‘Polish 

Church,’ is a Roman Catholic church in the center of Tashkent, just 

opposite Eco Park.According to the church, Christians have been 

present in the territory of modern-day Uzbekistan since the 3rd century 

due to the exchange of goods and ideas along the Silk Road.

Sacred Heart, 26 June, 2025

 ‘If Jewish High priest carried the names of the twelve tribes of Israel written on his shoulders and on his breast, how much more Christ, our High Priest, carries our names written on His Heart.’ St John of Avila

Ps 27:8 Of you my heart has said, ‘Seek his face!’ Your face, Yahweh, I seek; 9 do not turn away from me. We should beg our Lord to reveal his face, and he will. This thirst should originate from the heart by linking it with His merciful Heart. St Therese of the Child Jesus has a specific devotion to the face of Jesus, our Lord. That is why she is also called St Therese of God’s Holy Face. Many years ago, Br. Joemon gave me a Holy Scripture passage of Is. 53 to study and think on during the Lenten season. When I read this, it moved me deeply, and the image of Jesus' bleeding face flooded my heart. Later, while reading a piece from St. Therese of Lisieux's Prayers (chapters 11 and 12), I discovered that she was deeply moved by this particular chapter of Isaiah 53. 

  It was a coincidence for me. I was extremely moved by her devotion for Jesus Christ and her attitude towards His Holy Face, which was so simple and thoughtful. ‘They were the foundation of all her piety’. In her own words “I too, have desired to be without beauty, alone in treading the wine press, unknown to everyone” (Prayers of St Therese of Child Jesus) yes indeed! How desirably St Therese of Child Jesus out of her love towards Jesus to be crushed in the wine press for the love of Christ.

Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

Sacred Heart, 24th June, 2025

‘I desire to do everything in intimate union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.’

Pope St John XXIII

   Ps 32:2 How blessed are those to whom Yahweh imputes no guilt, whose spirit harbors no deceit. How fortunate we are if God discovers no guilt in our hearts. Lord wants such kind of hearts which would be like the heart of Jesus. The evil inclinations and characteristics are contrary to the nature of God's Spirit. Those who have a blameless heart will win favor in God's presence. The Holy Spirit will reveal the Kingdom of God to us, as well as when we are imitating the Sacred Heart ofJesus.

 

Lord, we are piercing Your Heart with our misdeeds and all the evils of this world. Lord, please forgive our sins and purify our hearts!

 

Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

Sacred Heart, 23rd June 2025

Lord, my only desire to be closer to Your Heart, from which flows the mercy and grace 

"It is altogether impossible to enumerate the heavenly gifts which devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has poured out on the souls of the faithful"…

 Pope Pius XII

   Ps 28: 7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield, in him my heart trusts. I have been helped; my body has recovered its vigour; with all my heart I thank him. Jesus is encouraging us to trust in him and keep our hearts fixed on his Sacred Heart. When we get benefits from the Lord, remember to thank him for his kind Heart, which provides us with the vitality and strength that the Psalmist has experienced. Every day, we should read and pray through several Psalms to draw closer to God. Our Lord is the shield that protects us from the evil one's flaming arrows. Be submit to Him and become closer to His Merciful Heart.

 

Lord, let us be closer to your Sacred Heart, from which flows the Living Water.

 

Sacred Heart Of Jesus

 

Heart of Jesus, delight of all Saints, have mercy on us! 

Cor Iesu, deliciæ Sanctorum omnium, miserere nobis 

(Portrait of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with Saint Ignatius & Saint Aloysius Gonzaga by José de Páez, 1770)

June is the month of Sacred Heart 

Sacred Heart, Day 21(21st June 2025)

Lord, tear open my stone heart and melt it with your precious blood, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy one me. 

  Joel 2: 13 Tear your hearts and not your clothes, and come back to Yahweh your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, rich in faithful love, and he relents about inflicting disaster. We should tear our hearts out, accompanied by deep groans and repentance. Whatever the wrongdoings separate us from God, should be removed from our hearts. Remove pride, jealousy, malice, rage, and any other negative behaviours that cause hearts to be unclean. When we do things against God's will, He does not exact retribution on us; rather, His compassion and love mitigate His wrath against us. He relents in His displeasure and removes the disasters  destruction from humanity. God love is unconditional 

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart, Day 30

When we appeal to the throne of grace we do so through Mary, honoring God by honoring His Mother, imitating Him by exalting her, touching the most responsive chord in the sacred heart of Christ with the sweet name of Mary.”

Saint Robert Bellarmine S.J. Doctor of the Church

Lord, teach us how to love you, keep us close to your Sacred Heart.

Pr 4: 4-6 This was what he used to teach me, ‘Let your heart treasure what I have to say, keep my principles and you will live; 5 acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, never forget her, never deviate from my words. 6 Do not desert her, she will keep you safe; love her, she will watch over you. The Lord is communicating to us in these verses; if we value God's Word in our hearts and live by it, we will live. Our Lord will live in our hearts, and he will govern our thoughts and actions. Never ignore God's counsel or veer from the Holy Spirit's teachings. There is one thing, and it is a mystery: if we work hard for wisdom with Mother Mary, she will assist us in our petitions. We should not abandon her; we should cherish her because she will keep us safe and watch over us day and night. This is what Jesus asks us to accomplish.

 

  Ps 42: 1-2As a deer yearns for running streams, so I yearn for you, my God. 2 I thirst for God, the living God; when shall I go to see the face of God? Our hearts should seek Jesus our Lord; his heart is eager to embrace us. We should have zeal for our Lord. The Psalmist is wailing and pleading with his shattered heart, asking the Lord when he would be able to see the face of God.

Lord, teach us how to love you, keep us close to your Sacred Heart. Lord, let your Mother help us in our prayers and petitions and guard our souls from all kinds of evil intentions.

 

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart, Day 29

“Most Scared Heart of Jesus, teach me an entire forgetfulness of myself, since that the only way one can find entrance into You!” St Claude La Colombreie

Lord, let our hearts’ only aim is to fear you, and love You

Ps 86: 11-12 Teach me, Yahweh, your ways, that I may not stray from your loyalty; let my heart’s one aim be to fear your name. 12 I thank you with all my heart, Lord my God, I will glorify your name for ever. Lord, let me not stray from Your loyalty. I keep will my life always loyal to You. My only ambition is listen Your gracious Words Day and night. I will never forget to praise You, glorify You among all the people on earth. If we listen his voice His Word, He will never forsake us. He always looks into our heart whether we are close to Him.

Ps 45: 1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme, I address my poem to the king, my tongue the pen of an expert scribe. When we begin to love God and reflect on His loving and merciful heart, our hearts will flow with many topics for praising Him, and we will praise Him with beautiful hymns, lifting our hearts and souls to Him.

Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

Sacred Heart, Day 28

Lord, You know my heart, and know my concerns

   Ps 39: 3-4 My heart had been smouldering within me, but at the thought of this it flared up and the words came bursting out, 4 ‘Yahweh, let me know my fate, how much longer I have to live. Show me just how frail I am.

  Lord, my heart was aching with rage and rose up, but thinking of You helped me to control it. But now my heart was pounding with sweet memories of You. I have begun to talk about excellent things that come from my heart, as You instructed me.  Then my thoughts haunted me, reminding me that my time on Earth is limited. Lord, I beg you to reveal to me how long I shall live on Earth, and I know it will be in fractions of seconds or minutes.

Ps 37: 14-15 Though the wicked draw his sword and bend his bow to slaughter the honest and bring down the poor and the needy, 15 his sword will pierce his own heart, and his bow will be shattered.

  The wicked will always use his bow to slay God's honest and faithful followers. If the wicked keep destroying the poor and needy. The sword of God will consume them and break the hearts of the wicked. Lord, you know my heart and my concerns. Lord, how long will I dwell in the clay hut with my flesh from this world? Lord, my heart aches for You to come near, and my soul longs for Your eternal presence. Amen!

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart, Day 27

We, Christians, are the true Israel which springs from Christ, for we are carved out of His Heart, as from a Rock! — St. Justin Martyr

Lord, our hope is in you, we trust in you, we love you with all our hearts and soul. Amen!

   Ps 34: 18 Yahweh is near to the broken-hearted, he helps those whose spirit is crushed. Let us not lose hope in Christ Jesus, even though our hearts are broken. Lord Jesus is always there to aid us, and he will pull us up when our spirits are grieving, and we lose faith in God. Our hearts were broken during the coronavirus pandemic. Millions faced death as a result of this dreadful illness, and many of their loved ones perished. But we must maintain our hope and confidence in His forgiving Heart. We should return to the Lord, getting strength from Him. Ps 36: 10 Maintain your faithful love to those who acknowledge you, and your saving justice to the honest of heart. The Lord is asking us to be true to his love for us. He is the One who acknowledges us, and we should direct our hearts towards his heart.

 

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

Sacred Heart Of Jesus Cathedral Aka Polish Church, Tashkent

The Church is commonly known as the ‘Polish 

Church,’ is a Roman Catholic church in the center of Tashkent, just 

opposite Eco Park.According to the church, Christians have been 

present in the territory of modern-day Uzbekistan since the 3rd century 

due to the exchange of goods and ideas along the Silk Road.

Sacred Heart, Day 26

 ‘If Jewish High priest carried the names of the twelve tribes of Israel written on his shoulders and on his breast, how much more Christ, our High Priest, carries our names written on His Heart.’ St John of Avila

Ps 27:8 Of you my heart has said, ‘Seek his face!’ Your face, Yahweh, I seek; 9 do not turn away from me. We should beg our Lord to reveal his face, and he will. This thirst should originate from the heart by linking it with His merciful Heart. St Therese of the Child Jesus has a specific devotion to the face of Jesus, our Lord. That is why she is also called St Therese of God’s Holy Face. Many years ago, Br. Joemon gave me Is. 53 to study and think on during the Lenten season. When I read this, it moved me deeply, and the image of Jesus' bleeding face flooded my heart. Later, while reading a piece from St. Therese of Lisieux's Prayers (chapters 11 and 12), I discovered that she was deeply moved by this particular chapter of Isaiah 53. ‘They were the foundation of all her piety’. In her own words “I too, have desired to be without beauty, alone in treading the wine press, unknown to everyone” (Prayers of St Therese of Child Jesus) yes indeed! How desirably St Therese of Child Jesus seeks Jesus’s love. 

  It was a coincidence for me. I was extremely moved by her devotion for Jesus Christ and her attitude toward His Holy Face, which was so thoughtful. ‘They were the foundation of all her piety’. In her own words “I too, have desired to be without beauty, alone in treading the wine press, unknown to everyone” (Prayers of St Therese of Child Jesus) yes indeed! How desirably St Therese of Child Jesus seeks Jesus’s love.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart, Day 25

Mary treasured the Word of God in her heart

Luke 2:19 (NJB): As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:51 (NJB): His mother stored up all these things in her heart. She constantly followed God's will and never despised His plan. She showed tremendous reverence to God the Almighty. She never misses an opportunity to honour or glorify Him.

 

Ps 119: 10-11 With all my heart I seek you, do not let me stray from your commandments. 11 In my heart I treasure your promises, to avoid sinning against you. God does not want us to deviate from His commandments or His love. Psalmist is praying and acknowledging that he keeping the Word of God in his heart to avoid sin against God our Lord. Our hearts should be like those of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and Mother Mary, who cherished the Word of God in her heart. Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ, God's only Son, and the Word became flesh through her.

 

 

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart, Day 24

‘I desire to do everything in intimate union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.’

Pope St John XXIII

   Ps 32:2 How blessed are those to whom Yahweh imputes no guilt, whose spirit harbors no deceit. How fortunate we are if God discovers no guilt in our hearts. Lord wants such kind of hearts which would be like the heart of Jesus. The evil inclinations and characteristics are contrary to the nature of God's Spirit. Those who have a blameless heart will win favor in God's presence. The Holy Spirit will reveal the Kingdom of God to us, as well as when we are imitating the Sacred Heart ofJesus.

 

Lord, we are piercing Your Heart with our misdeeds and all the evils of this world. Lord, please forgive our sins and purify our hearts!

 

Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart, Day 22

"It is altogether impossible to enumerate the heavenly gifts which devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has poured out on the souls of the faithful"…

 Pope Pius XII

   Ps 28: 7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield, in him my heart trusts. I have been helped; my body has recovered its vigour; with all my heart I thank him. Jesus is encouraging us to trust in him and keep our hearts fixed on his Sacred Heart. When we get benefits from the Lord, remember to thank him for his kind Heart, which provides us with the vitality and strength that the Psalmist has experienced. Every day, we should read and pray through several Psalms to draw closer to God. Our Lord is the shield that protects us from the evil one's flaming arrows. Be submit to Him and become closer to His Merciful Heart.

 

Lord, my only desire is to be closer to your Sacred Heart, from which flows the Living Water.