The Month of June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart. In reading today from Divine Intimacy by Father Gabriel Of St Mary Magda, 215 - The Heart Of Jesus Our Refuge. I found particular meaning and beauty in the following extracts and would like to share with you.
O Jesus, deign to take me into Your Sacred Heart. Grand that it may be the sanctuary where I may be recollected, sheltered, and find my rest.
" The world rages around me, the body weighs upon me, the devil lays snares for me, but I do not fall because I am founded on You, the firm rock. If then, O Christ, the thought of Your wounds comes to my mind, if I recall such a powerful and effcacious remedy, I can no longer be terrified by the fear that any harm may befall me. Filled with confidence, I shall take what I need from Your Heart, O Lord, for mercies abound there, and Your wounds are open to permit these mercies to flow forth. They pierced Your hands and Your feet, they opened Your side with a spear; and through these clefts I am able. . . to taste and see how sweet You are, O Lord ! . .
No one indeed shows greater mercy than He who gives His life for the condemned, for those sentenced to death. Hence, all my hope lies in Your mercy, O Lord, and I shall never be deprived of it so long as You are merciful "