June 27.  Sacred heart. The image of Jesus and the devotion to his Sacred Heart have been popular through the ages and there are many religious congregations, schools and sodalities and family homes too dedicated to this special focus on his love.  On this feast all the learners at Sacred Heart College participated in a special celebration.   As the school was multi-cultural with learners from different faiths the focus was on the love of God and his merciful and forgiving love as Pope Francis describes.  All learners were encouraged to study their own religious teaching in this regard and reflect on their own personal understanding.   

Reflect, share and act. Scripture:  All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness that God’s people may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Tim 3:16 “I am the Good Shepherd says the Lord I know my own and my own know me. John 10:14.  Pope Francis:  “HE LOVED US”, Saint Paul says of Christ (cf. Rom 8:37), in order to make us realize that nothing can ever “separate us” from that love (Rom 8:39). His open heart has gone before us and waits for us, unconditionally, asking only to offer us his love and friendship. Because of Jesus, “we have come to know and believe in the love that God has for us” (1 Jn 4:16). The symbol of the heart has often been used to express the love of Jesus Christ. Some have questioned whether this symbol is still meaningful today. Yet living as we do in an age of superficiality, rushing frenetically from one thing to another without really knowing why, and ending up as insatiable consumers and slaves to the mechanisms of a market unconcerned about the deeper meaning of our lives, all of us need to rediscover the importance of the heart. DN 1-2.  Act and pray. For the needs of families and children and greater devotion to Jesus in his Sacred Heart.