Today we celebrate the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. As a young boy I used to wonder why there was a celebration such as the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I have asked one of the nuns about the relevance of the Feast of Sacred Heart. She smiled and told me “yes this is very important to celebrate the feast because Jesus loves us” and yet I couldn’t place the relevance of the association of the symbol “Heart” to “Love”. That was a long time back and that was me at that time. So the Sister said “The color Red and Rose flowers stand for love”. Then the sister told me “To feel the love, you need a heart”. I think she did a good job with me.
Jesus Loves me, was the lesson I learned from the whole discourse and I started saying to myself “So Jesus has a heart”. Jesus felt much the same way as we do. Jesus expressed his love. Jesus taught about happiness. “Happy are the poor in Spirit” Mt. 5.3. All throughout the Gospels, Jesus expressed his concern for the suffering people. Jesus identified himself with the! less fortunate. Jesus healed the mother in law of Peter. “He touched her hand and the fever left her”Mt.8.14. Jesus did many other miracles. Jesus expelled demons, prophesied the coming destructions and warned the people to escape such calamities. Jesus felt pain, anger, sadness. Jesus reacted to his feelings. He didn’t hide his feelings. He even wept in public. He calmed the sea, forgave the sinners, fed the hungry, loved the children, prayed for the Apostles and all of us, expressed his love to his mother and the rest of the community from the Cross. Jesus died for us. Jesus promised “ I will not leave you orphan and to fulfill the promise”, Jesus rose from the dead and appeared to his disciples. He even cooked for the hungry disciples on the beach after rising from the dead and Jesus send the Holy Spirit as he promised. Jesus wants everyone to be saved so he ! gave the mandate “ “Go then, to all the peoples and make them disciples and Baptize them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.. Know that I will be with you till the end of the world” Mt.28. 19 and 20. Jesus loves us, and that is why we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Jesus loved us with an unparalleled love. Jesus wants to hear that we love him. Jesus asked Peter three times “Do you love me” John21.15 and Jesus wants us to love him more than anyone else. Whoever loves Jesus “will obey my teaching. My father will love him” John14.23. If we love Jesus, we will become, the mother, the brothers and sisters of Jesus. Jesus is a compassionate person. Jesus is God’s love in action that walked on the phase of the Earth.! Happy Feast to you Fr Thomas Mathew/June 7th/2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com. **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
